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Excuses
Each time you come to see me I will change what you are doing.For some, it seems we spend the first half of the lesson with them telling me what they have not been practicing and trying to hit the bird. Hitting the bird is getting in the way of you learning something new.You don't have a problem with a certain target; you have a problem with your gun speed or insertion point being too close to the target. That's what y... Read more…
Patience
Your expectation of doing it once and "getting it" continues to put shooters in the situation of "getting in their own way."Most shooters wait until they get it right. But the pros do it until they can't get it wrong.There are a lot of shells between those two situations. Read more…
"A-ha" Moment
The Subconscious Takes OverHere's a comment from a student who finally realized this is not a gun/cartridge/glasses/lead game, but a brain game. He describes his "a-ha" moment when he made this discovery:Gil,As you already know, several moments could be classified as "a-ha" moments. However, I think all of them are initiated by the first conscious awareness that our subconscious took control of the shot process. I feel... Read more…
Kill Shot Review/Perceptive Cognitive Learning
I just got an email from Driscoll after a practice session at Caney Creek. He said he had been watching the kill shot reviews over and over before the practice session. And he said he shot lights out as if he had been training all along - and he has not picked up a gun in several weeks.This further substantiates the real value of watching the kill shot reviews as a tool to shoot more consistently in practice and tourna... Read more…
The Second Day In Ohio
Well, the two shooters who went to two eyes shot out of their minds on the second day!One of them was shooting a high-rib Guerini and his eyes were easily 3/4" over the top of the already high rib. I got him to shoot a low-rib gun and he was amazed at how much easier it was to see the movie shooting a gun that did not pattern really high. He is now looking for a low-rib gun with a stock that makes it shoot flat.After l... Read more…
