Shooting Without Thinking
The core purpose of our visual processing system is
the prediction of what’s coming next. Vision, along with data, form our other
senses that provide sequenced information to the central nervous system. This allows
for a prediction of what’s coming next.
Eventually you must begin to understand that one aspect of skill is the ability
to anticipate further and further ahead of where you are. In order for you to
become more skillful, you to have a more detailed prediction of what you’re about
to ask the brain to do. This takes the thinking out of the shot, which frees up
working memory to simply follow instructions and focus on the target.
So, this could be called shooting without thinking. It’s where everyone wants
to go. But few are detailed enough in their prediction and execution in
practice to build their long- term knowledge deep enough so they can trust it
when performing.
We’ve mentioned this before, but some things just need emphasizing more often
than others.
