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What even is a “known broken” technique — how do you establish that some technique “can’t work” rather than “just haven’t found a good execution” so far? Of co
by ssivark 3y ago
What even is a “known broken” technique — how do you establish that some technique “can’t work” rather than “just haven’t found a good execution” so far?
Of course, there’s risk involved in straying off the beaten path and trying new things — not denying that.
- jerf 3y ago"What even is a “known broken” technique — how do you establish that some technique “can’t work” rather than “just haven’t found a good execution” so far?" If you insist on 100% certainty, nothing. If you are satisfied with "millions upon millions of people have used this and it has been broadly revealed to be a dead end", then bowling certainly has a known-bad technique that is very appealing to people just picking up the ball for the first time. But if you really, really want that 100% certainty, then by all means go forth and base your decisions about what to focus on on that. If you set the bar at anything even remotely less than 100% certainty, though, you'll find there are known-bad techniques. Heck, there are techniques that aren't just known to not work, they are known to lead to injuries with high reliability; see the lifting world, for instance. There's a difference between being an iconoclast and refusing to learn from the experiences of others. From the outside they may look similar but they are not the same.