Success and Competence
Success has everything to do with the frequency and duration of tasking. The quest for competency is really a driving force for why people do a sport. But competence alone is not the driver. There is more and more evidence that shows people have three...
Shooting While Being Yourself
Here’s the reason why trying harder doesn't work: you must build a persona of who you are in competition to have a peak performance. You can do this for 2.5 hours a week for five to eight years, or you can do it for 10 to...
The Journey Begins: Training Wingshooters
Helping Wingshooters Improve We spent the last week training Texas Parks and Wildlife staff to use our Knowledge Vault videos and data to begin their journey of improving shooting proficiency in this country's wingshooters. Vicki, Brian, and I trained 14 trainers to teach the OSP system for...
Being Stubborn with the Picture
There are just certain things that you must face and go through such as dropping the last bird on a station or letting fear get into your game in any number of ways. Watching the kill shot reviews while being determined to make every shot stable...
What Your Shooting Can Cash…
Don't let your mouth write a check your shooting can cash!...
Great Quote
"Shooting from behind the bird and looking at the bird down the barrel are both silly!" - Ignacio Rodriguez...
Shooting Guns That Don’t Fit
At South Florida Shooting Club from March 17th through the 27th, and without exception, every gun I have picked up is too high to shoot anywhere close to where the shooters are looking. On top of that, the shooters don't have a clue what it is...
A Gun That’s Too High and Long
I saw a shooter with a Syren that was - you guessed it - too high and too long for her. If they would just leave the Monte Carlo off the stock and thin the comb, that gun would fit a lot more people....
Advance School Thoughts
It's the third week of our Advance School. Being surrounded by shooters who really want to advance their games is both invigorating and inspiring. Conclusions that I am drawing from these 21 days will follow in the next several blogs. Here’s today's thought: I am beginning to conclude...