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A Practical Timing Training Routine
Use a simple progression from visible calibration to hidden long-target practice.
Stage 1: calibrate at five seconds
Choose a five-second target in Solo Practice and use Visible mode for three rounds. Pay attention to the pace of each second rather than trying to react to the final digits.
Switch to Hidden mode for five attempts using the same rhythm. The goal is not a perfect result yet; it is a group of results that are close to one another.
Stage 2: remove predictable counting
Once five seconds feels stable, mix targets such as 3.5, 7, and 10 seconds. Decimal targets prevent you from relying only on whole-number counting and teach you to handle partial seconds.
Stage 3: extend the duration
Longer targets expose small errors in your internal pace. Move gradually to 15, 20, or 30 seconds. If your misses suddenly become large, return to a shorter target and recalibrate before trying again.
Review with one useful question
After each small practice block, ask whether your stops were mostly early, mostly late, or scattered. Change only one thing in the next block. A single controlled adjustment is easier to evaluate than changing your counting method after every result.
- Mostly early: slow your internal rhythm slightly.
- Mostly late: make the rhythm slightly quicker.
- Scattered: reduce distractions and use a consistent start cue.
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