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What is Your Choice?
Your optimism comes from your failures. Your determination comes from your attitude. Your confidence comes from your competence. Competence comes from your commitment. You become what you repeatedly do. So what is your choice? What one thing will you become passionate about to the point of excessiveness? If you want to be great, you better get started by the time you are 11! Read more…
Evolving Gun Fits
At Drake Landing last week, the owner picked up my gun and was shocked at how easy it was to mount and how it was perfectly aligned every time he mounted it. "My gun will fit all five people in this room," I said."No way," the others said. So I gave them all my gun to mount, and like magic, it fit them all, to their amazement. With respect to comb height and cast, "too low" is infinitely better than "too high." My tw... Read more…
Punching in to Master Class
On our last Coaching Hour podcast, we had some students who have punched into Master Class and they wanted to know about the mindset of competing in Master Class. Each of them have families and jobs and needed some thoughts on going up against pro shooters. We spent the whole hour on that topic. Several of our Master Class shooters weighed in on how they prepare and their goals going to a big shoot to compete a... Read more…
Sensory Shutdown
"Let’s look at an aspect of sensory shutdown we all have to deal with when performing in a pressure situation: making a decision when the adrenaline is flowing and your heart is pumping. A healthy person’s heart rate is a good indication of general fitness levels, because the fitter someone is, the lower their resting heart rate is, and the longer it takes them to reach their maximum heart rate. Even when the heart r... Read more…
Pressure Increases ... Awareness Decreases
“When the pressure we are under increases, it is natural for our awareness to decrease. This change might be almost imperceptible at first, but as the pressure increases, our peripheral vision narrows and so too does our hearing, and, as a result, so does what we are thinking. When the pressure really racks up we are virtually shutting down and our awareness has narrowed to a tiny window. Now, this is a great help... Read more…
