{"id":258,"date":"2026-09-24T01:26:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=258"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:19:53","slug":"drilling-one-sequence-for-an-hour-and-a-half-is-a-good-way-to-get-better-at-that-one-sequence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=258","title":{"rendered":"Drilling one sequence for an hour and a half is a good way to get better at that one sequence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Drilling one sequence for an hour and a half is a good way to get better at that one sequence\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/woJuIxkjLqI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Troy Akin\u2019s reminder: drilling one sequence for ~90 minutes is a legitimate way to get better at that sequence. Depth builds automaticity; constantly switching drills keeps you forever \u2018familiar\u2019 and never sharp.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Long blocks on one pattern<\/li>\n<li>Automaticity needs volume with focus<\/li>\n<li>Variety later; ownership first<\/li>\n<li>Quality still matters inside the long block<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Pick ONE sequence this week; dedicate a full session<\/li>\n<li>Define the sequence in writing before you start<\/li>\n<li>Take short form breaks; don\u2019t switch topics<\/li>\n<li>Test it in games the same day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"tdd-newsletter\">\n<p><strong>Get the 5 best pickleball tips every week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/subscribe-forms.beehiiv.com\/v3\/loader.js\" data-beehiiv-form=\"0e5f3fe0-e4d3-4036-8d7f-c33b311980b2\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.beehiiv.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe free<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Troy Akin\u2019s reminder: drilling one sequence for ~90 minutes is a legitimate way to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,200],"tags":[459,465,466,160],"class_list":["post-258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","category-strategy","tag-deliberate-practice","tag-drilling-sequence","tag-pattern-training","tag-troy-akin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":584,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions\/584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}