Martial arts practitioner and author Mark Hatmaker explains the importance of drill training. Drilling implies having it “‘drilled’ into your skull.” Training implies a train reaching its destination by keeping on its track. Drilling and training Hatmaker says, “are composed of the actual skill work needed to improve the technical expression of the combat art.”
He gives an example of the football linebacker. Linebackers don’t get big and strong simply by playing football. They get their bulk by weight-lifting and running and other auxiliary sports. Drilling contributes to conditioning “by shear physical intensity” and match these skills to the game.
It’s not enough for a boxer, for example, to drill with his five basic punches (jab, cross, hook, uppercut and overhand) for his entire career, he must also “scrutinize each drill to see if it correlates with the game in question — if not, we may be wasting precious conditioning and drilling time”
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Mark Hatmaker: The Importance of Drilling for Traditional and Mixed Martial Proficiency
