I’ve been wanting to get into a practice schedule for a long time now. Right now I practice when the mood takes me and while it’s fairly often I’ve been wanting to practice on a more disciplined routine.  So here’s what I’m going to do:

  1. Every Sunday night I’m going to set my goals for the week. It might be mastery of a particular sleight or a trick.

  2. Estimate how long it will take me to gain complete mastery of the move/trick.

  3. Plot out specific times everyday that fit into my schedule to practice.

  4. At the end of the week take inventory of what I’ve accomplished. Was my estimate on target? Did I show up and practice when I said I would? Do I need to schedule more time for any particular move/trick?

  In addition, I also want to schedule maintenance time in. This would be time where I practice and go over old routines and moves. Just to stay in shape. Maybe only 15 minutes to 30 minutes a day.

  I wonder if this will help me improve quicker or if it will be detrimental. For instance, I might put off practicing because I’ll just tell myself that I’ll do it at my regularly scheduled time. So I’ll have to test to see if this will actually cut down on the practice time. But on the other hand I might be more focused in my practice sessions if I have a set schedule of exactly what I’m going to do.

  I’m excited to get this started and see what results I’ll have. Will report back with how it goes…