Murton's love for swing repetition has also found a home in practice-happy Japan.
That was 15 more than Carlos Zambrano of the Cubs threw to no-hit the Astros in nine innings last September, so naturally, even in practice-happy Japan, eyebrows were raised.
However, we also found that many practices were happy for the primary care trust to take over the change process and seemed to welcome the lack of autonomy: "[We have] hardly any personal responsibility" (manager, practice 22); "[We are] waiting for instructions" (manager, practice 17).
Practice really does make perfect and you should practice the "Happy Birthday" song as often as you can to get the best version and sound.
Though I see athletes checking their phones far more than I would like while on break from practice, the happy reality is that they are so busy playing their sport that they simply don't have time to get sucked down the black hole of screen time.
They want to be involved as little as possible because they've got busy private practices and are happy to come in to do the odd you know lift out forceps or caesarean section".
The Dalai Lama said it best, "If you want others to be happy, practice compassion; if you want to be happy practice compassion".
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, once said, "If you want others to be happy, practice compassion; if you want to be happy, practice compassion".
Practice time is happy time.
