Anon How much does your gym rely on drills?

[Anonymous (bd38)]

My gym rarely uses drills, pretty much never. Is that normal? What are the benefits of doing drills?

 

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Depends on what you mean by drills. Do you consider leadup skills to be drills?

Once you get past the basics, most of the "drills" I use are skills in and of themselves, done with a very specific focus. For example, if I'm teaching a kid a full-twisting double back on floor, I'll spend a lot of time on backhandsprings, double backs, cruises (on trampoline), half-outs (on trampoline), and half-ins to backdrop (on trampoline) -- all of which are skills in and of themselves.

 

[Anonymous (23db)]

We do a lot of drill work. My group is still low level (about level 3-4/Gold in US, but different country and system).
Drills help you focus on a part of a skill in an easier or more controlled situation so you're able to learn the right movement/position/technique, that sometimes would be hard to do when doing the skill as a whole and could lead to having the go back and correct it later on.

 

[Anonymous (b811)]

Always drill before you skill!