Vary Your Practice as Much as Possible
In Houston, we're fortunate that we have quite a few clubs to go to. But if you practice at the same place every time, you need to vary it as much as you can. I recommend mixing it up as much as possible - not necessarily...
Shoot Every Tournament You Can
Do you want to push yourself? I encourage you to go and shoot every tournament you have the time and money for. I've realized that this is one of the main reasons top shooters are top shooters. Yes, they see the same targets delivered in so...
Linking Your Movements Together
As you go on the journey of shooting single targets, you work on perfecting your game through repetition. You work on being critical; not about whether you broke the target, but how the target was broken. You can then begin to attach similar links of movement to...
The Brain’s Synchronous Circuits
I’m intrigued by the concept of the brain combining parts of different circuits and coming up with a synchronous circuit that will break a specific target. I've never really looked at the fact that the brain might combine parts of two or three different circuits...
Freeing Yourself from Mechanical Thinking
Shooting singles in different breakpoints is so critical, and playing the game is so powerful! Playing the game - shooting single targets in your predicted breakpoint - forces you to recall the circuit that your brain knows will break that target the way you want it...
Make the Post-Shot Routine a Habit
The vivid preload is so essential, and it comes from making the post-shot routine a habit. People don’t do a post-shot routine, which is the part of building performance that’s wasted the most. The brain has done a miraculous thing by putting together the circuit to...
Using Your Anticipation Circuit
The more you get involved with the mechanical process, the more you get in the way of what the brain does the best. And it does it in an amazingly short amount of time. Remember: the anticipation circuit has the ability to change human behavior as...
Recalling is Essential… and It Works!
Allowing the brain to recall opens up all the subconscious databases. It allows you to concentrate more of your focus on the target when your visual process is vivid. The more vivid your visual process is, the easier it is for the brain to choose and sync up the different...
How Your Brain Puts Circuits Together
On a recent Coaching Hour, I talked about how there’s less emphasis on the mechanics of the shot back in the cage and more emphasis on the last 15 percent of how I wanted the shot to go, as well as where I wanted the...
Your Perceptions Change with Consistency
As professional coaches, we must define where a person’s ability to focus is and what they perceive when they shoot. That way we can coach them to the next level of perception and performance. In fact, we’ve discovered that as people move through the classes and...