When calling for the target, are you relaxed or tense? “Yes” is not an acceptable answer!
When calling for your target, your arms and shoulders should be calm and relaxed. The reason for this is when a muscle is tense, it must first relax before it can move.
Try this experiment: Place your hand flat on the table, palm down. Press down on the table and feel the muscles in your arm and shoulder tighten. Now raise your hand slowly off the table. Do you feel your muscles relax and then your hand move?
Now do it again, but this time just barely touch your hand on the table, keeping the muscles in your arm and shoulder calm and relaxed. Now raise your hand slowly off the table. Notice the difference? Smooth, wasn’t it? More importantly, that movement can be duplicated 10 times in a row if your muscles are calm and relaxed. It is impossible to duplicate the movement if your muscles are tense.
I don’t know about you, but I always shoot better when I’m calm and relaxed. There are thousands of degrees of tense. There is only one relaxed. I have to believe if you keep your arms and shoulders calm and relaxed prior to calling “pull: every time, you will shoot smoother and more consistently, whether you are shooting practice or for the Buick.
