Squirrel45 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 All this talk of cylinder spinning reminds me of days when I was serious about golf. I had a pretty bad habit of excessive waggles. In fact my coach in high school used to call me Sergio if anyone plays golf you understand. When I started shooting competitively I always used to shake my left wrist to slide down my watch. I mean how stupid could I be after the first shot the watch is back to where it was. Oh the dopy things we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pskys2 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 34 minutes ago, Squirrel45 said: All this talk of cylinder spinning reminds me of days when I was serious about golf. I had a pretty bad habit of excessive waggles. In fact my coach in high school used to call me Sergio if anyone plays golf you understand. When I started shooting competitively I always used to shake my left wrist to slide down my watch. I mean how stupid could I be after the first shot the watch is back to where it was. Oh the dopy things we do. Ummm kind of like Norton playing the piano? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel45 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 9 hours ago, gargoil66 said: Farmer: Reading into rituals. Have you ever done something to stop some sort of negative thought and or to get you back on track? For example, after working for ten or so hours, you have to face a deadlined piece of equipment. You feel the exhaustion and your mind reinforces the feeling. However you know you must fix the piece of equipment. So, to stop the negative thoughts and feelings, you stamp your feet, slap your arms, or something of the sort and say to yourself -- 'tough...am getting it fixed before I do another thing.' So you get the gear running without any sort of problem. That slapping or stamping would be something like a ritual -- not precisely because technically I guess it would be a physical cue but it does what a ritual does -- clears the mind of anxiety and intrusive thoughts and gives a person confidence they can do something and do it smoothly, quickly, and perfectly. Getting stuff prepared the day before probably isn't a ritual. It is something you do because you want some time to make sure you got everything you need to compete. It is a smart thing and I find prepping the day or even two days before an event to relieve stress and let me focus on the things I must do at the event to succeed. A ritual would be something you would do just before competing to clear the mind and let you 'get er done'. GG I guess my ritual is to do a lot of cussing before I go get my tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gargoil66 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Just now, Farmer said: I guess my ritual is to do a lot of cussing before I go get my tools. Just now, Farmer said: I guess my ritual is to do a lot of cussing before I go get my tools. That would be a use of 'cue words'. He, he. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 5 minutes ago, gargoil66 said: That would be a use of 'cue words'. He, he. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel45 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 1 hour ago, Farmer said: I guess my ritual is to do a lot of cussing before I go get my tools. Mine is swearing like a sailor while taking 20 mins to find a tool for a 1 min job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 1 hour ago, Squirrel45 said: Mine is swearing like a sailor while taking 20 mins to find a tool for a 1 min job Only 20 min?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel45 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 On a good day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gargoil66 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 On 2/13/2024 at 3:26 PM, Squirrel45 said: Mine is swearing like a sailor while taking 20 mins to find a tool for a 1 min job Ha! At least you had the tool for the job! Wish I was that fortunate! GG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Round_Gun_Shooter Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Rituals can be good. I am reminded of a post some time back of a guy checking all his gear going off to a rodeo. He was driving away and noticed his horse following him along the fence line as he was driving out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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