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Card #c1375IR // #c1375Synthesis

"For them, Mathew developed summer “boot camp,” part of which involved taking them jogging along Brays Bayou. He had them sing the entire run, to increase their lung power while they did their choreography."

— In our words · Source: Matriarch (Tina Knowles)

[Use when]

Your team rehearses each skill alone and then struggles when they all have to happen at once.

[Why it matters]

Performers have to sing while dancing, so the training combined both, the way athletes condition for game conditions. Practice built under harder conditions than the stage made the stage easier.

Filed under situations:When you’re building the thing, not just planning it

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