discussing and/or considering technique

[keypeg]

Niereghazy, I agree with what you wrote.

[keyofc]

Without reading all the posts - here is my two cents.

Technique sometimes needs to be mechanical.
A person can be very expressive but lack technique -
it can be very helpful to do things away from the piano.

Picking up things using the whole arm - instead of the wrist - gets you in the habit of moving your hand that way.

I find many students in the beginning stages have hard time with larger intervals - there is a way they can move their fingers to make it easy - they can do it on a table and get used to it - and then, of course, do  it musically.

Anything that stays in isolation is useless - but sometimes it helps to isolate problems.

Sometimes a person gets so frustrated because they just don't 'get it' - and then they feel it's all useless to talk about.
Imo, the same thing is true with theory.  Some things are boring, but necessary.  Looking at how intervals are shaped, etc helps in reading music.  It's a lot easier to learn this first - and then play it.
You can do it either way.  Am I the only one that was taught theory in a musical vacuum and later was able to apply it to my music?

I think there is no *one* right way - as long as we are moving on to the music.