Jump to content
Brian Enos's Forums... Maku mozo!

Tempered

Members
  • Posts

    8
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Tempered's Achievements

Looks for Range

Looks for Range (1/11)

  1. One thing I found that helps me focus is breaking down each reload into a single "set". You did all loads in a continous smooth movement as if it were a course of fire. In really critiquing I break it down to a single load, it makes it easier for me to find any necessary corrections. That exercise on the video is also beneficial for fluidity and consistency in the loading. I would practice both.
  2. I wanted to add to this, My reply isn't so much as a reply as it is me just emptying my thoughts on visualization and my intent on improving it. I have what I feel is good visualization but I notice when I focus on task specific actions related to shooting, my pictures of the action are "shifty" and bounce back and forth at speeds that I cannot always control. When I see a perfect sight picture it last for a moment and as I hold it the gun starts to wobble or rotate in figure 8 patterns. Sometimes I wonder if my mind is exaggerating the subtle movements that are there during real practice. I continue to work on my visualization as it relates to shooting but after the last match I realized that I might need to immerse myself to "start" to get a true grasp of what I want. I would like to believe that everything we learn (physical/mental) gets stored in our system like a bank. If I practice juggling for hand eye coordination the profit is stored into my general fund but also transfers over to my shooting account. So now my thought is if I immerse in pure visualization, not so much shooting I will improve overall and it will transfer to my shooting. The exercise I discovered that is really powerful, which many of you probably already use (I know Mr Enos talks about his Journal)is the correlation between writing a thought down and your mental image of that thought being simultaneously projected. So I've started a daily exercise of creating an imaginary place. I bring in key words that cause a vivid mental image as I write them. Once I've written this "story" I have noticed that I have a feeling of experiencing it completely and I also remember it exactly as I visualized it while I wrote it, even days later. I'm also considering adding real items to the visualization to stimulate the experience. It is said you need to visualize the smells, the feelings, the environment as you visualize your shooting. So have you ever really thought of what burnt gun powder smells like it? You know it when you really smell it, your brain recognizes it, but if you close your eyes and try to re-enact that exact smell, can you? I cannot. So I thought if I visualize pine needles, I will have some real pine needles with me a that time and will take a whiff, or mint leaves or orange peels etc,. Over time I would like to think that my smell association with visualization would become stronger. That is at least what I would like to try and find out. I would like to try the same thing with touch association (visualize cool water while touching water). Finally when doing this, I am able to visualize the setting in it's entirety, then I can see myself there in the 3rd person and finally I visualize it as I'm experiencing it. It's feels like a well rounded approach. So in a nut shell here is an example of my first writing. Maybe there is a better way. What is funny is that when I write it, it feels like poetry, the simpler the phrase the more powerful the visualization. Singular words are very powerful. Eagles Perch Granite rock outcropping amidst a mountain, A hard seat, Warm sunshine, Puffy clouds, Whispering Pines, Their strong fragrance, Cool breeze, A river in the distance, Snow capped mountain, Deep breaths, Relaxed, Chattering squirrels, Soaring eagle, Pine cones, Cool water, Time stands still.
  3. I suffer from that all the time. I usually consider that my evil conscious. I battle it with my good conscious and challenge the statement. If you have a side of you that leaves the open door of excuse , develop the other side to close the door when it opens. I say to myself "your opponent is training right now", "Don't expect any improvement if you aren't willing to practice" ... My favorite.. "A champion is training when others are sleeping".... And when all of those don't help, just put the gear on and practice, sometimes to win the battle all you have to do is put the gear on and take the first step and the laziness goes away. I sabotage myself in the constructive way by leaving my targets up and my gear out so I can't just walk by without messing with it. One thing leads to another.
  4. Hey all, In developing a personal highlight reel do you think it would be appropriate to create a narration of the reels I want to visualize? In the book 10-mt you sort of write down what you want to visualize but make it last approximately 60 seconds per reel. What you write is short but you want to visualize is longer leaving you to visualize the content, or create it (filling in the gaps). At this point my visualization is good but not consistent. Sometimes the negative images I want to avoid force themselves into the picture, as if being influenced by other factors. So I wondered if I could control that a little better. Would it be appropriate to write out the reel step by step, adding every detail I desire as if I was narrating to myself? I know when I read it I can visualize while reading. I also thought of writing the reel out the same way, then recording myself reading it and just play it out loud while having my eyes closed. Does this seem like a sound approach?
  5. Thanks for the response Cha-Lee I appreciate it. Stage 3. Yeah I re-shot the stage and hit the steel in a static position which was much better. The steel transitions I thought would be faster but weren't so you were are definitely right in that . As for my moving into positions.... I used a reference point on the ground to stop for the second set of targets, so I wonder if I am breaking down my reference point into "moving into position" and then "raising the gun" where maybe it should be "raising the gun while moving into position". I'll definitely have to work on that thought. Stage 1. The middle port could be shot from about a 3" sliver, but they were headshots. The local GM did it that way and it was in the 11's. I tried it but I don't think my shooting abilities are at that level so I was about a second slower. I will definitely consider that tactic though.. finish on a potentially static position. Stage 2. I called my shots on that. There was a box on that first position and I fell out of it toooo quick which was why I had two M's. Both on the second shot of each target over the shoulders. I got a little rambunctious. Thanks again. I am gonna add those tips to my checklist
  6. Hey all, Just thought I would dive in and take some pointers. This is my first time using video. I realize its a great tool for self improvement so I hope to use it a lot more. I accidentally broke the power button so only got my first three stages. I guess I am too new of a user to post links so I hope I don't violate any rules. Just gotta add the www to the front youtube.com/watch?v=vtNpx-ESTdk&feature=plcp&context=C365d29bUDOEgsToPDskLbHUqxJB8AzvkvwdY9pMlx Stage 3 I got to shoot again and fixed some things and was two seconds faster. Stage 2 I also fixed my speed issue and shot fine on the second go around. Stage 1 had a weird middle port and offered some tactical decisions. The video shows the first way I shot it and it was at 13.07. The second time I shot it I just used the slim gap of the middle port and did not enter the port but my time was in the 13.90's range. Anyways, thanks for the honest critiques.
  7. First time posting on Benos. Great thread but now my cup is overflowing......
×
×
  • Create New...