Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first wireless device may communicate signaling with a second wireless device based on establishing a radio frequency link, the signaling indicating the first wireless device and the second wireless device are to skip performance of a beam training procedure, or indicating a selection between a first beam training procedure associated with the radio frequency link and a second beam training procedure associated with the radio frequency link. The first wireless device may then communicate one or more messages with the second wireless device via the radio frequency link using a beam, where the beam is based on whether the signaling indicates the first wireless device and the second wireless device are to skip performance of the beam training procedure, or indicates the selection between the first beam training procedure and the second beam training procedure.