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Complex Decisions in Shooting
In a study on baseball that Dan Levy and Dave Kirscher did, they looked at simple reactions and complex reactions. They compared trained athletes to everyday people.When the decision was a simple decision, like “red light, green light, stop or go,” there was no difference in the speed or accuracy between the trained athletes, and the normal everyday people that walked down the street.But when the decision was what the... Read more…
Don't Sweat the Long Stuff
You need to be absolutely lethal within 25 yards. If you're going to shoot tournaments, it's not the long stuff that kills you. It's the stuff that's within the 20-to-25-yard mark. If you want to gain ground on a scorecard, that's where it has to be done. It's not the hard stuff; it's the little easy stuff. You can put 100 targets on the ground, but you're gonna miss one or two.It goes back to routine. We tell people t... Read more…
Change Your Approach
Positive or negative, or even verbal encouragement on the course while you're shooting… none of it is good or will improve your performance. This is why the frustration occurs.What you're doing or how you're doing it, albeit well-intended, will not work, which means you have proven it with your approach so far. You must change the approach.You must become totally committed to how and where the shot you're about to take... Read more…
The Old Way vs. New Way
In the beginning, we know when a shooter is shooting with a gun doesn't fit. We know it shoots high. I’ll typically give the shooter my gun and then he hits five targets in a row at 50 yards that he couldn't touch with his gun. And then he says, “Oh, but I couldn't shoot a gun that shoots this flat.” Then we give him his gun back and he misses, misses over. “Now try my gun again.” Smash smash smash.So, in the analysis,... Read more…
Unforced Errors in C-Class
“I've been shooting for two years and should be shooting better than C class. I have too many unforced errors. Thoughts on my dilemma?” This shooter has been shooting for two years. He practices three times a week, but he's got too many unforced errors, and he's stuck between 68 and 75 in C class. He wants to know if it’s focus? Is it routine? Is it commitment to the breakpoint? Is it overthinking? Is it confidence? Wh... Read more…
