how to practice when you're tired

[@anthonyagbayani8205]

“Your level is a direct reflection of your practice habits.” I’ve been needing to hear this! Thanks Rob.

[@shawnmuench]

One thing is that just before bed learning gets a retention boost, so it can be good to learn late!

[@claudialocke1406]

I really enjoyed this video, my only question is how do you avoid burnout when you’re constantly practicing? I’ve had issues with this in the past and it has deterred me from doing the techniques mentioned in this video.

[@robknopperstudio]

good question. make sure that you’re incorporating enough breaks into your practice. around 10 minutes every hour, around 1 day off per week, and around one long weekend off per month are normally some boundaries i set for myself. also make sure you’re putting priority into your health so you can practice at your most productive state - sleeping enough, eating well, and getting exercise.

[@semenshestakov2247]

Watching this while procrastinating.

[@davidrapant6398]

I get practicing when you have free time but losing sleep to practice isn't a good idea. Your productive output will actually go down when your mentally drained and need sleep. If your not using sleep hours I can see the point. If your extremely tired a cat nap can do wonders with a cup of coffee when you wake. I wouldn't sleep longer than 45 min though.

[@webgrazer]

I have been struggling to increase practice time - nice ideas on how to strategize and incentivize at the tired end of my day

[@robknopperstudio]

thanks for watching!

[@Michael-Oh]

If you don't get more than 5hrs (for most its 7hrs) of sleep the next day is not going to be productive at all. Your hippocampus can't work productively which really effects the ablilty for the brain to learn and retain information. Sleep is extremely important and trading it for unproductive practice is not smart. Not only that, you will find that your practice is harder and not leading anywhere. You will get frustrated with your own progress and more problems pop up in your playing. Infact studies show by missing out on important hours of sleep your brain's age doubles. This is advice from Graham John Liverpool Phil Principle. ^^^ Also can't really get behind the whole watching TV while practicing thing. It's just a waste of time as you aren't being mindful about the technical elements that you're trying to work on. Instead as you ignore your hands getting tence or losing sound quality while you're distracted by an episode of Netflix, you're not training the mind to be constantly aware of your movments. And if your mind can only focus for 20min that's fine. So take a 5 min break, chug water and begin another set of drills. It's like mindfulness meditation where one may focus intentionally on a specific task and experience the fullness of that task. When you get good at utilising this process you enter a FLOW state and that's a really good sign of productive practice. Also what's up with your recording system? Just get a handheld Zoom Mic, no fuss or the need for laptops and programs just push a button and record. This video is just extremely frustrating, did this kind of thing in my 2nd year of Conservatoire and had a horrible time. losing sleep leading to not practicing effectively which lead to performance anxiety. Until I met Graham for that important lesson I've only been improving.

[@Deech72]

Graham who? Great feedback and agree.

[@seanstolliker4562]

These are all very valid points. I would just keep in mind that a lot of it has to do with differences in the individual and your instinctive responses to certain things. I've started practicing technique and watching tv at the same time in very specific situations. It is usually at the end of the day when I could use my last two hours to only relax and would prefer to do that rather than practice. This is usually a time when I know I won't be super focused or patient. The tv keeps me occupied so that I can stay put at my practice pad. It doesn't necessarily mean that I am being tense or unaware of what my hands are doing. Actually, I typically get distracted from the show and end up rewinding a bunch (making practice go longer) because I start noticing and fixing tension. Many times I will re-watch shows I love with the expectation of my practicing pulling my attention away from the show. TV is just a way to make making the decision to discipline yourself and be productive easier.

[@robknopperstudio]

maximizing your productivity ends up looking different for different people. i’m glad you have experimented and found your own maximal productivity system. thanks for sharing your input!

[@robknopperstudio]

@@seanstolliker4562 i like how you’re watching old shows so you don’t have to pay attention to every word. i rewatched a lot of episodes of the office over and over while I was practicing for my met audition and it really works well for me.

[@seanstolliker4562]

@@robknopperstudio The Office is definitely a go to practice show for me!

[@OboeFiles]

Yes I need this

[@novamber88]

got here through the email haha. Thanks for this video anyways-my schedule is kinda screwed this year because of high school graduating exams to college :////// and I still need to practice lots

[@SJ-12345]

your tips are reeeeally helpful!! thank you!!! :)

[@curescuelias9722]

Very nice videos and channel, you deserve 10M subscribers

[@juandiegocely2172]

Thanks thanks a lot !!

[@pawnstarsofficial9083]

Legend, so helpful

[@luisv3741]

Dropping knowledge bombs

[@PeterKahlenbornMusik]

Thank you Sir! I'm finding some great help here to fill in gaps in my classical training, which as a working jazz drummer I've never really got round to doing since my conservatory study. I've often thought to my classical teacher at the time: "How I wish I could ask him this or that today." I tried to download your list, but the LINK WAS NOT WORKING? Anyway, thanks!

[@robknopperstudio]

really? it's working for me. did you click the link in the description robknopper.com/practicetired ? you can also try this one directly: www.robknopper.com/blog/2020/2/14/how-to-practice-when-youre-tired

[@PeterKahlenbornMusik]

Thanks@@robknopperstudio ! Yes, description link worked. It's the actual download button link that didn't work from here ....

[@pierrebitant]

I love your channel and this video is very interesting, but honestly I don't know if that's the case with drums, but if you practice tired, the probability of getting an injury is much higher (ruining your body and next practice sessions), so that would classify tired practice as risky and unhealthy in my book, don't you think ?

[@robknopperstudio]

that very well may be! i am not an expert on physical health. these are just my practical suggestions based on my own experiences.

[@violante1421]

3:30 5:52

[@francescoreitano7331]

What program do you use to record yourself? Thank you so much for your great and excellent work!!!!

[@zach.a.fields]

Upload time checks out

[@TannerCLynn]

This video goes far beyond practicing a musical instrument. Replace the word practice with a ton of different things and you can do those two using this exact same advice

[@psychtank8681]

Being a non music college student + being in an amateur orchestra makes this video so relevant and helpful.

[@liliancurbeloboe]

The checklist is no longer available 🤷‍♀️😢

[@robknopperstudio]

hey! it should be fixed now. let me know if you have any trouble downloading the checklist!

[@liliancurbeloboe]

@@robknopperstudio it is working now! Thanks Rob 🤗✨

[@dutchymon]

The insomniac paradiddler.

[@tylergash3175]

There’s gonna be a lot of wgi members watching