4 posts on Practice.
Skills without a matching self-image slide back to the old baseline. Change the identity first, or the practice just bounces off.
If it feels difficult, you are learning. The friction is not a problem to route around. It is proof the pathway is being written.
Two players with equal skill walk on court. One wins. The difference is often what they were staring at when the point started.
Practice is not about getting good. It is about moving the movement out of the conscious brain so the conscious brain can watch the game.