All to the good. I’m laughing at myself too.
I’ve definitely become emotionally invested in this drill. Stepping past the drill, and looking at my development as a shooter: a strong mindset of growth is just as important I think as the neuro-muscular connections being formed. I’m a very firm believer that mental focus and emotional focus are learned skills that improve if trained.
With this specific drill it can be so easy to feel like the whole string is a waste if I throw a shot wide in one of the early positions. I’ve caught myself basically giving up on that string of fire. When instead what I should do (and have started doing) is immediately shifting to my second goal of speed. Basically, if it’s immediately clear that this string isn’t going to be accurate enough for my primary goal, well then I’m going to run the next couple of transitions as fast as possible and see how that shakes out. As a result speed is getting easier to maintain, and accuracy is allowed to develop at its natural pace.
