Treat September like the reboot of your piping year. When the season ends, put the old binder away and print fresh tunes. A deliberate reset — new material, new targets — is how I started every off-season for more than 20 years.
Write three lists: what you love, what needs work, what you want to learn. Get it out of your brain and onto paper. Once the words are out there you can work with them, and they aim you in a direction you can always adjust.
Progress comes from getting specific. "Play it cleaner" is not a plan. Turn a gut feeling into a concrete drill — E to low A fifty times a day, a metronome tempo, a year devoted to tone — and improvement follows.
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Strategy & Goal-Setting for the Off-Season
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