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The core purpose of the visual system is prediction. Our visual processing system, when you combine that with other senses, provides information to the
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There’s a reason that everybody in sporting clays gets stuck at 72 to 75. In skeet, you get stuck at 88 to 92, 93.
Any number of times when we were working with new shooters and they miss it and we say, “Well, did you match the speed?”
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What we have learned, especially on the birds that intimidate you, is that the lead is the most forgiving part of the equation. If
You should do the post-shot routine when working on basically any target. If you miss, this post-shot routine will then become automatic. This is
When you watch an elite shooter, everything is always the same. You can think all you want to with the gun open, but once
Do you remember the first time you broke a target that was really out of your comfort zone? “Oh, I was a school bus
We have been to South America and Mexico more than 50 times both to hunt and coach in the field on the real thing.
Imagine that you’re at a tennis match, seated in line with the net and higher up in the grandstand. Would you put your nose
These days, it seems like target setters are giving shooters less time to hit the first target to make the second target consistently broken.
Dr. Dan Laby is probably one of the best sports vision scientists in the world. Anybody that’s in that business will tell you he
When we’re looking out at the horizon, we see a circle of vision. Two-hundredths of one percent of that circle is where your sharp
The first thing we lose when we take any kind of time off is timing. As we preach, everything is routine, everything is sequence-oriented
When we teach new students our system, they’re just gobsmacked with how simple it is and how the brain will take care of all
Deliberate practice is critical for reaching a focus ratio of 95-5. The baggage that everyone carries through all of these plateaus is worrying about
When you finally get to a level where you have a focus ratio of 90-10 or 95-5, your routine’s automatic. You look at a
In Daniel Coyle’s book, “The Little Book of Talent,” he talks about breaking things down into chunks and taking a little bit at a
Everything we do with a shotgun occurs in the periphery and how much awareness of the barrel is an evolution. We’ve all been through
As your focus ratios improve, there is less and less confusion due to neurological suspension happening. You are actually performing better with less visual
It’s important to use the post-shot routine when working on your weaker targets in practice. When you use it after every shot, it helps
I had a lesson not long ago with a shooter who’d been shooting with a pro-tournament shooter, complaining about vision problems and closing an
At a focus ratio of 90-10, the leads seem very similar, with a few big ones still out there. But you’re beginning to control
Speed match is critical. Without it, the picture is not real. But with speed match, it becomes real afterwards. Anything you’re aware of in
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