The Training Effect

The Good News is, doing what you are doing, keeps you doing what you are doing.

The Bad News is, doing what you are doing, keeps you doing what you are doing.

It’s why sports teams have a staff and individual athletes have people who travel with them to keep them sharp.

A win is as good as the game in which it was played but afterwards, there’s no slacking off on drills and practice unless there’s travel involved. Why? Because the more finely-tuned one is, the quicker rigor will dissipate if it’s not reinforced and enhanced.

Whatever they did right will also be analysed by others, as well as where their flanks might be vulnerable.

Established careers that want to cut through to the next level as well as those at the top of the game cannot rest on laurels. Being a pro, in anything, is as competitive as moving up the ranks. The medal jumps that athletes did in the Olympics a few short years ago would not even qualify them for the team today.

So know that the level of play you are at today might not be enough, especially when trying to get the attention of those who are able to open bigger doors.

The #1 issue for agents, managers, casting directors and producers is that auditions, especially self-directed ones, are not where they should be but there isn’t time to help get them where they need to go. That, they feel, is your job. They give you the shot, it’s up to you to hit the target and to keep hitting it, read after read after read.