Shooting a shotgun can be as much mental warfare because it is fundamentals. The 2009 Saturday my friend, my pops, my two oldest sons, and i also went along to the skeet range. We made a decision to shoot a round of trap because the skeet range was packed. Most of us, except Dad, had not shot trap before. It looked easy enough, actually I was thinking I’d personally be fantastic advertising. WRONG, I hit the first one and missed the subsequent 10. My friend, who shoots sporting clay tournaments, shot 12 beyond 25. I ended up tied with my 14 year old at 6 of 25. Embarrassing, to say the least. When i started missing it turned out over, I started riding the targets, closing one eye and absolutely fell apart. I had changed chokes from improved to modified before we started, so in my mind that was the challenge. I changed back after going 2 of 15 and finished 4 of 10 having an improved cylinder, not very much better. It was not the choke, it had been my brain that got in my way. It takes place in the skeet range as well as in the dove fields, and is tough to overcome. Follow this advice to avoid a mental breakdown.
Take your mind off missing. Do you remember the video Tin Cup? Kevin Costner was starting to warm up to try out inside the biggest golf tournament he ever played in. The normally calm Costner couldn’t hit an upright shot to save his life. He kept shanking the ball down the road of other golfers as well as the more he did it, the more serious it got. His caddy and very long time friend made him turn his hat around backwards, pull his pockets really well etc. etc., and after that made him hit the ball again. If we do resistance, Costner did it and occasional and behold he hit his next drive perfect. Even if this was obviously a movie, there is some truth there. If you possibly could take a step that can your mind from missing you’ve far better chance of overcoming it. Turn your hat around, take the glasses off, make a move different in order to take the mind out of the fact you might be sucking up. Keep positive, negativity is the enemy.
Why don’t you where. When analyzing the miss, pay attention to why your fundamentals stopped working. Don’t dwell on that you missed, after all you’re probably behind it or above it. Instead answer these questions: Have you contain the right focus while you shot? Had you been at risk with the target? Was your move and mount smooth? Would you have the right muzzle speed? One of these simple will answer the reasons you missed.
Get back to fundamentals. Okay, you’ve turned you hat around backwards, identified the reason why you missed and now it’s turn again or perhaps a dove is originating by. Shoulder your gun correctly, use good footwork, and follow through with your shot. Don’t give attention to far from the bird, ignore the last station, the past dove, or bill you forgot to cover. ONLY THE BIRD! The good thing is it takes only one good shot to erase 10 bad ones.
As being a good shooter in basketball, you need to keep shooting and being consistent. As soon as you start to doubt yourself, your accuracy will drop. Maintain confidence high and don’t start trying to modify your form or how you normally shoot your shotgun.
A side note for the skeet outing is my Ten year old made fantastic progress for just his 2nd time shooting. He only shot 2 the 1st time, and just hit one shooting trap so his confidence was in the toilet. Because he started to shoot skeet I was worried, but he hit 1 from 4 about the first station understanding that was all the confidence he needed. He shot 10 for twenty five (which has a 410), including they both on the last station (the most difficult station).
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