The 3/97 Practice Companion
Skill isn’t built by endless drills. It’s built by exploration.
This companion distills decades of research showing that effective motor learning happens through roughly 3 % structured repetition and 97 % adaptive, game-like exploration.
Grounded in more than thirty peer-reviewed studies across motor learning, ecological dynamics, and nonlinear pedagogy, The 3/97 Practice Companion translates complex science into clear, coach-ready language. It’s the evidence base behind “The 3 % Truth About Practice” post on Tesseract Junction—for anyone who wants to go deeper into the research itself.
What you’ll get
- A comprehensive, citation-rich PDF (9 pages) summarizing the global consensus on motor learning
- Curated research sections covering:
- Core syntheses (Dynamics of Skill Acquisition, Representative Learning Design, Learning to Optimize Movement)
- Variable and discovery-based learning
- Attention, feedback, and motivation
- Implicit learning and pressure robustness
- Practice scheduling and variability
- Small-sided and scaled games
- Perception–action coupling and creativity
- Integrated PATE examples from Tesseract Junction—showing how to apply the science to real drills
- A quick-start set for coaches, distilling the research into five actionable design habits
- A no-frills section on what coaches really do not need to do
Who it’s for
- Coaches and directors seeking evidence behind modern practice design
- Coach educators and sport-science students who want a verified reference pack
- Practitioners moving from drill-based to game-based learning models
- Federations or clubs aiming to align training with proven skill-acquisition research
Why it matters
Knowing the science behind skill acquisition lets you design training that actually transfers.
Instead of drilling correctness, you’ll cultivate adaptability, decision-making, and creativity—the traits that hold up under pressure.
Trueviant Sport™ — Practice that transfers.
