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This is the POWER of Visualization | Jim Kwik

6 Jul 2022 · 1 min

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Jim Kwik describes a University of Chicago study where basketball players who only visualized free throws improved 23% in accuracy over 30 days, nearly matching the 24% gain from actual practice. The control group that didn't practice improved 0%, showing the brain treats vivid imagination like real experience.

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The mind doesn't know the difference between something you vividly imagine and something that's real. There was a study done at University of Chicago. They took 3 groups of people, had them do free throws, and then they said, okay, Group A, and for the next 30 days, I want you to practice an hour a day. Group B, I don't want you to practice at all. Group C, I want you to practice, but don't touch a ball, don't go out on the court, just practice in your mind like you're successfully throwing free throws for an hour a day. They followed up 30 days later, measured Group A, put them back on the court, improved 24%. Amazing, right? Practice makes progress. Practice makes progress, right? Group B, exactly the same. No practice, no progress. Group C, that just practiced in their mind, it blew their mind, improved 23%. Just 1% less than people that did actually put on the court. That's the power of your imagination.