Any advice for drilling things alone/solo at home?

[wolffanghameha]

Based on your experience, others' experience or on science.

I know frequency is important. So I try to get a few reps in every day.

I also try to never end on a technically bad rep.

Putting a shoe on the floor for something to aim for when shooting.

I've recently read it can be beneficial to randomise the drills, such as voice clips on shuffle that say "left" or "right", rather than alternating or doing say 3 on one side and 3 on the other.

Or reacting to voice clips like "head past knee", "head on knee" or "knee turned in" (say if a takedown like a low single has different finishes depending on the defender's knee position or how far through you shot). Basically matching the cue you'd be feeling or looking for in the real situation to the appropriate reaction. Maybe those verbal cues would take too long to play and be heard though, so graduating towards one-word cues would be better as you get quicker. Also maybe you could record clips that are a beep to tell you to shoot and then have the verbal cue, so that the time spacing is right.

It's good to individually drill one small part of a technique and then add them together, but is it good to also focus on one part at a time when drilling the entire technique's sequence? I imagine yes (something I'll try out), but I don't know for sure. As in doing the whole thing but mentally focusing on checking one part at a time?

If you're drilling steps from a video, do you watch the video every time you start drilling (if you have time)? Or after your first attempt to see what you missed? Or do you rarely rewatch it? I rarely rewatch, but now I'm thinking I should be rewatching a little more.

 

[Rallarsvingare]

I never liked solo drilling grappling techniques, if Im training alone I would rather do running or lift weights.

However I might use some techniques as warmups when Im lifting weights. But thats mostly when it comes from grappling different kinds of shoots and sprawls. Think of it like "shadow"wrestling.

 

[SandisLL]

Actually direct grappling training solo IMHO is not possible.
However for S/C and so on ofc it is advisable.

There are dolls, are used for sambo training etc.
" doll " is approx your weight stuff to drill some basic movements. Like dummy. Might be used to drill some basic stuff.

Such doll usually is 85-120%from your weight and is used.

Btw in old times for sport sambo such dolls had been used also as part of fitness test.
Like throws with doll = number of throws and time ...with chronometer. However it was just part of fitness test....not always mandatory.

 

[don't ask]

I once saw a video of a female Judoka doing solo drills for a solid hour (maybe even two) and it involved a lot of newaza, some really useful stuff. I used to put it on and then follow along on my off days -- it was a pretty fantastic way to get a sweat going, work on mobility (ginastica natural kind of stuff) and drill guard work.