Watching Kill Shot Reviews Leads to Better Scores
Shooters who are watching the Clay Kill Shot Reviews before they practice and/or shoot tournaments are shooting better and more consistent scores. Vicki and Gil, Well, you did it for me again. First, I took some extra time on KSRs this week, using a trick that helps...
If You Are Thinking, You Are Stinking
If you are thinking, you are stinking. All thoughts have their origins in evaluating something. So when you find yourself evaluating anything, you are using short-term memory and the conversation will begin. When you are in the zone, nothing matters. But when you are not, everything matters....
Deliberate Practice Turns Into Mental Representation
As you develop a skill through deliberate practice, you repeat the component parts of the skill enough times through repetition so that the brain chunks together all of the parts in the sequence. It eventually turns into a mental representation. At that point, the brain can...
Your Judgments Come from Your Expectations
Typically, your judgment of whether something is good or bad comes from your expectations. This is especially true when shooting a tournament. Under emotional pressure, people tend to revert to past negative memories and associations if they don’t affirmatively decide that they want to store their...
Testimonial: “When you are a beginner everyone is an expert”
When you are a beginner, everyone is an expert. I just had to share this testimonial from Stephen with all of you: I bought a sporting shotgun back in February of this year to learn to shoot skeet, and the progression would then be on to...
Humans have a 3:1 Negativity Bias
Psychological research has shown that humans have a 3:1 negativity bias as our default setting in storing memories. The brain naturally stores negative memories faster and stronger than positive ones. Neuroscience and evolution give us a simple explanation. It was much more important to remember danger...
Become Present with your Senses
Through an awareness of your senses, your goal is to become present with your senses before you close the gun and call “pull.” By trial and error in practice, you determine which senses you as an individual can count on when everything is on the line....
Smiling Relaxes Tension!
Smiling relaxes tension in your jaw! Smiling with your shoulders back and stand-up posture releases DHEA into your system which is a good thing for performance. The idea is simple and powerful. When you’re present to something you can feel, hear, visualize, smell, or taste, you disengage...
Mastering Quartering Shots
Playing too close to the target will make you aware of how forgiving it really is to let it come. With our system, crossers are dead easy. It’s quartering targets you need to master. Spend some time there. Big deep shots followed by slow or fast...
Short-Term Memory Confuses the Brain
If you are thinking, you are in your short-term memory and confusing the brain. The more you can chunk the circuits, the more it allows you to shoot without thinking. This also allows the brain to know exactly what circuit you are asking it to use...