A little over a week ago, my good friend and fellow shooter Doug Parsons punched up from A to AA class while shooting at Kidd’s Place! His feat was followed by a flurry of congratulatory emails. One email in particular caught my eye. Randy Donovan had commented that Doug’s having switched to a 32” Caesar […]
Mental Skills Help Breed Consistency and Improve Performance – A Case Study! Read More »
A few months ago, I wrote a post entitled “What Does Your Mental Game Look Like?” You can link back to that thread HERE if you missed it. Around that same time, I was enjoying some text thread banter with fellow shooters and friends Doug Parsons and Chuck Laughridge in which I told Chuck he
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The final tournament in our local area was held at Kidd’s Place this past Saturday. There was a lot on the line for a couple of our shooters! Both Dave Coffman and Randy Donovan faced “sudden death” in this shoot. Due to the way the NSCA handles carry-over punches, they both faced the prospect of
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In a previous post, I introduced Deena Kastor’s book “Let Your Mind Run – a Memoir of Thinking my way to Victory”. Deena Kastor is an Olympic medalist in the Marathon. The book tells of her early successes in running, and how she nearly decided to quit running after hitting near-burnout. After her collegiate career
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Just a quick post to thank all who have commented on the publishing of my feature article in the September 2021 edition of “Clay Target Nation” covering the topic of “Performance Logging”! If you have interest in giving the article a read, you can find it on page 59 of the digital version here: https://www.claytargetnation-digital.com/publication/?i=717594
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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
Recently, I had the honor of having lunch with Brian DeMott, master class competitor and former PSCA shooter. I had reached out to Brian after observing him shoot on a couple of different occasions noting how confident he appeared as he prepared for each shot and how smoothly he executed each pair. I introduced him
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In her bestselling book “Mindset – the New Psychology of Success”, Carol Dweck explores two different world views – one that supposes a person’s capabilities are “set in stone” at birth – a “fixed mindset”, and one in which a person’s capabilities are really not fully known and subject to change based on efforts made
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Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of meeting Grace at the East Coast Championship held at Hunter’s Pointe in Washington NC. More on that meeting in just a minute, but first some bio information on Ms. Callahan: Grace’s fascination with shooting began at the tender age of 10 years old while hunting upland game
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Many thanks to two fellow shooters who elected to provide some feedback on their own goal setting process for the coming year. May their comments inspire others to put their thoughts into words, and their words into actions! First, lets hear from Grant O’Neal – a fellow shooter who like myself, adopted sporting clays later
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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
NC Shooter’s Meteoric Rise from D-Class to Master Class in 17 Months! Read More »
Brad Lawrence has been my “across-the-street neighbor” for many years now. In addition to being a soccer player for decades, he has also coached youth teams. I reached out to Brad two years ago when I needed help for a class assignment that involved interviewing a coach in order to provide a mental skills plan
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