28/11/2022
"Zlatan Ibrahimovic executing a perfect bicycle kick to score a goal at a decisive moment".
How did this magical moment of jaw-dropping mastery come about?
- Hours and hours of unending practice
- Application of the knowledge gained from practice in match situations.
Practice enables you to instinctively apply your theoretical knowledge at just the right moment, in just the right way.
Yes, it is the same with Math. Browsing through an already solved problem is like watching a Messi video on YouTube. It all looks very easy. But without practice, is it?
Imagine we are given a problem which requires the application of three math concepts - ratios, geometry, and square roots. If we are not practised, we won't know whether to dribble, execute a bicycle kick, or a curling long pass. But if we have practised all these concepts, our 'situational awareness' will allow us to break the problem down into its constituent parts, apply what we have practiced, and score the goal - and the crowd goes crazy!
This is the perfect moment that we dream of - and the satisfaction of solving a 'difficult' math problem really is second to none.