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A good drill can make a big difference in helping you improve your skills.\u00a0But to continue to keep learning, you have to continue to perform novel activities.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p> You\u2019re not going to keeping learning by repeating a drill you\u2019re already familiar with, so you need to create a new challenge.\u00a0<\/p> However, that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean you have to change the drills you\u2019re using.\u00a0Instead, you can change how you use them, and you can do so quickly and easily.<\/p> Start counting your strokes when you perform drills.\u00a0Try to use fewer strokes and try to use more strokes.\u00a0By changing your stroke count, you\u2019re changing how you perform the drill.\u00a0 <\/p> If you give yourself objective numbers to hit, say 10 strokes, you\u2019re going to challenge yourself to perform the drill differently, and hit an objective goal.\u00a0 <\/p> Now, performing the same drill is going to create a much better learning opportunity.\u00a0 <\/p> Reducing the number of strokes you take is going to improve your efficiency and increasing the number of strokes you take is going to allow you to work the drill at higher speeds. The stroke count encourages you to find better solutions to achieve lower numbers.<\/p>Stroke count<\/h2>