Counterpoint: Practice Does NOT Help Athletes Learn from Losing
Just because an athlete goes to practice the day after they lose, doesn’t mean they will get help learning from that loss. Learning from losing is a process that requires specific steps, steps that are not part of the normal practice process.
Furthermore, assuming that practice makes perfect is a bad assumption. Practice does NOT make perfect. The truth is that only PERFECT practice makes perfect. So, after an athlete loses, the first thing they must do is stop practicing the thing that caused them to lose. Unquestionably, making the same mistakes repeatedly in practice will do nothing more than make those mistakes habits.
After a loss, instead of practicing, athletes must shift their mindset to training as training has a different purpose than practice. Practice is about testing and repeating the skills you already know, while training is about learning the skills you need to get better. With training, the focus is on developing the muscle memory you need to perform skills the right way starting with the fundamentals.
Until an athlete’s coach adjusts what they do in practice to train the skills they need to learn from their losses, practice will only stagnate that athlete.