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Prediction and Sharp Focus
The core purpose of the visual system is prediction. Our visual processing system, when you combine that with other senses, provides information to the central nervous system to allow a prediction of what is coming next. Our game is based on what is coming next.Rather than trying to predict where it's going to be, if you can give your brain a much better prediction based on where the target has been, the more it knows ... Read more…
Why Do You Get Stuck in a Slump?
There's a reason that everybody in sporting clays gets stuck at 72 to 75. In skeet, you get stuck at 88 to 92, 93. It’s because they do not have a vivid movie in their head of where and how they want the shot to come together. They're just going to pull it out of their butt. Once you break into the 90s, the thing that allows for you to stay into the 90s in sporting clays and into the high-90s in skeet is your ability t... Read more…
Did You REALLY Match the Speed?
Any number of times when we were working with new shooters and they miss it and we say, “Well, did you match the speed?”“Yeah, yeah, I did.”“Well, match it better.” On the third time of matching it better, they really matched it and the target blew up. “So, you really matched that one, right?”“Yeah.”“Well, were you lying to me on the other one?” It's either matched or it's not. That’s just all there is to it. Getting ... Read more…
Occupying Your Mind with Neutral Thoughts
More than two decades ago, I was coaching a student in FITASC, and he asked me, “What do you think about?” I said, “When you're between stations or between shooters on a FITASC parkour, I want you to look at the ground and see if you could find a Viceroy cigarette butt."“A what?”“A Viceroy cigarette butt. They don't make Viceroy anymore. But if you can look intently enough to see if you can find a Viceroy cigarette bu... Read more…
Lead is Forgiving
What we have learned, especially on the birds that intimidate you, is that the lead is the most forgiving part of the equation. If you will just get the gun too far out in the front and match speed, your brain will correct it. It doesn't have to be perfect. It seems that the more that you shoot, the more you realize how forgiving everything is if you'll just go slow and let your brain correct it. Having a plan and sti... Read more…
