Knowledge Vault: Get More out of Your Practice
Before you go practice, always look in the Knowledge Vault and review companion videos in the sporting clays section of presentations you are about to practice. Then look at clay kill shot reviews of targets you are going to practice. You will automatically get more out...
The Mental Libraries of Top Shooters
Through purposeful practice, the top shooters have assembled a mental library of what it really looks like when they break a target, which allows them to send a detailed visual to their brains. When they call “pull,” they already know what it will look like. Their...
The Brain Needs a Movie
Why are so many shooters so confused about why they can’t get the gun where they already know it is supposed to be? Well, our experience shows that top shooters can visualize exactly what they are about to do to break the targets in vivid detail....
Don’t Short-Change Yourself!
Here’s what we learned from training and evaluating an eight-week skeet league in late summer and early fall of 2016… If you are not doing practice drills #102 and #102 from quick tips, watching the Kill Shot Reviews on skeet, trap, or sporting clays, or watching...
You Can’t Be Two Places at Once
On a recent Coaching Hour, our friend Dean Troutte said the following: “You are either in the cage thinking about what you are doing with the gun or you are downrange with the targets. You can’t be in two places at once. Where you are is your...
What Shooters Say It Looks Like
There are a lot of different perceptions about what really happens when you shoot at a moving target with a shotgun. And there are even more different approaches to getting the gun in front of the target than you can imagine. But there is a real...
Sleep’s Effect on Performance
Check out the September 2016 Coaching Hour podcast! Sleep is really important. And not just the night before it starts; as much as a week before, and sometimes more than that. Things you do off the course can have a huge effect on your performance, hidden from...
Understanding Your Own Fear
The first and most critical step in dealing with fear is to be honest with yourself and understand yourself well enough to recognize a negative thought when it surfaces. The second step is to ask yourself “Is that TRUE?” The answer is always “No,” because it has...
Sticking with Your System
When we don’t perform well, we typically focus on our mechanical performance. But the mental mistake that may have contributed to the poor shots is too often overlooked. The game within the game is to stick with your system, even though it is not producing the...
Better Visualizations
After you miss, you can't alter what has happened. But you can influence what will happen next. Get in the Knowledge Vault and watch the Kill Shot Reviews. You will better be able to visualize how the shot comes together....