5 Laws of Practice

lewdo26 · 2007-01-12T12:40:15+00:00

Seeing the recent practice threads, I thought I'd share the 5 things that improved my practice sessions exponentially and made them more enjoyable. This is what practice sessions have to be for me: 1) limited and frequent 2) varied and pre-planned around priorities 3) progressively challenging 4) quantified and annotated 5) 60% ghost/ 40% drills I define practice as anything that addresses a specific skill through repetition (drills), and playing the ghost. I do short drills, and then play the ghost. The latter motivates me to do more drills and vice-versa. Those skeptical about drills, I think, miss the point. You don't do drills to encounter the exact same layout in front of you in competition. You do them to zero in on a specific skill that will have application across a variety of layouts and shots. Drills have certainly accelerated my improvement as a player and I hope to do even more of them.