Exciting Preliminary Results – The OSP System Works!
We have completed the second eight-week study on skeet shooters. They were asked to watch the skeet Kill Shot Review and do the flashlight drill and three-bullet drill every time before going out to shoot. Three of the 17 shot a few times but did not...
The Need to Feel Competent
We have read several studies about why people do recreational sports and how many of them seek coaching. While the number of people seeking shooting instruction is definitely increasing, the reason why people do recreational sports intrigued us most. In a recent study in UK Sports...
Success and Competence
Success has everything to do with the frequency and duration of tasking. The quest for competency is really a driving force for why people do a sport. But competence alone is not the driver. There is more and more evidence that shows people have three...
Four Days at Kiowa Creek
We’re just getting back from a fantastic four days of teaching in Colorado at Kiowa Creek, just outside of Denver. We had so many students that Brian got to go with us and we took 15 students each day. You may not know, but we have...
Shooting While Being Yourself
Here’s the reason why trying harder doesn't work: you must build a persona of who you are in competition to have a peak performance. You can do this for 2.5 hours a week for five to eight years, or you can do it for 10 to...
Fishing, Shooting, and Life
We went on a fishing trip yesterday. I say “fishing” because there was not a lot of catching on this trip due to the weather and a lot of wind. So, it also gave me a chance to think about how frustrating it was. On the...
The Journey Begins: Training Wingshooters
Helping Wingshooters Improve We spent the last week training Texas Parks and Wildlife staff to use our Knowledge Vault videos and data to begin their journey of improving shooting proficiency in this country's wingshooters. Vicki, Brian, and I trained 14 trainers to teach the OSP system for...
Being Stubborn with the Picture
There are just certain things that you must face and go through such as dropping the last bird on a station or letting fear get into your game in any number of ways. Watching the kill shot reviews while being determined to make every shot stable...
Close Targets Within 30 Yards
It seems there has been a big issue of students who come to clinics or lessons and always want to learn to shoot the farther targets. But I ask, “Can you shoot all the targets that are within 30 yards?” For most of them, the response...
What Your Shooting Can Cash…
Don't let your mouth write a check your shooting can cash!...