A good way to get into the grove is do some timed runs

1, ON LAND work out what you do, and try and work out what workds well and what is slowing you down.

2, go out and do 10-20 tacks upwind and then STOP AND THINK. Focus on making GOOD tacks, smooth, not hippo's on the boat; DO not worry about SPEED! SMOOTH is key to start with. What was good, what was bad. what % were good tacks

3, Sail back down and do it again, try and apply what you have learned and improve the % good tacks.

Once you can do 20 (or more if you have room) good tacks on TWO runs, it's time to go faster!

You can also do the same for gybes. Again, start ON LAND.

Once you can nail both tacks and gybes at will, start the clock...

If you have a countdown alarm on your starting watch, set it to 30 seconds repeat. Tack on the first beep; you have 30 seconds to be max speed on the other tack.

As you get faster, reduce the time for the countdown.

When I was training last year, I had the countdown at 15 seconds and got just enough time to get flat trapping and main trimmed before it was time to tack again. Hell knows what it will be this year, I've only sailed 3 times and no training!!!