[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":57},["ShallowReactive",2],{"mental-model-marginal-gains-en":3},{"title":4,"description":5,"summary":6,"sections":7,"visual":32,"related":39,"sources":52},"Marginal Gains","Find small adjustments that improve training together. Distinguish marginal gains from Kaizen and keep fine details in proportion to the fundamentals.","Several small improvements can contribute to a meaningful change. Find them around a real problem and check how they interact.",[8,14,20,26],{"heading":9,"kind":10,"paragraphs":11},"Small parts can matter together","idea",[12,13],"You need not rebuild every session. A clearer partner change or one better observation target may help. Small improvements can matter together. This approach became well known at British Cycling, including through Dave Brailsford. It promises no fixed percentage of growth. Find what actually makes a difference in your practice.","For a martial artist, a small improvement need not involve expensive equipment. A clearer agreement about the round, having equipment ready or addressing one recurring posture problem may be more valuable. Small describes the adjustment, not necessarily its importance. A modest change can remove the obstacle that limits the rest of the session.",{"heading":15,"kind":16,"paragraphs":17},"Where attention and time disappear","practice",[18,19],"A boxing group repeatedly loses time between pad blocks because partner changes are unclear. The coach agrees a consistent changeover. Partners then receive one observation target instead of five at once. Finally, they use the recovery interval to clarify the next task. None of these changes replaces the whole programme. Together they may allow more focused repetitions.","In grappling, an athlete might prepare an entry more precisely: judge distance earlier, make the first grip with a clear purpose and recover balance after an unsuccessful attempt. Test the adjustments separately before combining them. If everything changes at once, it becomes difficult to identify what helps and what simply consumes more attention. Small changes still need a reason and a way to observe their effect.",{"heading":21,"kind":22,"paragraphs":23},"Fundamentals usually come first","caution",[24,25],"Fine adjustments do not compensate for missing fundamentals. An elaborate equipment ritual cannot automatically solve insufficient sleep or inappropriate training load. Improvements are not always additive either. More gripping effort might bring greater tension and less freedom to move. Look at the complete task rather than collecting isolated positive features.","Kaizen describes an ongoing process of noticing and resolving problems. Marginal Gains emphasises the small improvements themselves and their combined contribution. Compounding concerns effects building through repeated use over time. Incremental Learning describes successive development of knowledge or skill. These models can cooperate while answering different questions, so a link between them should preserve those distinctions.",{"heading":27,"kind":28,"paragraphs":29},"Find three frictions and change one","experiment",[30,31],"Identify three small things that regularly hinder your practice. Begin with an inexpensive adjustment closely connected to your goal. Decide how you will recognise benefit: less waiting between rounds, clearer feedback or more useful exits after attacking. A general feeling of being optimised is a weak measure.","After several sessions, examine disadvantages as well. Does the agreement require too much explanation? Does it reduce room for other solutions? Retain what is useful overall, then address the next issue. Sometimes the most valuable small improvement is removing something. The model directs attention towards concrete friction. It should not turn practice into an endless search for details that make the session increasingly complicated without helping anyone act better.",{"description":33,"labels":34},"Separate small improvements contribute to one whole, with their combined effect checked.",[35,36,37,38],"Preparation","Execution","Recovery","Interaction",[40,43,46,49],{"id":41,"reason":42},"kaizen","Kaizen supplies the repeated process through which small problems are addressed.",{"id":44,"reason":45},"compounding","A retained improvement can have further effects through repeated use.",{"id":47,"reason":48},"diminishing-returns","Each additional detail may contribute a different amount of value.",{"id":50,"reason":51},"incremental-learning","A small process improvement differs from the next stage in skill development.",[53],{"title":54,"url":55,"note":56},"Gain speed without spending money","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.britishcycling.org.uk\u002Fknowledge\u002Farticle\u002Fizn20130408-Free-speed-0","British Cycling's account of its marginal gains approach, not evidence of fixed percentage growth.",1791220424836]