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Your focus improves as your habits improve. The amount you have used that specific habit in competition in turn determines how comfortable you are when you are competing.<\/p>\n

I was in a shoot-off with Olympic skeet shooter Matt Dryke at the first Beretta championships held in our country in 1987. While waiting to shoot off, I asked Matt how he concentrated when shooting at the Olympic level.<\/p>\n

\u201cConcentration is the art of thinking about nothing!\u201d Matt said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your focus improves as your habits improve. The amount you have used that specific habit in competition in turn determines how comfortable you are when you are competing. 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