training past mastery so the skill survives panic, fatigue, and your own stupid brain.
means practicing a skill well beyond the point of first success so it becomes automatic and resistant to stress or forgetting.
from coined in early 20th-century psychology labs studying rote memorization, where researchers found extra repetitions past perfect recall still improved retention days later.
pilot emergency drills — pilots repeat engine-failure procedures hundreds of times so hands act before minds do
typing touch method — typists overtrain until fingers outpace conscious letter recognition
cpr certification — red cross requires repeated compressions past competence for real-crisis reliability
olympic free throws — shooters like steph curry log thousands beyond game-ready accuracy