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Target Panic; group therapy
PeteC:
DC,you may have to do like I do,(or should do).If all you have is 10 shots,then shoot your 10,then quit. I went yesterday intending on taking just a few shots.I was shooting well,so I kept on shooting.Sure enough,I started making mistakes. I should of quit early to maintain the high confidence. JMHO God Bless
DC:
I'm trying to build some muscle too and 10 shots a day won't do that :D
Nate:
I may be out to lunch on this but I think that the whole target panic thing is a learned condition. We essentially train our minds and then our mind starts anticipating our actions and taking short cuts. Then we attempt to compensate for those "short circuit" short cuts and we are launched into a downward spiral of involuntary physical hiccups, shattered confidence, and focus that's scattered like last falls leaves. That's why I now focus my training regime on teaching my subconscious mind that I do NOT release every time I hit anchor or every time the sight picture looks right. After training this way I am regaining control and confidence. We can beat this thing!
PeteC:
Nate,I believe you hit the nail on the head. It is definitely a conditioned or learned response. I believe in my case it goes back to snap shooting,or a floating anchor, for all those years. Somewhere along the way my timing got off a little,which caused a very subtle change in accuracy at first, and this had a snowball effect that built into the monster it is now. I too,feel I can beat this with the right training. I have made progress this last year,but still carry some doubt that must be overcome. God Bless
PEARL DRUMS:
--- Quote from: DC on December 12, 2015, 08:52:24 pm ---I'm trying to build some muscle too and 10 shots a day won't do that :D
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Try standing about 6 meters :) from your target and shoot with your eyes closed. Focus strictly on feeling the draw, anchor and release. After several hundred shots your muscles will start to remember what to do without your conscious mind directing. Its sole purpose is to burn a hole through your target and nothing else. You've heard the old story several times I'm sure, where the hunter recollects the hunt and doesn't remember drawing or releasing, but hit the 10 ring on his game. That's muscle memory hard at work and what we all strive for in one way or another.
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