Thank you on another great video Champion! When shooting bunker(olympic) trap do you personally shoot by seeing figure 8 and "floating" the bird or shooting flat ribbed "covering" the bird?
Hello, Russell! I'd like to ask you a question that I'm very concerned about. I was talking to some of my sports group mates and we agreed that we all prepare for shooting differently, but one thing we have in common is that we don't control the movement and the target shot itself, we just give the command and wait for the body to do it all by itself. I would like to ask what is meant by conscious and controlled shooting if all we do is turn off our brains and give the command? When I have tried to shoot under control by making a fully conscious movement to a certain point on the target, I have been told that this is wrong, but then I don't understand what is the difference between that and flipping a coin before each shot. I just wonder where the master gets the confidence and control during the series, if he will not control and kind of aim at the target. Sorry for the large amount of text, it's just a sore subject for me
It’s a good question. You need to master all the technical issues on the practice range to the point where shooting near perfect rounds is habitual. THEN you have to trust that in competition it will just happen. Your brain has learnt it in practice so you have to have BELIEF that it will work when it counts. If you try and shoot mechanically under pressure you will fall apart.
Thank you so much, this is not the first time you have helped me out a lot! This issue was very uncomfortable for me and my trainer, I spent a lot of time preparing and squeezing the gun hard and pressing my cheek in the hope that it would lead me to a perfect result in an attempt to control everything
Watching Nathan Hales setting world record at Olympics this year. I think he must practice some form of memorization or counting, too perfect to be just random reacting, no human can be that perfect by instinct reaction time.
Perfect method 💪🏻. Thank you for sharing this coach!
Glad you liked it!
Interesting process to consider. Definitely worth a try to determine how it works for the shooter. Thank you for sharing !
Wise words indeed.
I guess I don't want to know. But thank you for this great video
No worries!
Thank you on another great video Champion!
When shooting bunker(olympic) trap do you personally shoot by seeing figure 8 and "floating" the bird or shooting flat ribbed "covering" the bird?
I always think floating the bird slightly is advisable
Hello, Russell! I'd like to ask you a question that I'm very concerned about. I was talking to some of my sports group mates and we agreed that we all prepare for shooting differently, but one thing we have in common is that we don't control the movement and the target shot itself, we just give the command and wait for the body to do it all by itself. I would like to ask what is meant by conscious and controlled shooting if all we do is turn off our brains and give the command? When I have tried to shoot under control by making a fully conscious movement to a certain point on the target, I have been told that this is wrong, but then I don't understand what is the difference between that and flipping a coin before each shot. I just wonder where the master gets the confidence and control during the series, if he will not control and kind of aim at the target. Sorry for the large amount of text, it's just a sore subject for me
It’s a good question. You need to master all the technical issues on the practice range to the point where shooting near perfect rounds is habitual. THEN you have to trust that in competition it will just happen. Your brain has learnt it in practice so you have to have BELIEF that it will work when it counts. If you try and shoot mechanically under pressure you will fall apart.
Thank you so much, this is not the first time you have helped me out a lot! This issue was very uncomfortable for me and my trainer, I spent a lot of time preparing and squeezing the gun hard and pressing my cheek in the hope that it would lead me to a perfect result in an attempt to control everything
Russell did you or Michael Diamond count during competitions?
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Enough said! Thanks!
counting ??? .. oh great more ways to screw up my brain while I'm stressing. Cool glimpse into the minds of the Olympic shooters tho. Thx
Watching Nathan Hales setting world record at Olympics this year. I think he must practice some form of memorization or counting, too perfect to be just random reacting, no human can be that perfect by instinct reaction time.