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From Hesitant to Depressed
When we go into the negative spiral, we begin neutral, but we become hesitant and doubtful due to hoping to shoot great today. The wrong brain is already in control. From hesitant, you slip into the confused state because your brain is confused - this is not how you practiced. Your working memory is playing with the pieces it knows about and your subconscious is blocked. From confused, you go to frustrated because you'... Read more…
Taking a Six-Week Break
When people shoot year-round and compete in winter tournaments in Florida and Arizona, somewhere between June 15th and July 15th, they hit a wall and plateau out and go down. It takes them until the end of August or middle of September to work their way out of it.We were not aware of it until we actually did it ourselves. And I'm telling you, you create a slump for yourself because your brain actually gets tired of doi... Read more…
Commitment to Your Plan
You must become totally committed to how and where the shot you're about to take will come together - both in practice, and on game day.But you've got to be committed to doing it like you planned, as opposed to committed to saying you're going to do it one way, and then throwing the plan out the window and trying to get the lead right and break the target at the end.You must train an immediate post-shot routine to inst... Read more…
The Upward and Downward Spirals
Pressure, real or perceived, makes our brains say the most stupid things to us at the most inopportune times.We have talked about how to overcome these lapses into doubt. But when you make it a habit to turn everything into a positive, it instantly allows for us to not let anything negative lead us to spiral down the pathway of destruction or frustration.In the book “Every Shot Must Have a Purpose,” the authors devoted... Read more…
Be Lethal on Easy Shots
Do you want to get out of the C-Class plateau? Then learn how 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 ... Read more…
