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Learning to Shoot with Two Eyes
I had two shooters in a group yesterday in Ohio who exhibited cross-dominance problems.One was "right eyes and look at the gun." He complained about being in E class for way too long.The other shooter had tried to shoot with two eyes but failed. So we went about our day talking about sight pictures and what it was supposed to look like.The E-class shooter started great; seeing the bird behind the barrel and adjusting t... Read more…
"What" Is More Important
When competing...WHAT you're doing is more important than HOW you're doing. Read more…
Pushing Beyond the Limits
What Fear Does to YouJust remember, fear in any non-life-threatening situation has never done you any good.When the fear emotion enters the computer, three things happen: Your trunk muscles freeze up, your hands speed up, and your eyes lose the ability to fixate. And you don't know it's happening!This is huge when you finally recognize it and begin to know what different kinds of fear do to you. If you know what create... Read more…
Life Begins at the Edge
"Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone." Read more…
Observations on Blocked vs Random Practice
Blocked practice yields a high percentage of success during practice. But on game day it falls apart, the research shows. Random practice, while yielding fewer broken targets as you practice, will hold up more on game day and yield higher scores.If you want to practice left-to-right crossovers or any other trajectory, shoot the same target from different distances and in different breakpoints 8-10 times each. This requ... Read more…
