Make Your Plan and Shoot Your Plan!
Last weekend in Hurricane, Utah was great and we found out why it’s called “Hurricane”: on Saturday the wind came up and blew 40-50 mph. It was hard to even stay on your feet, especially when a gust came up. They had a registered shoot in...
More on Deliberate Practice
Last month we did an extra Coaching Hour on deliberate practice and we will be doing our fifth one next week on the topic! We have been learning even more about skill-building and the value of deliberate practice. Skill is the ability to anticipate ahead of...
Welcome to the Zone!
Now, read this sentence out loud over and over: “Better get to do to what know don’t but shot better a be could I wish I.” You got through the first four words fine because they began to make a thought. But on the fifth word,...
Pointing Your Nose at the Look Point
When I am the first shooter at a station, sometimes I have trouble seeing the target until it gets a way out. When I am scoring or pulling, I can see the target sooner. Is there any way I can see the target sooner when I...
Long-Term Memory
All your skill is stored in your long-term memory and each skill circuit, due to repetition, creates a familiar picture in your brain each time it is fired. This allows your brain to anticipate ahead of what you are doing, allowing you to shoot without...
See It, Stabilize It, Send It!
2018 started busy as ever. The first weekend took us to Dallas Safari Club to do our seminars. This year Brian went with us to see what goes on. It is a big show and lots of people come to see all the outfitters, trophies, trophy...
Holiday with the Ashes!
Boy, was the end of 2017 busy! We had our Christmas here on Christmas Day, then on the 26th we gathered the crew and went to Bend, Oregon to meet up with our daughter Andrea and family for fun in the snow. As Brian’s two had...
Every Action with the Muzzles
In skeet, all but four targets are shot in the first third of their flight path, which means every action must be perfect. We have found one swing thought that has improved so many skeet shooters over our 42-year shooting coaching careers: Every action with the muzzles...
An Experienced Coach
The most frequent mistake we see all shooters do is not practicing deliberately. Deliberate practice is designed by you to improve the exact part of your game that keeps you where you are score-wise. In skeet shooting, 25 straight must become a habit. But a good...
Trying to Mount the Gun and Take the Shot
Trying to mount the gun and take the shot as you mount will result in inconsistencies that you cannot explain. You will never be consistently successful on longer shots that require a slower gun speed to match speed with the target speed, especially if you must...