#193 Drake Roth: How to Set Intention for Practice, Measure Progress, and Make Adjustments to Continue Improving

#193 Drake Roth: How to Set Intention for Practice, Measure Progress, and Make Adjustments to Continue Improving

July 19, 2026 · 1h 8m

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Drake Roth discusses how to set intentions for practice and measure progress in training.

In this episode, Drake Roth (@dek_grappling) returns to talk about open vs closed skills, how individuals can be intentional with their training, measure progress/learning, operationalize improvement, and adjust task goals over longer periods of time. Drake also writes periodically on substack, Grappling with Skill. The blog post we referenced can be found here. Hope you enjoy! Download Sherpa, the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. U...

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Hosts: Josh Lu, Jake Luigi

Guest: Drake Roth

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Organizations: Grappling with Skill

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