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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…
No One Just "Has It”
No one just "has it."There is no "it." Unless the "it" you're talking about is hard work and time on targets, coupled with a passion to not accept anything less than your best. And always having the drive to push yourself beyond what you already know.Unless you try something beyond what you already know, you will never grow. Your potential is like your weight; you just push it in different directions based on your atti... Read more…
Practice is Different to Different People
Here's something you might want to consider. I will use our coaching experience as an example.We don't need to practice coaching anymore. But that does not mean that we stop learning. Younger shooters or shooters whohave been competitive for 15-20 years don't have to practice as much to stay on their games. Due to the number of rounds they've shot, they eventually reach a level of competence where every time they pick ... Read more…
The Road to Greatness
Being great at anything is a lonely road. It evolves with a lot of time honing and re-honing your fundamentals until you can depend on them.You are really building a circuit in the brain. The more you do it, the better it becomes because you are actually building insulation around that circuit so it fires more and more consistently without consciously guiding it. Only then can you begin to concentrate on building the c... Read more…
Competence Creates the Zone
Nothing creates the zone like competence. Competence first in shooting fundamentals and second in competing.Said another way, you must first learn to shoot. Then and only then can you learn how to compete. They are both learned skills. Read more…
