Thinking on Game Day
Because you don’t practice correctly, you will think on game day. You've got to practice like it means everything. Never accept second best. If you are thinking, you are using short-term memory. It's not going to work. Stop thinking. Focal point, hold point, breakpoint… all that stuff...
Building Trust in Your Game
If you are having to think about setup or don’t have an immediate clear mental picture of the representation you are about to execute, you are not in control. The real game within the game is staying within yourself, controlling the things you can, and trusting...
The First Three Stands
Your goal is to always see the first three stands as establishing your pace, balance, and rhythm and then adjust from there. Make clear decisive decisions, trusting your gut....
Bring Your Game to New Levels!
We have been discussing how you can bring your game to new levels in our podcasts for the last three years. 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...
No Heavy Lifting!
Wow, what a busy three weeks. Sorry to be so late in letting you know what the Ashes are doing, so here goes. Gil went to Boise, Idaho with John Wiles of Best Wingshooting to check out a place where you could hunt collared doves and...
Your Natural Rhythm
Your goal is to always stay within your natural rhythm, being aware of your breathing, your gait, and your heart rate. Don’t be excited or fearful or judgmental. Leave the result on the last station there....
When You See the Look Pair
The goal when you see the look pair is to have an immediate mental representation of what you are about to do in the shot. You should not be thinking. Everything you do in your setup should be automatic....
Mental Representations
Practice is about building mental representations. You're constantly chunking things together at higher levels so what you do when you perform happens with less thought....
Nationals 2018
I’m sitting inside our RV in San Antonio at the 2018 NSCA National Tournament and it is pouring down rain here. We chose not to go and shoot our 28-gauge 100-bird competition or the 28-gauge FITASC event because of the rain. Hurricane Willa started coming through...
Chasing the Target – Not Following the Plan
The overwhelming number of shooters who try to improve are calling “pull,” chasing the target down with the muzzle, and then trying frantically to fix the shot at the end. They judge improvement by their score, not by how well they predicted what they were going...