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The Contents of Your Pre-Shot Routine
Less is important. The mistake that most people make in the beginning is they put way too many things in their pre-shot routine, which means they haven't done enough of what they do in their routine to make it a habit. It's eight things instead of only three things.Less is more. Less is important. It’s less important exactly what's in it. The thing that's important is the rhythm of the routine be the same with a cue to... Read more…
How Much Detail in Your Routine?
How detailed should your routine be once you’re in the station? There are several levels of detail that we can discuss, depending on whether you're in a tournament or whether you're in a practice session, or whether you're just watching clay target kill shot reviews and visualizing.I know that when we are practicing, which isn't very often, we are perhaps a lot more detailed in what we want our brains to do and how we ... Read more…
Small Muscle, Big Muscle
The ideal way for the brain to move the body is small muscle, big muscle. And when I'm moving, as I call or I'm moving before I call, it's so much easier for me to get everything synced up.Because my hands are moving, if the small muscles are moving before you see the bird, the trunk muscles are in perfect synchronization because they're already getting movement data input from the brain. So, the trunk muscles are in p... Read more…
Regardless of the Result
Leading up to a big event, we're all excited to go to the Open or Nationals. But if I expect to do well, I need to have to time to practice, and for maybe months or weeks and days leading up to the event, I begin to repeat to myself and to others affirmations. They've turned out for me to be a great tool to be able to carry out any performance goals you might make.Seeing it happen in your mind. You need to be able to s... Read more…
Your Memory is a Choice
Remembering the past is intimately linked with imagining the future. You had a bad day at the shooting range and your buddy calls and says, “Let's go shoot at that range.” You’ll probably say no, because you think back to the day that you didn't shoot well.As we’ve said thousands of times: it is what it is, it becomes what you make it, and you become how you remember it.You have a choice. Instead of thinking about how ... Read more…
