Goals

Anytime you read a Jiu-Jitsu blog, you'll run across a post about setting goals. This is something that I think a lot of people dismiss. It might be because they're white belts in a room of purple and up, or maybe it just seems like one of the many BJJ clichés. However, having goals does improve your Jiu-Jitsu. For me some of the ways I set goals are by watching competition footage and implementing the effective techniques in rolls and having my training partners set goals for me. By allowing my training partners to pick what I'm working on it makes my techniques more effective, because they already know what they need to look out for. For a newer practitioner, defensive positions, pass/stop drills, and ladders are all good places to work on goals. These are opportunities to work on specific areas of your game. Since they're more focused, you can eliminate the multitude of options that can make a full roll overwhelming, and hone in on a specific skill set. If you set specific goals, and hold yourself accountable, you  should experience an exponential growth rate in your execution during training.