Warning: Old timer told me my bailout was garbage and it saved my life

Two years back a guy named Ray with 30 years in the Gulf watched me practice a bailout in the pool and flat out said my mask clearing was too slow and I'd panic at 200 feet. I was pissed at first but he was right, I was fumbling around for almost 12 seconds. I started drilling mask clears every single day in my garage pool, no hands at first, just breathing off my backup reg. Took me about 3 weeks before I could do it in under 4 seconds with my eyes shut. Fast forward to a job off Galveston and my mask got kicked off by a tool basket at 180 feet, and I did it without even thinking. Any of you guys got a drill you do daily that someone else put you onto?