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The best practice there is are matches or pro training, just shooting targets is fun and helpful but not training, look for matches with the most realistic situations possible, I have shot them with house and room clearing stages, shot in a real airplane body strapped in a seat, motion activated targets and the like nothing beats it, nothing beats those with short target exposure time they make you work at it. Hidden targets and blind stages are also great. Not fair to all but neither is life. Shoot some indoors, from vehicles, under vehicles and reload under the same use multiple firearms, down load to run out of ammo by a friend with unknown round count, have him load an empty case backwards to create a stoppage,,.. retrieve ammo from down partner when out, sitting laying down shooting from a bed, forget the cover garment stuff wear a heavy coat and see the difference, have someone behind you screaming at you, find a distance you shoot almost 0 down and increase it a little at a time. Look for a match where you solve the stage no rules but being safe. 3 bad guys then load 3 rounds make them all count and slow down till you do so. Forget high fun round count stages, multiple targets with 1 round each loaded, try it with out a chambered round or mag in pistol.
And my favorite of all with no 2nd place is low light or night matches. Reaction targets not paper punching it don't go down you missed it hit or not. I got to shoot a 2 night 1 day 500 round one it was the best match I ever shot, no rules other than safety, also was a 3 gun. Your weapons and ammo load 200 max on person mix or match the 1st 2 nights 100 on Sunday, your call as mix per gun. 2 guns carried at a time, drop anything it was gone till match over loaded mags included, they told you each day what 2 weapons to carry, the rest up to you. Light goes out well you better have a spare, no weapon mounted allowed. Near Ft Cambell Ky. I will add the cost was $75 person you bring your steak cook on their grill or ? They had all sides and drinks. 2 safety officers per shooter plus timer, all mags picked up for you and returned when you finish the night.

Just a few of what I did before my sight went south and age set in. Military duel matches with advances and retreats are what started it all for me, we that day forget bullseye matches.

Get into shooting matches IDPA PPM IPSC anything similar I used to shoot 2-3 a week for along time, just no stand and blast type. Anything that will make you use cover, reload, movement, some stress under a timer will help a lot and fun also. I used to love the El Presidente drills a lot, use a 10 second goal or less for your benchmark with 0 down.