Greetings. Recently there's been some online dialogue about overcomplicating things. In the early chapters of a shooter’s development, it’s understandable to be “adding”…adding methods…changing equipment…etc. This is an exciting time for a new shooter and some reasonable experimenting should be encouraged…maybe a new gun purchase here and there…new chokes…new lenses…new ammunition? In the beginning, fun and entertainment trump complicated. However…as time passes and more and more shot goes down range, eventually, missing gets more and more of our attention. Which leads to some examining. We begin ...

While actual danger can be real, fear is not real. Last I heard, no one is in any danger on a Sporting Clays course. Those annoying negative thoughts…fear is a belief we create… nothing more. It’s our moving our attention to what we fear happening, or not happening in the tournament, that causes all of our apprehension. Worrying about what we do or don’t want, our long list of expectations, we create the doubts, the fear, then respond by letting the physical tension disrupt swing after swing in a downward spiral on our scorecard. Again and again, anxious about what our score will be on this field and the next, OO…lost a pair. Yes,…our physical ...