Welcome to the Zone!
Now, read this sentence out loud over and over: “Better get to do to what know don’t but shot better a be could I wish I.” You got through the first four words fine because they began to make a thought. But on the fifth word,...
Pointing Your Nose at the Look Point
When I am the first shooter at a station, sometimes I have trouble seeing the target until it gets a way out. When I am scoring or pulling, I can see the target sooner. Is there any way I can see the target sooner when I...
Long-Term Memory
All your skill is stored in your long-term memory and each skill circuit, due to repetition, creates a familiar picture in your brain each time it is fired. This allows your brain to anticipate ahead of what you are doing, allowing you to shoot without...
Every Action with the Muzzles
In skeet, all but four targets are shot in the first third of their flight path, which means every action must be perfect. We have found one swing thought that has improved so many skeet shooters over our 42-year shooting coaching careers: Every action with the muzzles...
An Experienced Coach
The most frequent mistake we see all shooters do is not practicing deliberately. Deliberate practice is designed by you to improve the exact part of your game that keeps you where you are score-wise. In skeet shooting, 25 straight must become a habit. But a good...
Trying to Mount the Gun and Take the Shot
Trying to mount the gun and take the shot as you mount will result in inconsistencies that you cannot explain. You will never be consistently successful on longer shots that require a slower gun speed to match speed with the target speed, especially if you must...
The Gun is Always in the Periphery
I don’t ever look down the barrel when I shoot, nor do any of our students. The gun is always in the periphery and the target is always in our primary vision, so we are always looking at the target behind where the barrel is...
Eye a Little Higher Over the Rib
If I were a shooter that mounted the gun and looked down the barrel chasing the target trying to fix the shot at the end… Or if I shot pull-away, trying to fix the shot at the end… Or if I shot trap… I would want to have...
Consistent Transitions
Slight cheek pressure yields much more consistent transitions between the first and second target on a pair!...
Slight Cheek Pressure
Slight cheek pressure yields several things: A consistent 50/50 pattern at all distances. Easier and more consistent mount. Consistent results at close and distant targets, and Reciprocal sight pictures! ...