Don’t Short-Change Yourself!
Here’s what we learned from training and evaluating an eight-week skeet league in late summer and early fall of 2016… If you are not doing practice drills #102 and #102 from quick tips, watching the Kill Shot Reviews on skeet, trap, or sporting clays, or watching...
Nuisance Decisions Get in the Way
We’re just getting back from South Carolina and Florida. It struck me how nuisance decisions get in the way of everyone shooting their best. On the September 2016 Coaching Hour, we discussed how making too many nuisance decisions before a tournament affected your performance. Nuisance decisions...
You Can’t Be Two Places at Once
On a recent Coaching Hour, our friend Dean Troutte said the following: “You are either in the cage thinking about what you are doing with the gun or you are downrange with the targets. You can’t be in two places at once. Where you are is your...
What Shooters Say It Looks Like
There are a lot of different perceptions about what really happens when you shoot at a moving target with a shotgun. And there are even more different approaches to getting the gun in front of the target than you can imagine. But there is a real...
Sleep’s Effect on Performance
Check out the September 2016 Coaching Hour podcast! Sleep is really important. And not just the night before it starts; as much as a week before, and sometimes more than that. Things you do off the course can have a huge effect on your performance, hidden from...
Understanding Your Own Fear
The first and most critical step in dealing with fear is to be honest with yourself and understand yourself well enough to recognize a negative thought when it surfaces. The second step is to ask yourself “Is that TRUE?” The answer is always “No,” because it has...
Sticking with Your System
When we don’t perform well, we typically focus on our mechanical performance. But the mental mistake that may have contributed to the poor shots is too often overlooked. The game within the game is to stick with your system, even though it is not producing the...
Better Visualizations
After you miss, you can't alter what has happened. But you can influence what will happen next. Get in the Knowledge Vault and watch the Kill Shot Reviews. You will better be able to visualize how the shot comes together....
Controlling Your Reactions to Your Mistakes
The key to success is not to eliminate mistakes. Mistakes are going to happen for everyone. The key is in controlling our reactions to those mistakes. The most destructive force you can unleash on the course is anger. An impulsive reaction against a perceived injustice is never...
When Expectation Equals Ability
When expectation is equal to your ability, great things happen. That would be where confidence comes from. This begins with competence. And eventually, you become what you remember!...