A sports approach to skill development

I recently did my first ever snowboarding box jump! Wow, it really challenged my brain and body and I was exhilarated afterwards 😁 It also reminded me what progressing a skill is like in real time. I love that about sports as feedback is instantaneous and I wonder how do we make progression more visible when it comes to learning other skills as it surely makes it more motivating and helps gain one's confidence.

There were several "building blocks" that the snowboarding instructor guided me through before getting to the box jump:
Step 1. The instructor showed me a video of a fellow intermediate snowboarder doing the box jump and said to me "This is doable for you". This is external visualisation + external belief.

Then the instructor broke down the whole box jumping process in an open area before we even approached the box jump area. What you see in the following steps 2-5 are internal visualisation + practise + gaining internal belief.
Step 2. Practise jumping on the flat.
Step 3. As you are jumping, imagine you are jumping off the box.
Step 4. As you are jumping, imagine you are jumping on the box then off the box
Step 5. Target training: imagine the snowball the instructor has thrown on the flat is the box and you are approaching it with precision and the speed that you would like to jump on the box with.

The final two steps have everything to do with having the confidence to do the jump.
Step 6. We got to the box jump area. The instructor demonstrated the jump in real time, leading by example.
There was no turning back now for me but to go down the hill and join the instructor. I felt the nerves but I also knew I had done everything I could for this final step. There was nothing else for me to do now but to do the jump.
Step 7. I approached the box jump and jumped. I had the time of my life!

Going through this experience with box jumping brought back memories of all the mental training I did when I was preparing for the World Masters Ultimate Frisbee Championships playing for Aotearoa New Zealand. Visualisation of yourself completing a skill is good but visualisation combined with practice and real time feedback is even better.

What skills in our professional life could do with this type of approach? Skills that come to my mind are public speaking, facilitation, having 1:1 conversations, giving feedback or we can apply this approach to all skill development?