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Since there is a "finite" amount of ammo, time, energy, and motivation available for all of us, I have been thinking about the most efficient way to learn a new skill.
Lets take reloads for example.
Is it better to do 20 reps every night (dry), or 70 reps a couple of times a week? What is best for learning the muscle memory and developing speed?
I believe the order of importance was 1) recency, 2) frequency, 3)............
The only thing I'd add to John's post is stop when you feel your attention starting to drift. Once you lose focus, it's time to quit or start working on a different task.
I'll preface my statement below with the fact that I know virtually nothing, naval lint knows more than me.
But I do dry fire virtually every day. A couple of things I've found:
- Short sessions, about ten minutes long or so are all I can handle until my forearms are tired and I start to mentally drift.
- I'm sharper on my dry fire drills if I practice every day, vs a couple sessions a week. I'm sharper at my range sessions if I keep this up as well.
- I have to be honest with myself during dry fire, or else I'm just wasting time. By this I mean, am I doing a drill correctly? Am I focusing on my front sight. Am I calling my shots?
- It took me about two months of daily dry fire to change the sequence of an admin task that I had practiced for about two years. By this I mean, ingraining the new sequence of the task to the subconscious level where I didn't have to think about it, I just did it. Changing more complex tasks, like my draw stroke are taking much longer to ingrain.
- Doing drills when I'm tired or unmotivated have yielded some of the best "learning sessions" I've had.
- Doing drills at half speed has been beneficial at times.
- Going fast for the sake of going fast has been beneficial at times as well.
That's all I have.