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Enhancing Awareness
To me, seeing the movie and my confidence in the movie gives me great awareness and confidence.Shooters who are watching the Clay Kill Shot ShotKam videos in Knowledge Vault are shooting better scores with less practice! Watch the Clay Kill Shot Reviews on singles or pairs the night before and the morning of, and watch what happens to your game. Read more…
More on Deliberate Practice
Last month we did an extra Coaching Hour on deliberate practice and we will be doing our fifth one next week on the topic!We have been learning even more about skill-building and the value of deliberate practice. Skill is the ability to anticipate ahead of where you are while shooting. To hit a moving target, we must see it where it is and shoot where it will be.In other words, we must anticipate where it will be in th... Read more…
Welcome to the Zone!
Now, read this sentence out loud over and over:“Better get to do to what know don’t but shot better a be could I wish I.” You got through the first four words fine because they began to make a thought. But on the fifth word, you began to have to look at each word to interpret what it was, because it did not create a thought or picture.You switched on the fifth word from the anticipation circuit in your long-term memory... Read more…
Long-Term Memory
ll your skill is stored in your long-term memory and each skill circuit, due to repetition, creates a familiar picture in your brain each time it is fired. This allows your brain to anticipate ahead of what you are doing, allowing you to shoot without thinking.When deep in your long-term memory due to repetition with a detailed preload, it can actually change or adjust human behavior as it is happening.In this post, I ... Read more…
Pointing Your Nose at the Look Point
When I am the first shooter at a station, sometimes I have trouble seeing the target until it gets a way out.When I am scoring or pulling, I can see the target sooner. Is there any way I can see the target sooner when I am the first shooter?Thanks,Richard C Okay, let’s look at the real problem.When scoring the targets, you have your head turned toward the trap throwing the first bird. With your nose pointed at the trap... Read more…
