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Prediction and Execution
A success or a failure without a prediction never makes its way to the long-term memory. It's absolutely wasted.It's the prediction and the execution of the prediction that allows you to commit to do a certain thing on that target. If you hit it, it's filed in long-term memory because of the prediction. If you missed it, you already know how to correct it because the prediction was wrong or the execution was wrong.Whic... Read more…
Confident - But Not Overconfident
"If we can accept that having some level of expectation is a normal and natural byproduct of training and competition, how do we best manage and deal with it?"Well, you always go into a practice or tournament with some kind of expectation. But you can't let that really enter into the process. Because then you've taken away your process orientation of your plan and sticking with your plan.“If we feel more confident in a... Read more…
Tying Up Both Sides of the Brain
I had a lesson with a 70-year-old guy who had been taking lessons from the young guns - trying to pull away, trying to insert, trying to match speeds then pull away, all manner of things at the end of the shot.When he hit it moving the same speed at the end the first time, he looked like he'd seen a ghost. He proceeded to hit quite a few targets. And I wasn't throwing him cream puffs. He was challenging some birds and ... Read more…
The Limits of Your Working Memory
Your working memory is very limited in how many things it can handle at one time. It can't handle more than three to four things synchronously at one time.When more things enter the workspace, it's like having an iPhone with 33 apps that are open. It's just overloaded and it stops working. The fewer number of specific commands that you review, therefore putting them in your working memory, the fewer number of things th... Read more…
Learning to Shoot in the Wind and Rain
If you want to become a good competitive shooter, just like practicing your gun mount, you got to put a number on your back and get in the game.The first year in master class, shoot every event at every tournament you can afford timewise and moneywise to go without worrying about your scores. Just go shoot. Put the number on your back. Feel the jitters. Become accustomed with them -especially when you have practice tim... Read more…
