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Effort and Attitude
Our Coaching Hour is our monthly hour of solving problems, talking about what we have learned, and hearing about our students’ successes and things they had learned.On last month’s Coaching Hour, one gentleman talked about what he could control: effort and attitude when on the course.We have been doing these since November 2001, and it has been the source of many new and exciting ideas. But this night it really hit me ... Read more…
Four Days at Kiowa Creek
We’re just getting back from a fantastic four days of teaching in Colorado at Kiowa Creek, just outside of Denver. We had so many students that Brian got to go with us and we took 15 students each day.You may not know, but we have had a lot of water in Houston in the past two weeks. Our field at American is under four feet of water.Gil and I went to Florida on Tuesday, May 19 as the water around our house was rising. W... Read more…
Fishing, Shooting, and Life
We went on a fishing trip yesterday. I say “fishing” because there was not a lot of catching on this trip due to the weather and a lot of wind. So, it also gave me a chance to think about how frustrating it was.On the first two wades, I didn’t even get a bump from a fish, much less a good strike.It would have been easy to just get back in the boat and sit and watch the wind blow but that would have meant that I gave up... Read more…
Close Targets Within 30 Yards
It seems there has been a big issue of students who come to clinics or lessons and always want to learn to shoot the farther targets. But I ask, “Can you shoot all the targets that are within 30 yards?”For most of them, the response is “Not good enough.”You must come off the course saying “I didn’t miss any of the close targets.”Because if you hit all the close ones and half of the not-close ones, you will have a very ... Read more…
Florida Recap
We have been in Florida for the past 21 days, and while wish I could say we were enjoying the warm sunshine, it was cold until the last day. We were in our down jackets and rain gear and those shorts stayed packed.At each of the three clubs we visited, the mythology of gun fit came up a lot. We did a lot of explaining and redoing guns that students brought, either by lengthening them or putting the adjustable combs dow... Read more…
