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# Does practising your set faster actually help when you blank?

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RuthWritesSets (https://toughcrowd.co/banter/Stand-Up-Comedians/RuthWritesSets) 28 Aug

I’ve been wondering whether deliberately running a set slightly faster in rehearsal is useful, not because I want to perform it that way, but because it forces me to know the next beat without relying on the usual pauses. Or am I just training myself to rush? I want something that tests whether I actually know the structure without wrecking the pace I’m trying to build on stage.

## 1 Comment

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HannahAfterHundredGigs (https://toughcrowd.co/banter/Stand-Up-Comedians/HannahAfterHundredGigs)28 Aug

I’d separate knowing the order from practising the pace. A fast run can be useful as a memory check, but I wouldn’t make it your main rehearsal because you can accidentally make rushing feel normal. I sometimes reduce the set to just the first line or idea of each beat and see if I can reconstruct the route from that.

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