The present world tells us everywhere that a person knows how to be quick. But what is speed? This is a set of psychological, physical characteristics that allow him to perform a specific task as soon as possible. Actually, there is nothing complicated with this. Some people confuse this concept with haste. In this article, we will examine in more detail the phenomenon of psychological and physical speed, and also compare it with haste. It turns out that sometimes slowness is much better than speed. An interesting topic is brewing. Go!
What is speed?
Speed is a person’s ability to fulfill assigned tasks in a short time. Few people understand that this ability is a consequence not only of the innate features of a person, but also of what he has trained. Thus, speed is also a skill. This is precisely the interpretation of this phenomenon from a psychological point of view. What properties does speed have?
- Dynamism. That is, it can both increase and decrease over time. How quickly a person will cope with the tasks depends on the person and environmental conditions. Factors that depend on a person include effort and desire. External conditions include weather, physical condition, working capacity, and a number of others.
- Automation Speed is a sign that some skill has been acquired to a certain extent. It is impossible to do something faster than some skill is acquired. This means that it makes no sense to try to develop speed in isolation from the skill. A sign of gaining some skill is automation. Due to the fact that a person does something without hesitation, the speed and quality of the task performed depends. And efficiency consists of these parameters.
- Adaptability. This means that we need speed so that we can adapt to environmental conditions. It was for this that nature established the mechanism of skill.
These properties are fundamental to such a phenomenon as speed, regardless of what kind it is. This may be the speed of movements (this is the ability of a person to change the position of certain parts of his body for a short period of time or the speed of thought, which we will now discuss.
Psychological speed
In general, if you look at human organism, then everything in it is interconnected. The more often we repeat some physical action, the faster our brain processes the information associated with it. The same goes for our psychology. The physiological reaction in our body depends on the speed of our thinking.
Here it is what speed. In physical education, the nervous system, it turns out, is paid no less attention than in biology, no matter how strange it may sound. And in general, it is impossible to abstract the physical and mental. But we will try to consider these phenomena separately. What is psychological quickness?
- Fast thinking speed. That is, a person in certain aspects thinks much faster than he does. This is very useful in all situations that a person may encounter.
- Speed of reaction. This is the speed with which a person can correctly process an event occurring in the world and make the right decision related to it.
- The speed of formation of skills. It is directly related to the speed of thinking. In general, any skill has two parts: theoretical and practical. For example, the theoretical part of the run is information about the correct position of the foot, posture and a number of other parameters. It also includes the person’s idea of how to escape. And the muscle part directly relates to the practical part when these thoughts appear.
- The speed of the nervous system. This is an individual indicator that has been inherited. In total, there are four types of the nervous system: choleric, sanguine, phlegmatic and melancholic, where the first is the fastest and the last is the slowest.
And much more includes psychological speed. Now let's look at the phenomenon of "speed".
Physical speed
Speed is a physical quality that includes a wide range of somatic indications, such as pulse, muscle movements, speed, and many other parameters related to the human body. This is not quite a definition, but it is quite clear. Speed - in physical education, a person’s ability to perform not only quickly certain actions, but also perform them without compromising effectiveness. This is a very important parameter that people often forget when they want to rush. In fact, efficiency cannot exist without speed.
The harmony of our existence
But, as we have already noted, everything in our body is interconnected. They even conducted an experiment in which it was found that people often tend to underestimate their capabilities. But at the same time, everyone has a maximum threshold. Not the fact that the next record you set is the last. But if you do not work and force yourself psychologically, then for example, you will not achieve high speed running. Thus, the psyche is still primary, although harmoniously complementing our body.
The difference between haste and speed
Many people try to do something quickly. As a result, only an extra slowdown. Why is this happening? The reason is very simple. People are in a hurry. Haste is a state when a person concentrates not directly on the process that he is performing, but on the speed that he desires.
He imagines the best option for solving the problem, but in practice it turns out to be a little different. Therefore, do not rush. Approach this question extremely wisely. Speed is only a product of skill. And no more. So learn to do something and enjoy it.
When slowness is only an assistant
Believe me, sometimes slowness only gives great speed. Why? The fact is that our brain needs time to fully engage in the process at its normal speed. But slowly he succeeds in doing it much better. And practice shows that for the optimal development of speed, you must first start to run or perform any other action somewhat slower than its standard speed. Thus, you focus directly on it. And the skill is trained as you need.
How to form the optimal speed?
Actually, this is the secret of the optimal speed for you at the moment. What other tips can I apply?
- Love your business. Whatever you do, make sure you enjoy it. It has already been proven that with the activation of dopamine centers in the brain (where a person enjoys), learning processes also improve significantly. If you do not love your job, then it may end up in the fact that you simply break loose emotionally. Only in the presence of a normal level of dopamine in the blood is persistent activity possible.
- Get rhythmic. Speed is a physical quality that can only develop if measured. Therefore, rhythm is your option.
- Change the speed at intervals. Human speed is an energy-consuming ability. In order to increase endurance, but at the same time significantly increase the pace of your work, you can do interval training or tasks. For example, interval running will allow you to learn how to run faster, but at the same time increasing endurance. Remember - the golden mean is important in everything.
Where speed may be needed?
Speed can be needed in a huge number of spheres of human life. Speed is a physical quality in physical education with psychological elements that is required everywhere. Here are just small examples: work, health, relationships with people, reliability and a number of other abilities, qualities and properties are directly related to speed. So to train speed there is a sense. Just do it wisely.