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Teamwork In The Brain
"The difference between the top shooters and the rest of the pack is that we will not pull the trigger unless we know it is going to break."-Scott RobertsonTeamwork in the BrainIn most shotgun games, shooters are looking for a picture. When they see it they pull the trigger. They are trying to analyze the input from the target and the output of the gun at the same time!You cannot do both.When you look at the shot as a ... Read more…
Learning at Kiowa Creek
Last weekend's clinic at our field at American Shooting Centers was as always a learning experience for us all. Just when we think we have heard it all, something new comes up.Once again, not looking down the barrel was a revelation to some. And it was exciting for some to realize how easy the OSP system is to reproduce, as well as how relaxing shooting this system is.The cool thing is that we can go immediately to the... Read more…
Confidence and Performance
Breakpoints create confidence.Transitions control performance!When you can shoot breakpoints at will, you become confident. And you must do this in practice. Once you achieve it, the quality of your transitions from the first target to the second controls your performance!This is why singles practice is so important in the beginning. And all the things we emphasize must be there in every shot. Every shot must be the sa... Read more…
It's a Movie, Not a Snapshot!
I said something yesterday that I've never said before. We use the term "sight picture" to describe where our eyes are when we take the shot. This leads people to look for a snapshot, which makes them poke at the end of the shot.Although I do emphasize the "picture," (left of the barrel or across the barrel) and visualizing the picture, my visual process is more a movie of how it comes together, rather than a snapshot.... Read more…
What It Takes To Change Your Brain's Pattern After Age 25
This is an interesting piece by Vivian Giang."In most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again."That quote was made famous by Harvard psychologist William James in his 1890 book The Principles of Psychology, and is believed to be the first time modern psychology introduced the idea that one's personality becomes fixed after a certain age.More than a century since Jame... Read more…
