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Why is it that for some physical things, the right way is also a natural way (eg: swinging a tennis racket) and with others the right way is the unnatural way (eg: golf swing — knees stay bent on the downswing but “want” to straighten out)? Other examples? General principles?
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2 other examples: Swimming front crawl: one-side breathing feels natural, both-sides breathing (on every third stroke) is the right technique for competition. Cricket: the natural instinct is to swing “cross bat” but the correct technique is “straight bat”
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I can figure out the specific reason in each case based on the rigid constraints (fixed length club, needing to see competitors on both sides, probability of missing the ball), but wondering if there are general principles of “natural” movements.
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I think it will need a book like Kahneman's Thinking, Fast & Slow. Assuming that the painstaking research has been done. The common element might be many cognitively "obvious" actions that don't quite fit the goal.
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