What do you guys consider drilling?

[Liquidrob]

I always read about "drilling", we drill this, drill that, drilling for warm ups or after class or people don't like drilling, drill on your own time, etc...

What do you consider drilling? How much drilling doing you do? Resistance level? Slow or fast?

Let's talk drilling!

[Liquidrob]

I read the Mendes brothers drill like crazy, very technical about it also, they do speed drills also

[Jack LaBarge]

I read the Mendes brothers drill like crazy, very technical about it also, they do speed drills also

Andre Galvao, Drill to win book. Denny "300" is a drill monster. The old adage ”Practice doesn't make perfect; perfect practice makes perfect,”.

[Liquidrob]

I may be wrong, but I believe the majority of BJJ schools don't really "drill"

You see the standard conditioning warm up, teach a couple techniques and then roll format a lot in the BJJ world

Which is fine, has worked for a lot of schools

[Luc Lévesque]

dont drill t'ill you get it right, drill t'ill you can't get it wrong. -Roger Gracie

[David Rosado]

From what I gather there are situational drills and movement drills. In situational drills, you run through only the material worked on in class, which focuses on a specific series/situation, at 40%-60% resistance. Movement drills are where you repeat a specific BJJ related movement to build muscle memory and conditioning.

I'm used to doing situational drills. I can't speak from a variety of experience, but I will say that situational drills after about 40-50 minutes of reps is a great way to build muslce memory and familiarity with the moves. I remember when I finally started using ONLY the stuff I've learned in class, it was nuts how it just came natural like I'd been doing it forever.

[Sam Davis]

According to Jordan Schultz, you must drill a technique 10,000 times before you have a basic mastery over it.

[Brent Smith]

According to Jordan Schultz, you must drill a technique 10,000 times before you have a basic mastery over it.

Thats according to many more people than Jordon Schultz.

[Mike May]

I come from an Arnis background originally, and so I put together drills in the circular format that I learned from that art: starting from one technique or position working through until it returns to that same starting point for each participant, and as the level and skill of the participants increases tangential techniques are added to the flow that are then absorbed back in to the original pattern.

This provides a simple initial template from which to expand and grow, but if the additional material breaks down you can easily return to the basic pattern flow drill without a restart or a break in the drilling.

It is a great conditioning method as bonus.

[DavidHamp]

I like drilling a movement so many times then when i live roll i only work that move personally i don't like drilling without being live cause if you have a partner letting you get the move by not fully resiting or trying to fully counter you wont know for matches...but thats just my opinion. I have been drilling the lockdown for like a year through the paths and its made a huge difference in my half guard game I'm currently awaitin the new dvd to come out so i can build my side control game.