Here is a TED Talk on How to Practice effectively. You may have a more in-depth understanding to learning conducting.

I like one comments made.

Sean Alan Americans often think skill is determined “by means of” actions, (learning by series of steps) when a basic action does not have a “by ways of” which you do a thing, you just do it. Basic action is one where you don’t have to think of it, you just go out and do it.

There was this famous Austrian skier who lost some Olympic race, and afterwards he said he didn’t understand why, he had perfect form. Well, the next time around, he won, but the reason why he did so was because of his skiing coach… The only thing this Austrian skiing coach used to do was yell “shnella!!” over and over again- which means, “go faster!”