The process of practice consists of the gradual success of a search for optimal motor solutions to the appropriate problems. Because of this, practice, when properly undertaken, does not consist in repeating the means of solution of a motor problem time after time, but in the process of solving this problem again and again by techniques which we changed and perfected from repetition to repetition. (Bernstein, 1967; The Co-ordination and Regulation of Movement)
One of my first steps into changing my approach to movement training, was adapting a rep without rep style. Meaning, I stopped lining up my athletes and going through repetition after repetition of a certain drill. Instead, I kept the “drill” but changed one aspect of the drill every rep (distance, angle, stance, start, etc). Below you can see how easy it can be to change a traditional 5-10-5 drill via a rep without rep concept.
