Having a Growth Mindset
Shooters with a growth mindset don’t care about failing. They actually look forward to learning from all their failures and always look forward to training and getting better. The person with a growth mindset will never worry about being seen as good or smart, nor will...
Clear Mental Representation
Shooters who don’t have a clear Mental Representation (MR) of the shot at hand could flinch, slash the muzzle, stop the swing and lose focus for any number of other reasons! A football game is just a confusing jumble of people running in rambling directions if...
Playing the Game – Coaching Hour Podcast
If you have not listened to the June Coaching Hour podcast, do so and implement the new practice procedure called “Playing the Game!” Shooters who are using this practice technique are shooting incredible scores. They're telling us that forcing the brain to implement a more detailed...
Attitude Plays a Big Role!
Attitude plays a big role in performances and practice. We see shooters who are practicing just trying to break the target. Closing the gun and chasing the target and trying to fix it at the end does not build desirable long-term memory. In reality, it builds...
No Perfect Way to Practice the Move and Mount
Be aware that there is no perfect way to practice the move and mount. There’s no perfect sequence or order. We continue to be amazed at the number of people who refuse to give proper emphasis to learning to move and mount the gun. In the...
Creating Long-Term Memory
Creating long-term memory is defining mental representations, which are visual images we see when a phrase is introduced to our brain. Read the next sentence out loud three times, faster each time: “The brain will fix the lead if you will just let it.” These words are in...
Does Your Practice Do These Things?
Does your practice do these things? Push you out of your comfort zone? Constantly be improving and nit-picking your move in practice. On game day use what you got in the shape it’s in. Give you immediate feedback? It either came together the way you wanted it...
The Three Myths of Improved Performance
The three myths of improved performance are: Abilities are limited by genetics or surroundings. (There are obvious exceptions. For example, height is an advantage in sports like basketball and football and maybe swimming, but not gymnastics.) If you do something long enough you will get better...
Random Practice Drills: A Student’s Testimonial
“I have been doing the ‘one show bird’ random practice drill on singles at different clays course each week for the last month. I thought you would be interested in the results. I have had a tendency to shoot much better in practice than in tournaments,...
A Testimonial from Youth Coach
Here's a testimony to the effectiveness of the Knowledge Vault. It really works! “My 15-year-old son is rocking and rolling! He won A Class at Gamaliel and punched up to AA after our winter break. At Northeast Regionals, he picked up eight punches. So, I expect that...