Your mental toolbox to a better game
In competitions, we sometimes get off to a shaky start, have a good middle and struggle to finish. At other times we get off to a good start, fall away in the middle and then finish well. On other occasions we get off to a good start and middle, but finish poorly. And on still […]
We have all experienced a drop in our scores in competition, when compared to what we shoot in practice. I have a theory that a major contributing factor to this is that our tens in training are just not good enough. All those 10.0’s and 10.1’s we shoot in a training match become the 9.9’s […]
We all focus a lot on the scores we get. It’s natural to do this. Our family or friends reinforce this by asking “what did you get at training?” when we get home. Scoring targets is a great way of measuring how we are going and whether we are improving. However there are times when […]
Whilst the following article has been written for the smallbore shooter, many pistol shooters may find the comments apply equally to them. Almost every shooter experiences a drop in performance at some time in their career. Whether it is a dramatic drop off in scores, or just patchy performances, dealing with the slump in a […]
Over the years I have heard many shooters lament over their lack of improvement. The years go by and they always seem to perform at about the same level – the occasional high spot or good performance counterbalanced by a lower than average result, often in the next competition, with most results falling in the […]