Time For A New Compass Heading?
March 2012 Sporting Clays Tip
by Dan Schindler
I recently said in my article that at times I feel like a dinosaur out here. That's true. The Editor of Sporting Clays magazine thought enough of my work to publish over 115 of my articles, every single one I submitted. Thank you George. That's a lot of my personal thoughts and opinions, more than 207,000 words to be exact.
So I think, collectively, a whole bunch of writers have now covered a lot of our game sufficiently. Maybe it's time we move on and take a slightly different look at what's affecting our performance in the shooting box? Here we're not talking about the gun, strategies, the shooting methods, or gun management. Here we're talking about what we think and feel in the box, why, and whether or not we have any say in how we respond to that. I thought we could visit with all this over the next few months, maybe longer, we'll see how it goes. One thing is for sure, I greatly appreciate your visiting it with me and considering my perspectives. Thank you for your consideration.
The Tips in this series will be taken from the Paragon Workshop - a series of lessons over a 3 day period - some classroom - some on the course - all focused on effectively managing the mental challenges so many of us face in the shooting box. These sessions erase the mysteries of the mental game with roll-up-your-sleeves, practical, logical answers, and hands-on applications. Trust me, there isn't anything mysterious about the mental game and it's not complicated.
Well, this is getting long in a hurry so let’s begin.
The following is on page 2 of my client's Paragon Workshop notebook. It's there because I ask my client to understand that the person he or she is off the course, must consider some adjustments if he or she expects to see performance improvements on the course.
Here is a favorite old quote, not mine, but very appropriate.
Cherokee Wisdom
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He said: "My son, the battle is between two 'wolves' |
It is anger, envy, jealousy, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego. |
Joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith." |
The old Cherokee smiled and replied, |
All the gun skill in the world won't be able to successfully navigate us through personal angst and imbalance in the shooting box. Somebody out there called it our personal True North,.....adjusting our bearing to locate our real reason for wanting to stand in the box. That's our True North and where our best performance will come from.
I genuinely hope to see you out on the shooting grounds. Until then, thank you again for stopping by.
February 2012 Tip
The Myth Of Superior Talent
Here's a fair question. Do you believe a person who trains harder and longer can perform at a level higher than a more talented individual? Statistics repeatedly show talent is highly overrated, and the answer to the question is yes.
After working with many, many students across the US and abroad, it's hard to count all the times I've witnessed incredible talent in the shooting box............
April 2012 Tip
And You're Thinking That Because...?
This is the 2nd TIP in a short series to introduce some of the basics of the mental approach to shooting. I believe this training is critically important, once the shooting basics begin to come online consistently. I add that condition because extensive effort poured into the mental aspects of shooting simply won't be able to make up for for a swing that lacks precision, is inconsistent and, at best, semi-reliable............
