No Argument in Your Brain
When shooting your round of 25/25 on skeet, there was no argument in your brain! This allows you to access your long-term memory and not think while the target is in the air. We see shooters who are trying to not see the barrel or trying to...
Self-Correction: The Big Step
Until every shot you take is first a prediction of when where and how you are about to break the next target, and then the shot mirrors that prediction, you are not building long-term memory or skill! What you see when shooting a moving target all...
We See It Every Day
When I am shooting well, things really look the same to me. Everything is in slow motion like the ShotKam videos in our Knowledge Vault! The futility of trying to see what someone else sees comes from those who are looking for the magic bullet. News...
Oh, To Know Then What We Know Now!
As I said in an earlier post, when I am shooting well and really in sync with the targets, everything looks almost the same and seems to be moving in slow motion. The mental pictures just come as a flashback when viewing the look targets....
Focus on Target
I have 95 to 98 percent of my focus - awareness, attention, thought, intent - on the target and enough awareness of the muzzle to know the target is behind where it pointed, and that the muzzle speed is the same as the target's speed....
The Secret of Change
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new! Many people would learn from their mistakes if they would stop making excuses! The quote of the day: "More people would learn from their mistakes if...
50/50 Flat Shooting Gun
A range owner in North Carolina shot my gun and instantly wanted me to cut his Guerini so it would fit and shoot like mine. So, he sent it to me and I cut it to fit me and sent it back. He has had the...
The Sight Picture Makes So Much Sense
The biggest common reaction to shooting a flat-shooting gun is the shooter's pictures are reciprocal on left-to-right and right-to-left targets and the sight pictures make so much sense! I shot with a shooter yesterday who had a Beretta 680 12ga with Briley screw chokes. The gun...
Rib Height and Gun Fit
Rib height has little to do with how well you will shoot one gun over another. In the end, it is the relationship between the rib height and the shape and height of the comb and where your cheek softly and comfortably touches the comb. Most shooters...
Make Progress or Make Excuses!
One of the reasons you can’t learn from any book or coach is that you must see how these emotions and circumstances manifest themselves in you. It is not the end of recognizing the problem that you need to know to avoid the problem. It is...