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Novice Clinics at the OSP Field in Houston, Texas
I teach novice clinics once a month, usually the second weekend, at our home field in Houston, Texas. Boy, have they taken off!It’s a great way to get started shooting a shotgun the correct way by building good habits rather than having to relearn them later.Students are so happy when they leave! They are comfortable with the gun and have specific practice drills to work on to improve their shooting. Most shooters don’... Read more…
Preparing For A Hunt
We have been busy teaching a lot of folks who are going on some kind of hunt, some for the first time. I have had several lessons with folks going to Argentina for the first time and tried to emphasize that they needed to practice with their gun even if they weren’t taking it to use their left arm a lot, since that gets the most wear.I remember the first time we went. In the morning I shot 14 boxes and 14 more in the a... Read more…
Get Better Faster!
If you want to get better faster, then watch the Clay Kill Shot Reviews before you go to practice or before you go to the tournament. You can’t watch them too much.When watching them, don’t look at the red dot or the distance between the dot and the target!Be acutely aware of how fast the target comes into the frame and how quickly it slows down. The shot is taken when the speed is matched. Read more…
Keep it Simple!
It baffles me how complicated people make this game. Why can’t it be simple like 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock, same speed at the end?I had a guy yesterday who would call “pull” and as soon as he saw the target, he would jump 30 yards out in front and pull the trigger.After he continued this for a couple of shots, I stepped in and put my hand on the gun and we shot a couple together. He figured out that all of the conversati... Read more…
Practicing with a Preload
Practice is where the repetition occurs that allows you to build habits.Practice is the most powerful thing you have in your toolbox, but at the same time, it is the most wasted because of how people practice.Everything you do in practice must be preceded by a preload of the movie of how the shot comes together. And when the preload and the shot are mirrors of each other, the brain learns three times faster.Practicing ... Read more…
