Using the Drills
The 37 drills allow you to concentrate on individual skills one at a time. They can be used by a beginner who needs to develop new skills, or a long-time player working on weak spots, refreshing skills or gaining speed. Speed is very important. You must be able to make decisions much more quickly than actual play in a casino. This will give you more time in the casino to deal with distractions and chat with other players and casino personnel. Solid practice will make decisions easy and automatic.
General
Start simple and experiment with the options as you grow comfortable. Concentrate on accuracy first, then on speed. Use the charts to look at trends. Examine the General Options. They allow changes in the interfaces. Once you are familiar with the drills, you may want to use CVTest to set up a regimen.
Flash Cards
This is the best place to start. Flash Card drills are based on the old idea of creating index cards with hands on one side and the correct plays on the other. Only with a computer so much more is possible. Start with the defaults. If the speed isn’t suitable, exit and adjust the speed. If you are counting, try Hands with Indexes and switch between Random and Index Test. After you have used CV for awhile, Drill & Play Errors will test you in your areas of weakness.
Counting
Since counting is the basis behind card counting play and betting there are a large number of options. Ignore them at first and start with the counting drills defaults. Then use the Running Count drills. Use the TC drills if you true count. Then try out the Full Table Drills.
Discard Tray Drills
Only for True Counters. You may want to try these before the TC Counting drill.
ITests
ITests (Internet Tests) are a set of standardized, pre-configured drills. When you complete an ITest you will be able to see how your Rating compares to other people using the same ITest. The top 20 ratings for each ITest are kept on the Internet and can be downloaded and displayed at the touch of a button. At the same time, your rating and nickname will be added to the list if you are in the top 20. For a list of the ITests, see the HELP.
