We know that in order to get better we need to practice, however many of our intended practice sessions might be making us worse. In my observation, what is often referred to as practice, might be better described as a testing session. Testing has its place as part of training, but is likely to inhibit the productivity of your practice. 

To assist in my explanation let me introduce the imaginary brothers Bob and Rob.

In my many years of playing golf I have been Bob a lot more than Rob. However my time being a Rob is responsible for all of my meaningful progress. This is true for both myself and my clients. The brain tends to look for shortcuts, and so it’s perfectly expected that you come up with a way to skip all the effort and develop a simple method of getting straight to the same result. However ,the real result is the awareness, control and experience you get from the practice itself. Ironically the actual shortcut is simply being more like Rob.