Drill– It can mean a hardware tool or a bit for said tool, or an exercise, but for the purposes of honoring the Baron de Steuben at Valley Forge drill means training soldiers in military maneuvers, many times, many times.
Paul Lockhart, in his book on the Baron de Steuben called The Drillmaster of Valley Forge, explains-
“Drill was an essential ingredient in linear warfare. To the casual observer, drill may not appear to be anything more than a series of stylized movements performed in unison by a group of soldiers, a practice that has about as much a place on the modern battlefield as horses and flintlock muskets. Yet even today, drill exercises remain an important component of basic military training- and in part for the same reasons that made it so fundamental in eighteenth-century warfare. Drill instills discipline. Constant practice of repetitive motions and movements turn men into unthinking cogs in a larger military machine.”
Drill creates muscle memory, which is why it is used in sports. Basketball legend Pat Riley said, “They’re a great rebounding team, so let’s just do a dummy block-out drill.” Brent Musburger updated an eager audience before the Lakers/Pistons NBA Finals with, “Bryon Scott, during a drill yesterday, a contact drill, popped a hamstring.” The Showtime Lakers were no more.