"The weak link in being self-taught is the teacher."It’s not that we men aren’t smart—because we are. After all, if you’ve been bringing home pheasants, quail, and ducks for years, good shooting feels like a given. So when faced with your first clay bird, the response is predictable: “Yeah, throw me a target. Watch this.”It’s a bit of jock mentality. We may be washer-and-dryer challenged, but we can shoot a shotgun.A while back, if it had feathers, you could count on me to fill the game bag—usually accompanied by modest tales of extraordinary shooting prowess. Back then, I didn’t have the first clue how I dispatched pheasants so quickly ...

The Missing Link in Peak PerformanceConsistency is what every shooter wants—and what almost no one can explain. One round everything clicks. The next, it’s gone. Most shooters assume the answer lies in better mechanics, more practice, or different equipment. But after more than three decades of teaching shooters at every level, Dan Schindler discovered something surprising: inconsistency isn’t caused by a lack of skill. It’s caused by something far more subtle—and far more powerful.Competitive sporting clays is a demanding sport. Targets are fast, presentations change from station to station, and decisions must be made under real pressure. At first glance, it ...

“There are 3 types of baseball players:Those who make it happen.Those who watch it happen.Those who wonder what happened.”Tommy Lasorda Same with shooting. If you’re wondering why that just happened, read on.From a few million first-hand experiences, behind the trigger in competition and behind my students, a wealth of information has been gained on what works dependably and what doesn’t—at least not consistently. By simplifying everything, including the Mental Game, my students and readers tell me this information is accelerating their progress in the shooting box; they now have a working plan on each target.For example…Any confusion about your ...

I wish you could see the moment a shooter realizes their swing finally makes sense. One clean move, the target breaks… then another… and right about then they stop, look at me, and say, “How have I been missing this long?” It’s a fair question. Most shooters have been trying to solve the wrong problem with the wrong information—sometimes for years. When they experience a clear, simple system built specifically around how they see, move, and think, something changes. They start breaking targets with purpose instead of hope, and that’s when the real fun begins.Here’s a common sense hit list of exactly what puts more O’s and more Xs on a ...