What Are Focus Ratios?
“Focus ratios” are what we call the amount of focus a shooter puts on the target versus the amount of focus on the gun as a term of percentage. For many people, these things change. For example, you might have 98 percent on the bird...
Being in a Position to Fail
You’ve got to be willing to put yourself in a position to fail in order to succeed. And you’ve got to be willing to look at it from the standpoint of “the more times I put myself out there in a position to fail, the...
Practicing Recall
The thing that is least practiced is recall: looking at a target and letting the working memory go to the long-term memory. Then letting the long-term memory make the file and hand it off to the working memory. The working memory takes that shot where and...
F.E.A.R: Failure to Effectively Accept Results
Failure to Effectively Accept Results. Fear. The thing that enables us to get past fear is courage. And courage comes to you in different ways. What do you have to trust in your game to overcome fear? You've got to eliminate all the "be sures." Be sure your feet are...
Crossing Bird Confusion
If the crossing point is confusing visually, then accept the confusion. And give yourself a picture of what you want to happen after the confusion. It has to be a picture. You can't resist the confusion or worry about the confusion or try to see one...
Eyes Still and Hands Relaxed
I want to begin the shot (i.e., closing the gun and addressing the bird) in the same physiological position every single time. It doesn't matter if there are no clouds. I may look at the clouds just to the right of the first breakpoint. I...
What to Do During Your Winter Layoff
First, you've got to take time off. And if you have been keeping a log, refer to what you've done in past years. If not, then start keeping a log. You can go to the log page on the Knowledge Vault. Here's where the log pays...
Analyzing Your Scorecard
A shooter reached out through our website and I called him. He said he'd been working with his local coach and hadn't gotten any better and needed help. He had sent me photos of eight to ten of his scorecards. Now here's a killer: there was...
The Importance of Instant Feedback
Getting instant feedback is critical because it tells your brain whether or not it’s doing what you want it to do. Typically, the only feedback that we see the average performers give to themselves is beating themselves up for their brain not doing what they hadn’t...
Finding Your Idiosyncrasies at the Start of the Year
At the beginning of the year, it’s important to find your idiosyncrasies. They’re going to be certain things that you will have a tendency to do under pressure. You’ll take things for granted: Muzzle too high. Muzzle going up. Not being comfortable with the muzzle being...