What do you guys consider drilling?

[Greg W]

I personally think drilling is #1. I get teamates saying "teach me something new and cool" and I reply with, Why learn something new when you haven't mastered the last 100 things that were taught to you. I then ask them to perform a teachnique that I taught them one month ago, most of the time they are unable to perform it correctly. I don't know about other instructors out there, but for me getting people to Drill is like freakin' pulling teeth. It is way easier to fall back on warm up-3 techs-roll when I don't have the drive or ambition to think of new exciting ways to trick people into drilling with out them knowing the are drilling.

[Kurzy]

It is way easier to fall back on warm up-3 techs-roll when I don't have the drive or ambition to think of new exciting ways to trick people into drilling with out them knowing the are drilling.

As a student, I don't see anything wrong with this formula. We rep out two techniques as I mentioned above, and then we will hit those same techniques (or a similar application) about a month later or so. All it means if more reps.

Personally I don't have a chance to rep things out, outside of my 10PJJ class time, so when I am there I rep as much as I can. I find this formula is working for me anyways.

[Blake Dunaway]

I look for what functionaly works for me as a Jui Jitsu Student then drill it as much as I can, the way my class is structured is alot different then when im teaching my friends. my instructor shows 2 techs and then we work on them back and fourth for like 15 reps on both sides (strong side and weak side)with your partner after that we just roll. I personally start with a position drill a sweep and then a sub or two from that position, move back into the sweep and work from the new position doing the same thing till i make it back to my starting position.

[Greg W]

I feel that the day you learn a technique and rep it 15 times is not the day you drill a technique. Example. June 2012 you were taught how execute an Upa and roll mount escape and put in 15 reps that day with a partner. July 2012 you use the Upa and roll sucessfully several times with various opponents during roll time. August 2012 your instructor does not teach any new techniques that day and asks that you perform Upa and rolls with several opponents for 30 minutes straight at 40% then 15 minutes at 80% and he gives you no further motivations. Do you roll your eyes and say to yourself " I know this already and I am good at it", then proceed to perform in 3-4 times in 45 minutes (all at 100%)with maybe 2 partners and mostly just have to drink, go to the bathroom, talk. Are you a good student and try to perform the task as instructed but find it difficult to have a commited partner. I find most students(at our school and the many others I have visited) tend to be the former rather than the later. Unless the istructor has the energy and drive to stay on peoples asses and say "come on , lets keep going" over and over.
To really get a task, you need to perform it over and over with good realistic resistance, but low enough that you are able to perform it technically perfect each and every time, so you mind/body can remember the moves. If you do not drill as instructed, chances are you will be able to continue to use it during gym roll time, but will not be able to pull it off when the real pressure is on. ie. real fight after getting slammed to the ground, competition match, MMA fight after taking 3 fists to the face. Sorry, just my personal pet peve rant.

[Greg W]

I look for what functionaly works for me as a Jui Jitsu Student then drill it as much as I can, the way my class is structured is alot different then when im teaching my friends. my instructor shows 2 techs and then we work on them back and fourth for like 15 reps on both sides (strong side and weak side)with your partner after that we just roll. I personally start with a position drill a sweep and then a sub or two from that position, move back into the sweep and work from the new position doing the same thing till i make it back to my starting position.

If the technique doesn't work for you and doesn't fit into your "game" do you still drill it, or only the ones that work for you?

[Ryan Brick]

a. To instruct thoroughly by repetition in a skill or procedure
b. To infuse knowledge of or skill in by repetitious instruction

You can have drills/flow drills where you just go over the same move/moves over and over again with little or no resistance. I find this is good to learn the move in the first place.

Than there are drills where you practice the same concept over and over again, like I'm passing your guard you have to pimp arm and recover or scoop my leg and recover, I don't usually do these at full resistance. I do these to break bad habits out of people.

I also have drills where you get stuck in one position and one person starts with a dominant control and has to try as hard as they can to stay there and one person has to escape. Kind of like the dead zone mts episode. I do this almost like positional sparing

Muscle memory is this thin stuff that coats your nerves that allows them to fire stronger signals quicker. It forms every single time you move your body and at a set rate. So if you drill a move slow and fluidly enough you will be able to do it fast and fluidly but if you drill it fast and sloppy because you want to get your reps in you will actually be hurting more than helping because you are developing the wrong muscle memory.