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Vary Your Practice as Much as Possible
In Houston, we're fortunate that we have quite a few clubs to go to. But if you practice at the same place every time, you need to vary it as much as you can. I recommend mixing it up as much as possible - not necessarily practicing pairs. But practice singles, playing the game, and retrieval as often as possible. Always change your break point whenever you can. After two or three shots, practice these three m... Read more…
Shoot Every Tournament You Can
If you want to push yourself, I encourage you to go and shoot every tournament you can possibly get into, if you have the time and can afford to do it. It’s occurred to me that this is one of the main reasons top shooters are top shooters. Yes, they see the same targets delivered in so many different ways: the speeds, lines, backgrounds and angles from the many tournaments that they’ve shot at. Not only d... Read more…
Linking Your Movements Together
As you go on the journey of shooting single targets, you work on perfecting your game through repetition. You work on being critical; not about whether you broke the target, but how the target was broken. You can then begin to attach similar links of movement to certain shots. Linking these movements allows the brain to begin to categorize certain shot sequences that it can begin to call upon when faced with ... Read more…
The Brain’s Synchronous Circuits
I’m intrigued by the concept of the brain combining parts of different circuits and coming up with a synchronous circuit that will break a specific target. I've never really looked at the fact that the brain might combine parts of two or three different circuits to do this. Think about how many variables in sporting clays targets are unknown. Then it only makes sense that what we've accepted as “just the way ... Read more…
Freeing Yourself from Mechanical Thinking
Shooting singles in different break points is so critical, and playing the game is so powerful! Playing the game - shooting single targets in your predicted break point - forces you to recall the circuit that your brain knows will break that target the way you want it broken. It’s based on your visual movie in your preload. It’s so relaxing when you do this because it frees you from all mechanical thinking. ... Read more…
