How do you become a better recorder player: practice. Focused practice. One way to be focused is to track what you are practicing and how long you are practicing each day. If you can commit 15 focused minutes per day to practicing, you will become a better recorder player. After doing this for a week or two, you will start to see much better you have gotten and you will be very excited about it. Just answer the questions below and your practice information will be sent to me so I can help you track it.