Vicki’s Blogs

Any number of times when we were working with new shooters and they miss it and we say, “Well, did you match the speed?”

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

We have been to South America and Mexico more than 50 times both to hunt and coach in the field on the real thing.

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 teach new students our system, they’re just gobsmacked with how simple it is and how the brain will take care of all

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

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

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

If your barrel’s not on the bird, you’re going to miss it in front. These are the kinds of things you need to give

When you shoot well and you get a compliment you should always attach your gratitude to that person. First, you have to look them

Mental toughness is not about how you think, it’s about what you think. But more importantly, it’s about how many times you thought it

In the beginning, it will be difficult for you to commit to the shot as predicted because of your desire to break the target

There are six basic target trajectories: left-to-right and right-to-left crossing and quartering, and targets going up and falling. And until you master at least

Nobody comes out of the womb predisposed to be able to shoot a shotgun at moving targets without experiencing confusion. We’re talking about the

We ran across an interesting thought not long ago. If you do something to improve your shooting game for 15 minutes a day every

The magic shooters are looking for is in the work they are not willing to do! There is a difference between comment and commitment,

New shooters don’t have the shot inventory to properly visualize how and where they want the shot to come together, or they have been

You can see people walk up to a stand, and they are scared to death to get ready to shoot that target. They don’t

How detailed should your routine be once you’re in the station? There are several levels of detail that we can discuss, depending on whether

Remembering the past is intimately linked with imagining the future. You had a bad day at the shooting range and your buddy calls and

Positive or negative, or even verbal encouragement on the course while you’re shooting… none of it is good or will improve your performance. This

A habit is nothing more than cue, response, and reward. And you have to do that “cue, response, reward” enough times, so that it

If the targets are hard to see due to lighting or background conditions, find a spot that’s either on the target line or close

“If we can accept that having some level of expectation is a normal and natural byproduct of training and competition, how do we best