Be a Puller
On a recent Coaching Hour, our friend Max talked about the things he's observed while pulling at both corporate and registered events. And he discussed some of the conclusions he's overheard about what happens when you shoot a moving object with a shotgun. Max also suggested...
It Pays Off!
"Thank you again for hosting a class in St Louis. Over the last two weeks, I have been watching the kill shots and working on what I learned with you. It all came together last weekend. I won my club championship shooting 91/100. Hope to see you...
Being Honest with Yourself
The other day I had a lesson with a young female athlete the other day who wanted to really shoot great, but she had not committed to building the skills to do so. This was our first lesson together, and we began by listening to the March 2015...
The Jitters: Coaching Hour September 2015
The jitters are something you just have to go through. Most are caused by wanting to control what others think about you. But you can't control that, so don't even go there. But you are going there anyway...
Practice Every Day
Please, practice your gun mount every day. Don't make your job and ours harder by not doing it. Saying or thinking that you're eliminating risk by shooting a mounted gun means you need to practice your gun mount. Being able to mount the gun 95 percent...
Touch Your Gun Every Day
If you are not touching your gun every day, you are not getting better. The more I shoot, the more I'm amazed at what the anticipation circuit can do, and the less I am focused on anything. The better you get, the more things are chunked...
Perceptions
It seems that the more we coach, the more we are dumbfounded by people's concept of what they are trying to do. When we examine those concepts and translate them literally, they make absolutely no sense. When I talk about "gun speed equaling bird speed" the...
Stable Picture
I had a lesson with a multi-approach shooter who was so mixed up that he didn't even know how to describe his shooting. Swing-through, pull away, and sustained lead all at once in the same target...