Don’t Neglect the Post-Shot Routine!

It’s important to use the post-shot routine when working on your weaker targets in practice. When you use it after every shot, it helps you with your correction routine if you miss.

When performing, the post-shot is automatic for me. But even though I saw the lead, I do not get involved with the lead on the next shot, but I make sure the target is coming to me and I match the speed and I send it in the breakpoint. When the shot comes together as I planned, then it's the same as the pre-shot visual and the target breaks and everything is good and there's no need to replay it. Play what just happens because the pre-shot was the same as the actual shot.

There's no need to do that. It's more of a confirmation.

When programming sight pictures, the post-shot is really important, especially in the beginning, since it’s essential in correcting a miss. To know the gun moved a little more in front or slightly back to the target just before the trigger broke is really good intel.

It's okay to know the lead looked the same after the target breaks, not before. Don't get involved with the lead.

I have developed the ability to just say, “there it is” before I pull the trigger when demoing shots. I think that comes from the feeling I get when I shoot with the gun with my head off the stock or the many years that I spent shooting from the hip.