Regardless of the Result
Leading up to a big event, we're all excited to go to the Open or Nationals. But if I expect to do well, I need to have to time to practice, and for maybe months or weeks and days leading up to the event, I...
Don’t Sweat the Long Stuff
You need to be absolutely lethal within 25 yards. If you're going to shoot tournaments, it's not the long stuff that kills you. It's the stuff that's within the 20-to-25-yard mark. If you want to gain ground on a scorecard, that's where it has to...
Unforced Errors in C-Class
“I've been shooting for two years and should be shooting better than C class. I have too many unforced errors. Thoughts on my dilemma?” This shooter has been shooting for two years. He practices three times a week, but he's got too many unforced errors, and...
Gun Fit in New Shooters
In working with a lot of the high school athletes and the high school coaches, we’ve learned that gun fit is a huge thing for them. There are no guns out there that are going to fit somebody that's 5'6 and weighs 115 pounds. That's...
Prediction and Execution
A success or a failure without a prediction never makes its way to the long-term memory. It's absolutely wasted. It's the prediction and the execution of the prediction that allows you to commit to do a certain thing on that target. If you hit it, it's...
The Limits of 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 at one time. When more things enter the workspace, it's like having an iPhone with 33 apps that are...
How Shooters’ Perception Evolves
Let’s get back to the evolution of perceptions shooters go through as they gain more and more experience in deliberate practice and shooting tournaments. Everyone has a sequence in their brain that has been fired many times to point at something they are looking at. When...
The Rhythm in Your Routine
It is not so much what is in your routine that is important, but the rhythm of your routine that allows your brain to know exactly when you will be calling. This in turn allows the brain to begin doing its job before you call “pull”...
Creating and Strengthening New Sequences
Consistently pointing ahead or in front of a steadily moving object is a new sequence in our brains. And like everything else we do, it must be repeated enough times so that it happens without us having to think about it. Your ability to consistently create...
Skill and Repetition
We have discovered many things in our years of shooting and coaching, and one of the most startling ones is the direct link between the quality, frequency, and intensity of a shooter’s practice and how well they shoot when it counts. This discovery comes from our...