Jared 'PiG' Krensel

The modern training approach for comparable sports (e.g., basketball) emphasizes on automation of mechanical skills that doesn't require deliberate "attention". This is based on the long standing finding that human has limited cognitive capacity. 1/

When players practice dribbling, they are required to do other activities at the same time that require attention to situation and decision making (e.g., press the button that light up - there are multiple buttons). 2/

This makes dribbling a low attention activity in game, so players can pay attention to other stuff on the court. This can be thought of as not missing worker and supply building production when you are dealing with specific harassment that requires adaptive actions. 3/

So a "diverse vs. specific" perspective may not be the best way to think about SC2 practice as of current knowledge. 4/

This is effectively the same way musicians are taught: develop control of low level skills (notes, rhythms, dynamics) so that you are able to focus on broader ideas (phrasing, musical direction, atmosphere, etc. in this case). I think this is a very broadly applicable strategy.

I'n my time watching SC2, professional sports competitions, and even bleeding edge technology development and application, I think this is usually the way. Mastering the core elements frees your brain to operate on a more macro level to solve broader or more complex problems.

Yeah, and to continue that thought we can then say at an expert level you see more and more variation between disciplines on how much drilling of those core elements is essential vs the more complex/varied forms of practice. Classical music = more drilling, jazz more complex?

At least for that example, I think the variation comes from which skills are drilled. Classical relies on established and standardized patterns, articulations, and styles which are s[ecified by sheet music. A lot of the time goes to repeatability and 'accuracy' to the source. 1