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| Mean Malin, performing in the 2009 US air guitar championship |
Amazing Canadian pianist, Angela Hewitt, does it when travelling, and says she can practise for longer when she hasn't got her piano there to distract her!
Robert Maddocks has a great story about an
experiment where a group of ordinary people are tested on their ability to shoot free throws in basketball. There are three groups of people, all inexperienced at the game of basketball. They are all tested at the beginning of the experiment to see how many free throws they can get. They are then separated into 3 groups. Group A is set up to practice shooting hoops for a half an hour everyday. Group B is not allowed to practice at all. And, Group C is instructed to 'imagine' shooting hoops for half an hour everyday. The results were surprising. Group A scored the same or worst. Group B scored slightly better than their initial score. Most surprising was the fact that Group C had the greatest increase of shots scored.
However, this is not going to work as your only form of practice! And I understand that it doesn't work so well for singers. When Joan Sutherland tried it, she discovered that every time she gave it a try, her voice kept coming along, too!
Please let us know if you have found this to be a useful form of practice.
