Automaticity and Awareness
Practice is about repeating everything enough for the brain to know what is going to happen before it happens. The more your anticipation occurs as an automatic circuit, the more it allows for concentration on other physical things in your control. But first, they must be...
The Vivid Preload
The goal in practice is to have the preload be so vivid that the brain knows what it is about to do before you close the gun and call “pull.” Binge watch the Kill Shot Reviews in the Knowledge Vault so it will be easier for...
Why Won’t You Practice the Flashlight Drill?
Brian and I just got back from teaching for four days at Ben Avery in Phoenix. They keep telling us they only get seven days of rain a year, but every time we come it rains. Then a cold front blew in and it got...
You Need a Preload of the Movie
Any kind of practice is futile without a preload of the movie of the shot coming together. Remember, you want the brain to anticipate the arrival of the target as well as where it will be in the future! Always keep your nose on the target and...
It’s a First Bird Game
The game is really about the first bird of every pair. Eventually, if you can break every first bird of every pair where and how you want to, you will be in the mid-80s!...
Random and Varied Practice
When practicing random and varied shots on singles, if you find one that is a bit rough or hard to visualize, drop back to some blocked practice until it feels in control. Then resume random and varied practice on single targets moving the breakpoint. Pay particular...
Where Did January Go?
Here it is the end of January, and where did the days go? After we all got back from San Diego, Gil and I went to Safari Club International Convention in Reno, Nevada to do seminars. We had a full house for each of the seminars...
We Recommend Random and Varied Practice
Random and varied practice on singles is what we recommend for most shooters, especially at the beginning of the year....
Repeatedly Training on One Specific Target
There is great benefit in shooting one single crossing or quartering target over and over with a preload the same way. And then shooting random targets the same way, only changing the timing of the mount and move with a preload. With each shot, you are...
Welcome to 2019!
Wow, 2018 went really fast and we started 2019 in sunny San Diego, CA with the family. Andrea, Tim, Avery, and their exchange student from Colombia came down from Oregon. Gil, Brian, Jackie (fiancée), Emma, Rayden, and I came from Houston – ten people total. Have...