No matter how much I practice, I don't get any faster...

I can't beat that person...

I feel like I was better last week...

Have you ever thought something like that?

I personally often think like that...

So does practicing really not make you better?

I think the answer is no. It's true that you may develop bad habits and your time may become slower... but practicing doesn't make you worse.

So why do you feel that way?

I think this is related to the fact that the growth curve is an inversely proportional curve, not a directly proportional straight line.

This is when you look at the time you practice on the horizontal axis and the degree of improvement on the vertical axis.

In other words, in the early stages, if you put in a little effort, you could improve a lot, but in the later stages, even if you practice a lot, you only improve a little.

The amount of growth decreases in relation to the amount of consecutive practice time, so it feels like your brain isn't growing at all!

Another reason is that this growth curve is not a clean line.

I think this is true for drone racing and everything else, but there is a breakthrough point...in other words, a point where a small change can make you much faster.

On the other hand, there are times when nothing changes (there is no break) and you can't get any faster.

There are various ways to break through this breakthrough point.

For example, you may be able to improve your time all at once by getting advice or instruction from an advanced rider, or you may be able to do things you couldn't do before by practicing over and over again and gaining muscle strength.

That's right, even if it seems like you're not growing at all, you are actually growing even if your time isn't improving.

For example, I recently discovered that in order to put the drone in the slot and accelerate, you need to stabilize the drone...in other words, if you can first stabilize it and fly it, then you will be able to put the drone in the slot and accelerate more easily.

However, it takes a lot of practice to master this stable flight (= not wobbling).

In other words, your time won't improve while you're correcting the wobbling, but if you can fix it, you may be able to improve your time all at once.

I upload my practice and race flights to YouTube, so I sometimes look back to see if I'm improving.

Yeah, I looked back today too...

This is a flight from a year ago.

https://youtu.be/mm75OpAk-D4

Yeah, it's pretty good... and this video is...

https://youtu.be/_pna9AzguCU

Yeah, I'm improving little by little.

You can actually check it visually like this, so it's better to keep a record!

YouTube is the best lol

Now, it's going to be a hot summer as I aim to surpass my teacher! !