I’ve been playing around with the actual math behind skill development, and it gets complicated quickly.
But for parents and coaches, I think we can make it ridiculously simple:
GROWTH = Quality Reps × Consistency × Time
Whether you are training your own kid or your whole team, just ask yourself:
How good are the reps?
How often do they get them?
How much time will they need to master them?
We spend WAY too much time chasing novelty.
New drills. New trainers. New techniques. New ideas. But growth usually isn’t that exciting.
Create a structure that gives kids meaningful reps. Make those reps intentional. Then have the discipline to keep showing up and doing them long enough for adaptation to happen.
There’s real math behind this if anyone wants me to nerd out on it 😂 But I’m more interested in your experience:
Where have you seen consistency beat novelty in your athlete’s development?