Grip, Stance and Balance

In Daniel Coyle's book, “The Little Book of Talent,” he talks about breaking things down into chunks and taking a little bit at a time.

“Letters are useless by themselves, but when you combine them in the right sequence and become words, and the words become sentences, and the sentences become paragraphs.”

Pay attention to your grip pressure in both hands - somewhere between a “one” and a “two” if “ten” is holding on to the gun as tight as you can, and “one” is laying in your hand somewhere. You will find yourself over-gripping the gun as you work through your failures. So, pay attention to your grip pressure points, your forehand index finger down parallel to the barrel. But most importantly, move your backhand straight into the trigger guard from the rear. 

Be aware of your stance and balance, balance on the front foot. Initial move needs to be soft towards the breakpoint, nose on the target.

Don't be afraid to take the shotgun shell out of the barrel and just move on the target. Just moving on the target without the shell in the gun allows you to take breaking the target out of the equation, which allows you just to keep the bird on the left or right side of the barrel.

It’s a great training technique that we've used with quite a few people to help them actually let the shot come together when they weren't able to do that.