Change Your Approach
To get a different result, you've got to change your approach. This requires the one thing that shooters will not do: put in the time and work to build the skill the right way so they can depend on it. Almost without exception, shooters will not really...
April – Frozen to Blustery!
Gil and Brian got home from teaching the kids of SCTP in Frozen Butt, Iowa. After I taught the novice clinic and Easter coming up, we started a Coaching Hour on Wednesday. But there was so much static after 15 minutes, we decided no one...
No Magic Bullet
I don’t know why shooters think there is a magic bullet that tournament winners know about. If they could just see what the pros see, then they, too, could shoot like them. I guess it fits their understanding of how you get better. It ain’t hard work;...
19 Years at Camanche Hills!
It’s been 19 years that we have been coming to Camanche Hills Sporting Clays in Northern California. My, how time has flown. Next year we will have to have a party when our 20th year rolls around. We had some new students and some repeats, but...
Skill Building
For the last three years on our podcasts, we have been discussing how you can bring your game to new levels. It’s all there. And like this post, when you understand that you have to build your game and you cannot use anyone else’s game,...
Shooting in the Automaticity Part of Your Brain
When what you do when you are actually shooting is in the automaticity part of the brain, you will be able to concentrate on the really important things that are in your control. Heart rate too fast? Then breathe deeply to slow it down. Adrenaline spike? Then...
Being in Control of Your Game – Shooting 100
Dean Olsen would shoot the corporate course at ASC over and over until finally one day he shot 100. There were lots of scores in the high 90s, but he kept at it. Eventually, you will go and shoot the course for score, working on the things...
2019 Spring has Sprung: Back on the Road Again!
Lessons from the Advance School We had two weeks of Advance School at the 74 Ranch, and what a great two weeks they were. The biggest thing we worked on was having a pause before you call “pull,” and the sequencing of your pre-shot routine. It took everyone...
Worrying Less About Hold Points
The more I am in the zone, the less I worry about hold points. That is unless the target is a really high tower shot or a shot delivered well below my feet....
What You Must Learn to Control
Things like your balance, tempo, pace, posture, adrenaline, and heart rate are things you must learn to control to win big. But you can’t think about them until what you do when you shoot becomes more automatic....