Recent Posts
Practice Shooting Rising Birds
Most shooters can't hit a teal going up two-thirds or three-fourths of the way up the line. It’s the weakest target presentation for 90 percent of shooters.They're going to wait until it stops and try to shoot it at the top. They can't hit it going up. And they damn sure can't hit it going down because their guns all shoot high.We’ve told this to so many people: “You need to learn to shoot a teal target with speed and ... Read more…
Our Simple System
The OSP system is not a system of complex leads. It’s not a system of gun speed being faster than bird speed. It’s very simple: 70-yard line, nose on the target, be early, as it comes stabilize the picture, pull the trigger, front edge in the breakpoint.This is a system that can be applied to almost any target out there. There’s a slight variation on a few targets. But by and large, all the targets are coming to you.Yo... Read more…
Don't Overload 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.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 that come into... Read more…
Defining “Stabilizing the Picture”
Here’s a definition of stabilizing the picture. At the end of the shot, as the bird and the gun come together, you hold onto the shot just a fraction after you mount so that you’re sure that the gun speed and the bird speed are the same.If the gun is mounted too far in front to hit the bird and the eyes are looking at the bird behind the gun, as the bird approaches the gun and the gun begins to merge with the bird, as ... Read more…
Leaving the Present and Self-Judgment
There’s a catch-22 in shooting competitively.You do it for the enjoyment and the thrill of competition and you start shooting well. Then all of a sudden you think, “Well, this is why I’m doing this, and I’m excited about that.” It’s okay to end your post-shot routine and say “attaboy.” But we tend to want to be judgmental. And it’s the judgmental thoughts that make us leave the present.If something is neither good nor ... Read more…
