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Trying Too Hard
Trying too hard encourages evaluation during performance…and nothing good will happen!Evaluation is a necessary step in getting better. But the evaluation process begins with the last shot you fire in practice or on game day. Read more…
Determination to Conquer!
The journey is moving through the habit, building concepts with determination to conquer them, not shoot well.Eventually, it’s more important to just go shoot and become yourself, regardless of whether it’s at practice or a tournament.Remember, your brain is accustomed to running your body based on you being you. And when you try too hard, you are anyone but you. Read more…
Like Brushing Your Teeth
Everything you do on game day has got to become like brushing your teeth!In the beginning, you could not even find your mouth. Now you can stick your foot in it without even trying!Then you became fascinated with your reflection in the mirror and missed your mouth completely. Then you could hit your mouth. And then you had to learn to keep the toothbrush in your mouth. Then you had to learn the different brushing seque... Read more…
What Trying Too Hard Reveals
We see shooters becoming someone other than who they are when they try too hard on game day. That really reveals how much fear is present, which creates evaluation while performing.In turn, that creates muzzle awareness in the shot in practice, and even more on game day as you try harder! Read more…
Skill Needs to Become a Habit
Getting better is about building habits. Nothing is a skill until it is a habit.We see this in many different places along the journey as you complete the habit-building along the way. Each and every thing you do on game day must be a habit and in the automaticity part of the brain.In each habit, you must become the you that you will be in the tournament so the brain can run the program! Read more…
