boo radley Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Interesting - this has happened to me now, in two matches back-to-back. I came to a stage well before the match, and ran through it as if I were actually shooting it, with full concentration, and made a mistake. In one case I turned down into a trap, and the other time, I completely missed seeing a target. Went back, of course, and repeated doing it the *right* way, and visualized running the stage the proper way, but the damage was done it seems. Both times, in the match, I made the exact same mistake. A little frightening. Mental weakness or not, I'm *never* going to run through a stage, dry-firing, unless I'm doing it w/out mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdragon Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Just my 2 Pennys! I do not look at the stages in the book. I do not walk through the stages before the RO explains the stage. Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lweiny Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I walk through the stage during walk through and if I make a mistake, I back up and go forward again the right way. Then, I go through it again the right way. I mentally stop and tell myself what was wrong. Sometimes, if dry firing the poppers incorrectly (or equiv), I will stop there and start the string over again. I try to never continue through the stage if I know I have started to mentally program a mistake. I look at the stages during the overall walk through (if there is one) but don't make my final plan until the walk through while about to shoot that stage. Lorrie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayoupirate Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I once was worried about the door at the end of a stage and ran throught the end of the stage over and over to get the door handling right. When I ran the stage, I totally blew by an array of 3 targets (90 penalty points) and lost the match by .2%. Now, I never run throught a part of a stage. I start in the starting position and go all of the way through. If I feel that I've made a mistake or change the way I want to shoot it, I back up to the beginning and start all over at the Starting Position. That's what works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdragon Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Door?, What Door? Been there done that! Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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