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Analyzing Your Scorecard
A shooter reached out through our website and I called him. He said he'd been working with his local coach and hadn't gotten any better and needed help. He had sent me photos of eight to ten of his scorecards.Now here's a killer: there was no real pattern in his hits and misses. When I asked him how he was getting lead on the target, he said, “Well, I just tried to get the gun in front and when it feels right, I pull t... Read more…
The Importance of Instant Feedback
Getting instant feedback is critical because it tells your brain whether or not it’s doing what you want it to do.Typically, the only feedback that we see the average performers give to themselves is beating themselves up for their brain not doing what they hadn’t told it what they wanted it to do in the first place. All they do is complain about the misses. When they do something perfectly, they never give themselves ... Read more…
Finding Your Idiosyncrasies at the Start of the Year
At the beginning of the year, it’s important to find your idiosyncrasies. They’re going to be certain things that you will have a tendency to do under pressure.You’ll take things for granted: Muzzle too high. Muzzle going up. Not being comfortable with the muzzle being well in front of a right-to-left bird. Eyes moving when you call “pull.”There are certain things that are going to be yours for this year. Now is a grea... Read more…
The Evolution of Gun Fit
There are certain things that you need to assume or that you need to get out of the way. Working with a lot of high school athletes and high school coaches, gun fit is a huge thing for them.There are no guns made out there that are going to fit somebody that's 5'6 and weighs 115 pounds. That's just not out there. So, you need to do what I would call a novice gun fit, which I've done quite a few of. That's when we get t... Read more…
Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Scorecard
- Are you in sync and stabilizing every shot?- Are you staying in the shots long enough to have a post-visual routine confirming to your brain to do it again, which in turn becomes your pre-shot visual?- Are you controlling your pace after your quiet eye, keeping your eyes still, thinking of nothing?- Are you controlling your pace after your quiet eye, keeping your eyes still, thinking of nothing? This is an excerpt fr... Read more…
