Consistency and Confidence
Consistency and confidence cannot be practiced; they are the residue of practice....
Turn Habit into Skill
Skill is what happens when you are not thinking. As a habit turns into a skill through repetition and evaluation and correction and repetition again, the more your skill improves. And the better your skill, the less you must think about what you are doing. This frees...
You Can’t Think and Perform
It is so important to learn the fundamentals so well that they happen at 95 percent efficiency 100 percent of the time. You can’t be thinking while performing. As Vicki says, “thinking while performing is a distraction!”...
Better Habits
The better your habits, the more available focus there is for the target. Duh! Another breakthrough for me to explain available focus: Focus is a see-saw effect between the muzzle and the target. You can’t give a target more focus than you have available to give. Just like...
Attention: Knowledge Vault Members
Don't forget to listen to the new Coaching Hour podcast, Thursday, July 20th! Topics include: - Encountering the Voice, Addressing the Ego - The Differences between Sub-Gauge and Main Courses - Respect for the Practice - Cataract Surgery, Respecting Your Time in the Box ...
Conquer Fear
Fear comes in because you are not yourself in a tournament. Your body does not know how to act and your brain doesn’t know how to control your body. The reason you are not yourself is that you are not ready to be the you that...
Merely a Wish
When shooting well becomes a result, rather than something you can practice, it immediately eliminates the frustration of not shooting well. In turn, this kills the goal of just shooting well. It is something that cannot be defined and thus cannot be a goal. It is...
Determination to Conquer
The journey is moving through the threshold concepts with determination to conquer them, not to shoot well. Everything you seek is a result of what you have conquered, not something you can practice! ...
It’s Not Your Fault…
I did not say it was your fault; I said I was blaming you!...
Stop Making Excuses
Being honest with yourself is the thing that opens the door to learning. Stop making excuses for not shooting as well as you think you should. “Excuses are the crutches of the untalented!”...