Dan Schindler's Blog

Nov

2020

Any Questions Boys?

It’s all about shooting…right? Well…not always. And yesterday was a classic example, where shooting was the tool, and the well-deserved outcomes were celebrated.This particular “family” session was all about an ...

Nov

2020

Method Madness

Want to shoot better, be more consistent and elevate your scores? Please raise your hand. OK, never mind, it’s unanimous.Understandably, my students put a high priority on consistency, i.e., wanting to become more consistent. That needs 1) an ...

Nov

2020

With A Little Help From My New Friends

George Ellis, Paragon School of Sporting Associate Instructor (left) and "Red" (right): Not long before we met Red, he was 1 of 300 homeless youngsters in Hendersonville, NC desperately trying to get their high school diplomas while living on the ...

Oct

2020

Details, Details, Details...

“You’ve got to be very careful if youdon’t know where you are goingbecause you might not get there.”- Yogi Berra “With one exception, I’m not a connoisseur of anything. The exception? Recognizing a ...

Oct

2020

A Miss Understanding

Far, far away in a distant galaxy, there’s a place where everyone is perfect and every Sporting Clay target is broken. Every single time. Perfect scores. All the time. With nothing to learn, of course, there was no ...

Oct

2020

Blazing Barrels

Understandably, rifle and handgun shooters literally live by the non-negotiable importance of gun “control” and precision. Shotgun shooters? Well…with all our attention “out there” at the target…maybe not so ...

Sep

2020

All Choked Up

This is a quick, roll-up-your-sleeves, common sense commentary on choke selection – what really does work in the shooting box – and why. No doubt there’s been at least 500 trillion opinionated words spoken on this subject, in ...

Sep

2020

Here's Your Paddle. Upstream or Down?

Seriously now, take about 10 long seconds and do this. Slow down and think about what it feels like to paddle a canoe upstream. Against the current. Go ahead. Please. Take your time. 1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi, 3 Mississippi, 4.....OK, it's nice ...

Aug

2020

Speed of Light Shooting

Speaking of the obvious, humbly submitted, the speed of light in a vacuum is exactly 186,282 miles per second. Impressed? OK, maybe not – so what does this have to do with our shooting? Well, that number is a fact, an irrefutable truth. Just ...

Aug

2020

Why Are You Here?

“If you think nobody ever remembers you…try missing a few car payments.”Speaking of remembering. The tournament was about 10 years ago, probably more. Late morning, we were all early, standing at our designated Station shaking ...

Jul

2020

If Only Michael Jordan Had Taken Up Clay Shooting Instead…

“I couldn’t repair your brakes…so I made your horn louder.~ Steven WrightHere’s a better plan than Steve’s. While this article touches on skill development, the emphasis here is on winning. What it really ...

Jul

2020

The # 1, Highest Scoring, All Time Very Best Sporting Clays Method In The World

A day without sunshine is like, you know…night.~Steve Martin If I may, a few words about seeing what’s hiding in plain sight…In my work, I hear many different opinions expressed on what methods work best in Sporting Clays. ...

Jun

2020

Her name was Joy

Her name was Joy…and she was. Age? Joy was what some might call an “old soul.” Wise. Personally, I like the term, “sharp.” And she was, as a tack. When we first shook hands at the Club, her smile assured me we’d ...

Jun

2020

X - Detour or Destination?

The very first target we broke sealed the deal. Gimme another shell! Lots of people shoot for the camaraderie, without considering why we missed or why the bird broke. We hit it. Shooting for the sake of entertainment needs no explaining or ...

May

2020

Mr. Smooth

It was a Saturday years ago and I had a quiet weekend to myself. So–knowing the critical role of swing precision (gun management) in our sport–off I went to the golf driving range to confirm my theory that slowing my golf swing down by a ...

May

2020

The Turning...

Our recent series on the pre-shot, set-up Basics got us down in the weeds sorting out the specifics, the correct sequence of those Basics. Not just what…but when, where, how, and why each of those 4 steps (in Book 1, Take Your Best ...

May

2020

Luck’s Got Nuthin’ To Do With It!

If you're proactive, you focus on preparing your swing. If you're reactive, you end up focusing on repairing your swing. Daniel Schindler Basics series: Visual Focal PointIn our last article, I chose our “muzzle hold point” ...

Apr

2020

Here It Comes or There It Goes?

For the recreational shooter, the entertainment of shooting and sometimes breaking a target is comparable to reading this month’s copy of Field & Stream. For competitive shooters, however, a day at the range takes on a whole new meaning ...

Apr

2020

Preparing to Fail?

All the articles in this series on the Basics – your shooting foundation – are dedicated to Mr. Bob Lockett, Paragon Senior Instructor.It might have seemed strange to start this series of articles on the Basics with steps on the Mental ...