The first step toward building a skill is to figure out exactly what type of skill you're building. Every skill falls into one of two categories: hard skills and soft skills. This tip comes from Daniel Coyle's The Little Book Of Talent, and is adapted for use by us agility handlers!
As a dog trainer and handler, you're not only a student (of the game, of your instructor, etc.), but you're also a coach for...
To develop reliable hard skills, you have to connect the right wires in your brain. You want to be careful, slow, and highly aware...
Here's a bit of dark humor for Valentine's Day that has to do with dog training...sort of...mostly it's just a fun thought experiment!