It’s been a hot minute (to borrow a phrase the kids use these days…) since I wrote a post about mindfulness / meditation. You may recall from my previous posts on this topic, that I was reluctant to consider using meditation thinking it was a little too “woo-hoo” for me. My interest was piqued though […]
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Back in 2020, I had as one of my goals to shoot a large tournament. The one I selected was the East Coast Championship held each spring at Hunter’s Pointe in Washington NC. I thoroughly enjoyed that experience, and have returned each year to participate in that tournament. If you haven’t experienced a large event
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I have referred to the good old inverted U curve no fewer than three times in various blog posts! Some of you might remember this picture from this post (click on the title to go back to the post if you like): Put Some “Skins” in the Game. For the sake of completeness, you can
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Today’s post is number 62! Taking a look back we have covered a lot of territory. Looking through the posts, they can be grouped into roughly 10 categories as follows: Goal Setting Self-talk Visualization Stress Management / Emotional Regulation Mindfulness / Meditation / Focus Confidence Fitness / Eye Training Performance Logging Self-image Pre-shot Planning So…
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It’s been a while since I have updated my experiences using the Muse system. You may recall from a previous post (see it HERE is you missed it) that the muse system uses an EEG headband to provide feedback on one’s meditation practice. Since starting with the system, I have now completed over 450 meditation
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I have posted about my experiences using the MUSE system for meditation several times now. If you want to check out the previous posts, you can find them HERE and HERE. You may recall, I was not really all that excited about the idea of meditation and its relationship to performance improvement until I tried
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A few posts back, I penned part I of the Deeper Dive Into Mindfulness. In that post, I explored Jon Kabat-Zinn’s book “Mindfulness for Beginners”. If you missed that post, you can find it HERE Kabat-Zinn does an amazing job describing what mindfulness is (and what it is not), and what you can expect from
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I really enjoy talking mental skills training with anyone that will converse on the subject! Luckily, I am surrounded by lots of fellow amateur athletes that enjoy the topic as much as I do! One of those athletes is Grant O’Neal. If you don’t know Grant personally, but think the name sounds familiar, it just
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The earlier post on mindfulness remains one of the most visited to date (5th out of 41 in terms of number of visits). If you have not had the opportunity to read that one, you can find it HERE. In that post, I mentioned I was starting a meditation practice. Later, I followed up with
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In my earlier blog post in which I chatted with pro-shooter Grace Callahan (if you haven’t read it, you can find it HERE), Grace mentioned a technique in which she would pick a song for each day’s competition and sing it to herself throughout the day’s shoot in order to prevent negative thoughts from intruding
For my birthday last year, my lovely bride surprised me with a pair of “performance shorts”. I had no idea there was such a thing. These particular shorts are made from a blend of spandex and polyester. They are advertised as being “water resistant, quick-drying, moisture-wicking and breathable. The fabric stretches for mobility. Even the
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We have all seen it on the course, and perhaps done it ourselves! A shot is missed. The shooter opens the gun, catches the ejected shells aggressively, and forcefully throws them into the used hull bin. Is this a bad thing? The answer is not so clear cut. In my post “Foundational Reading in Sport
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You may recall my earlier post “Mindfulness, Meditation and Muse” where I discussed my initial experiences using the Muse EEG headband system. Here is the link to that post: I am now going on my 5th month of utilizing the Muse system and thought an update on my experiences was in order. During this time,
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My recent post on mindfulness is, by leaps and bounds, the most popular post I have published to date. I guess that should not come as a surprise given that mindfulness is a hot topic, not only in sport, but in psychology in general. While studying Sport Psychology, I read paper after paper indicating that
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Those who shoot NSCA (National Sporting Clays Association) registered events know just how challenging it is to move up the ranks. It takes 60 “punches” to progress from “D Class” where shooters begin the journey to “Master Class” – a journey involving navigating through 5 classes (D, C, B, A, AA, and Master). Punches are
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If you want to know how popular the term “Mindfulness” has become, just Google it like I just did – Google returned 302 million hits! Searching for “Mindfulness in Sport” pares it down to a staggering 42 million! That is a lot of information to weed through! With so much information out there, it is
