Originally Posted by
t_niehoff
My issue with that is that you can't really learn the structure, gings, etc. except through application -- by actually doing whatever it is under realistic conditions. The forms and unrealistic practices (drills/exercises) are superficial. You can't learn how to throw a ball except by and through actually throwing the ball. Mimicking the action, the ging, etc. won't really teach you how to DO it.
Moreover, those unrealistic practices more often than not lead us in the wrong direction.