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California and Montana September 2015
We went to Quail Point in northern California for our first time and it was so exciting for us as well as our students.They had had the regional shoot two weeks before and had left the course as it was and we were able to teach on it. Their competitive course is only open for tournaments so this was an opportunity for the participants to go back and shoot those stations they had trouble with.There were a lot of “a-has”... Read more…
Clay Kill Shot Review
If you are not watching the Kill Shot Reviews twice the night before and once the morning of the practice or tournament, you are missing out on one of the newest and simplest ways to have high-level performances.It seems some of our shooters are doing this regularly and getting surprising results. HOAs and RUs are becoming more common than ever before. Scores like 92/100 and 98/100 are - believe it or not - becoming mo... Read more…
Greeting Failure
The shooters who have the most filler in their brain are always the ones who learn the new concepts the quickest. They are able to shift the paradigms in their brains and fire the circuits in different patterns and have the best attitude about understanding that failure leads to success.They also have the least amount of fear. Or said another way, they are the most confident of the group, which eventually leads to comp... Read more…
Threshold Concepts
It seems that the more we do this, the more we understand what really stands in the way of becoming proficient with a shotgun on a moving target.The threshold concept of the ability to correctly and consistently move and mount the gun without looking at it (or even thinking about it) is paramount to not just being able to hit a moving target but the rate at which the brain can learn new things that affect efficiency as... Read more…
Tarleton U Kickoff Reflections
Monday and Tuesday we were at Tarleton University presenting our Knowledge Vault concepts and how they create perceptual-cognitive learning.For the next six weeks, the students will be doing the three-bullet drill and the flashlight drill. They will also be looking at the trap kill shot review, 10-minute sporting kill shot review and the skeet review that we will be doing this week.They have already shot a baseline in ... Read more…
