Self-Correction for the Intermediate Shooter
What’s the solution for an intermediate shooter who’s shooting 65 to 79 or 80 percent? They're looking at the gun in the setup. They're trying to be perfect in the first 85% of the shot, especially in the hold point. There’s still too much muzzle awareness...
Be Methodical!
You’ve got to be methodical about everything you do and every shot you take. If you’re not methodical and intense every time that you get ready to call for the target and go after it, then your results are not something you can look at...
Visual Pathways
Science has proven that the visual pathway processes the lead and the line data of the moving object. In fact, the visual system of the brain actually anticipates where the object is going to be even though the retina sees it to where it is. That...
Establishing a Baseline Target
You need a baseline target. This is a target that you always come back to in order to get your rhythm back. Because there will come a time, for whatever reason, that the wheels come off and you just can’t do anything. You need to have...
Adjusting Your Expectations
Back in 2021, a shooter we were helping told us that exchanging had really helped him, because it made him look at him game. “It made me look at what was going on outside of sporting clays in my life,” he said. This shooter had six...
Learning to Compete in Master Class
As you work your way up through the classes you’re actually learning to shoot; but once you punch into master class, you have to really learn how to compete. As you’re going along doing your best to compete and learning to compete, one of the reasons...
Practice Shooting Rising Birds
Most shooters can't hit a teal going up two-thirds or three-fourths of the way up the line. It’s the weakest target presentation for 90 percent of shooters. They're going to wait until it stops and try to shoot it at the top. They can't hit it...
Our Simple System
The OSP system is not a system of complex leads. It’s not a system of gun speed being faster than bird speed. It’s very simple: 70-yard line, nose on the target, be early, as it comes stabilize the picture, pull the trigger, front edge in...
Don’t Overload Your Working Memory!
Your working memory is very limited in how many things it can handle at one time. It can't handle more than three to four things synchronously. When more things enter the workspace, it's like having an iPhone with 33 apps that are open. It's just overloaded...
Defining “Stabilizing the Picture”
Here’s a definition of stabilizing the picture. At the end of the shot, as the bird and the gun come together, you hold onto the shot just a fraction after you mount so that you’re sure that the gun speed and the bird speed are...