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Are You Doing This for Yourself?
Some people think shooting is about breaking targets. But in our experience, it should be about so much more, especially when it comes to learning to perform.We have the privilege of shooting with young shooters as they enter college and go through it. In talking to their volunteer coaches, we see many of them place the emphasis on breaking targets. The problem we see with youth shooting programs is the lack of emphasi... Read more…
Knowledge and Understanding – Consider the Railroad Tracks
“I wonder where in the learning process the unlearning of bad habits comes in. Maybe you don’t unlearn at all. Maybe the process of learning anew writes over the old habits in the brain!”Look at skill as a set of railroad tracks that are all rusted from lack of use and the elements. When the tracks begin to be used on a more regular basis, they become shiny and clean - almost polished in appearance. You must remember t... Read more…
Visualization in Sporting Clays vs Trap and Skeet
In sporting, the ability to visualize in detail the movie of the shots you are about to ask your brain to create is critical. But it’s increasingly more difficult due to presentation being different from shoot to shoot, day to day, and even morning to afternoon. We have walked the same course in the afternoon after we had shot the course in the morning and when looking at the targets said to each other “I’m glad we sho... Read more…
A Hundred Percent Effort in Practice
The thing that confuses shooters is that they don’t practice with the required intensity. They're out there going through the motions, having fun. And then when they go to a tournament they try, and their brain doesn't recognize them. They're not relaxed, or happy-go-lucky, they're not having fun. They're trying.What you have to do in practice is build the habit of 100 percent, 100 percent of the time - and this includ... Read more…
Are You Making it Stable?
I had a lesson with a fellow, and we worked on a station had trouble with at a tournament. I had him shoot them as a true pair, which was a pretty tough one. The wind was at our back and it was blowing the second target about 60 yards out there, and the first one was about 40. During the tournament, they were closer. We started with the closer target, and he called “pull” and I pulled it. I asked if it was stable, and ... Read more…
