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Patterning Your Shotgun and Having a Quiet Eye
On our most recent Coaching Hour, we talked about patterning your shotgun first to make sure that the barrels are regulated correctly and then for the point of impact. We also talked about Hurricane Harvey and how we are doing, as well as having a quiet eye when calling for the bird.We are all high and dry. Hopefully, we can get back to our field on the first of October and begin to shoot at American within a week.Some... Read more…
Vision Evolves as You Train
Be sure to check out the August 2017 Coaching Hour podcast where we talk about how your vision evolves as you train and your game progresses.We are just back from Lehigh Valley Sporting Clays in Pennsylvania and we had a great clinic with a lot of learning.We talked about training a lot and how it is a must to train the basic gun mount and move on quartering shots as well as crossing shots. We also talked about how it ... Read more…
Hurricane Harvey!
Thanks to all of you for your thoughts and prayers as the state of Texas has gone through the worst natural disaster in years.This makes two years in a row that we have had torrential rains and subdivisions flooded, but never anything like this. It rained non-stop for six days and this flat city can’t handle 38 inches of rain.Poor Rockport, TX got the brunt of the storm. Harvey wiped out their power grid so that will t... Read more…
Argentina Pigeon Hunt
We made it to the Montaraz Lodge - the pigeon lodge. After a light lunch, we were off to the pigeon fields.Hunting pigeons in Argentina is so much fun since it is like hunting ducks without the water. They will actually come to the decoys and when you kill one, the bird boys go out and put it on a stick so it becomes a real decoy.The birds are very challenging. You don’t think they are flying very fast because they are... Read more…
Visualize in Detail
The top shooters never have to “check the beads” to see if they are lined up. Their mount is perfect every time, whether shooting gun up or down.Keeping their eyes on the target is a given and the muzzle is always in the periphery. They know where it is pointed without looking at it at all times. Their hold points are almost automatic and their hands are always soft and ready to move.But it is the ability to visualize ... Read more…
