Does Your Practice Do These Things?
Does your practice do these things? Push you out of your comfort zone? Constantly be improving and nit-picking your move in practice. On game day use what you got in the shape it’s in. Give you immediate feedback? It either came together the way you wanted it...
The Three Myths of Improved Performance
The three myths of improved performance are: Abilities are limited by genetics or surroundings. (There are obvious exceptions. For example, height is an advantage in sports like basketball and football and maybe swimming, but not gymnastics.) If you do something long enough you will get better...
Random Practice Drills: A Student’s Testimonial
“I have been doing the ‘one show bird’ random practice drill on singles at different clays course each week for the last month. I thought you would be interested in the results. I have had a tendency to shoot much better in practice than in tournaments,...
What’s Going On at OSP
Mother’s Day brought us back to Houston after being at Drake Landing in North Carolina for three days of learning. Great place, great people and good targets in the hills… and for a flatlander, sometimes it was a little scary. LOL. The animations were once again the...
A Testimonial from Youth Coach
Here's a testimony to the effectiveness of the Knowledge Vault. It really works! “My 15-year-old son is rocking and rolling! He won A Class at Gamaliel and punched up to AA after our winter break. At Northeast Regionals, he picked up eight punches. So, I expect that...
Shooting after Cataract Surgery
In the November 2017 Coaching Hour, Larry Peck, Max McCart, and others talked about their journey with cataract surgery and what they are experiencing in coming back to shooting. We have had several shooters in Knowledge Vault who have gone through this surgery. What they have...
Vividly Imagine the Shot
When practicing using single targets, always vividly imagine how the shot comes together. You tie both sides of the brain up with doing different things, thereby working together. This is a big deal because your swing will not be the same every day you go to...
Balance and Focus
When you feel pressure on the course, have a heightened awareness of balance, tempo, and tension in your body, as they are non-cognitive. Focusing on them will move you to the right side of the brain (or your long-term memory). This is where your skill...
Three for Three at Kiowa Creek
We had a great three days at Kiowa Creek in Denver, Colorado for all three of us. And we were especially happy that it didn’t snow on us. We will be back the same weekend next year, so put it on the calendar for 2019. A...
Committing to the Shot
Can you walk into the cage and, regardless of external or internal variables, hit the shot you have determined to hit in your plan and preload and become the shooter you have committed to being? Committing to the shot is critical to eliminating the mindless stream...