When To Move On

Here is a few excerpts from my post entitled When To Move On aimed at answering this question:

How do I know when to move on from a certain drill?

A drill is an activity that isolates a certain skill, allowing you to concentrate on it with less demands on your attention and neuro-muscular control. It can isolate that skill by putting you in position to turn off other skills, and by slowing things down so it is easier to focus on little details.
We can use an analogy to understand these. #1 is like spreading the roots on the tree, and #2 is like spreading the branches. By spending time in a drill (or in whole stroke) within our comfortable skill range, we deepen the roots.


It’s not necessarily about finding out when you are ready to ‘move on’ but when you are ready to test and challenge that skill a bit more. To do this you can add some complexity multipliers to your drill:

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