You’ll forget the drill you hated. You’ll keep the skill it built.

What a drill feels like and what it leaves behind are two separate things, and only one of them lasts. The boredom and resentment fade almost completely within a season, while the footwork or the reflex it installed stays available for years. Judging training by how it feels while you do it gets the accounting wrong. The residue is the point.

Next time you resent a repetitive exercise, ask what it is building and whether you want that thing. If you do, stop negotiating and finish the set. Look back at the end of term at what you can now do without thinking.