# Design deliberate practice drills for a skill I'm learning

Focused drills with clear success criteria, fast feedback, and a way to raise the difficulty as you improve.

- Topic: Learning & Teaching
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Advanced
- Tags: Fill-in Template, Step-by-step
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/design-deliberate-practice-drills-for-a-skill-i-m-learning

## Prompt

```text
Design deliberate practice drills for a skill I'm learning.

**Skill and the sub-skill I'm working on now:** [e.g. "guitar - clean chord changes", "Spanish - past tense in conversation"]
**My current level:** [WHAT I CAN DO NOW, or my latest benchmark result]
**Session length and frequency:** [e.g. "30 minutes, 5 days a week"]
**Feedback I can get:** [e.g. "record myself", "a coach every two weeks", "online community", "answer keys"]
**Tools or materials I have:** [LIST]
**Resources I'm using (optional):** [PASTE FROM STEP 2]

Design principles to follow:
- Each drill targets one narrow sub-skill, just beyond what I can do comfortably.
- Every drill has a measurable success criterion (e.g. "8 out of 10 clean changes at 60 bpm").
- Feedback arrives fast, ideally within the session.
- Repetition with variation, so I don't just memorize one version.
- A clear rule for when to make it harder (e.g. after hitting the criterion in two sessions in a row).
- Avoid drills that feel productive but mostly repeat what I can already do.

Return:
1. 4-6 drills in a table: Drill | Sub-skill it targets | How to do it | Success criterion | How I get feedback | How to make it harder.
2. A sample week showing how to combine drills in my session length, including a short warm-up and a quick review of the previous session.
3. A practice log template: Date | Drill | Reps | Success rate | What went wrong | Next adjustment.

This is step 3 of the "Teach yourself a new skill in 90 days" pack. It works on its own, and can use the resources chosen in step 2.
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## What to fill in

- WHAT I CAN DO NOW, or my latest benchmark result
- e.g. "30 minutes, 5 days a week"
- LIST
- PASTE FROM STEP 2

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