Take a Break!
Right, so, I like to pretend I’m a real geek (not just a wannabe who knows some geeky stuff) and one of the ways I do that is to read a bunch of really geeky things on the intarweb. I read about 100 web feeds from a bunch of different sources. One of my favorite geeks out there, Daniel Miessler wrote today about “Passive Learning”:
Many people who read this blog are familiar with what I call passive learning — the phenomenon that causes one to be far better at doing a task after returning from not doing it for a while.
Example: I play Table Tennis (not to be confused with ping pong), and when I come back from a layoff of a few months I play at a level even greater than what I left with. The interesting part about this is how shortlived this period of superior play is. It usually only lasts for a couple of hours or so, after which I return to my old habits and previous level of play.
I’ve been contemplating recently what it is that really happens during these periods of enhancement, and I think it’s fairly simple. I think that geeks (and probably everyone to some degree) literally think themselves to better performance. There is something to be said for mental practice, in other words.
I’ve been saying much the same thing regarding my footbag game for years now. I noticed very early in my footbag “career” that after I take a few weeks off from playing, on my first session back, I’m usually noticeably better — stronger, more creative and able to hit new moves that had alluded me only weeks before.
Any fellow shredder that has known me over the past few years has probably heard me mention this belief of mine — that taking a good long break can be very good for your game. After read Mr. Miessler’s piece, I was inspired to write this post and bring some attention to this “training technique” that can do some serious good for your footbag game (and, apparently, in other aspects of your life).
So, if you’re in a slump or just generally somewhat burned out on footbag, Take A Break!! and let us know if you get the same effects 
