I frequently get asked what single action should a practitioner take to improve their speed. Being a holistic type of chap, I find myself immediately spouting off a ream of suggestions rather than just one - more practice, looser grip, less white space, tighter outlines and so on. But it has sparked an idea. What if, in and amongst the composite approach to speed improvement, we focused on improving a single aspect of our shorthand each week? It's the type of thing athletes do all the time - they'll focus on stride pattern one week, elbow movement the next and so on. Perhaps it could work with shorthand too, and build better long term style discipline by focusing our minds on a single aspect of practice above all others for a given week, rather than bombarding ourselves with too many things to concentrate on. If there's something in this (and it is only an idea), then the next thing would be to put together a programme. Now I've been thinking about this for a little while. And, in the self-help style,  I've come up with a 12-week programme! It would run more as a guidance list within existing classes, providing an area ...