Chris iliff Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Shot my first match of the season. Jacked up the last stage of the day. Bank of 3 targets behind a barricade (sheet of plywood on long edge). Two targets off each end at an angle maybe 15yards. So on the approach I shot the left most target at 15 yards and then started in on the left target behind the barricade. I'm just rolling along, 3 targets in a row 2 feet from the muzzle, you know the drill..... bang,bang,bang,bang,bang,bang......now the right target out 15 yards. Feel pretty good, get some attaboys and slaps on the back. RO starts scoring and I've got a "mike" on the last target in the array behind the barricade. A "mike" at two feet. I don't like "mikes" at any distance, but 2 feet is a killer. I have thought about the setup and am convinced I wasn't shooting in the moment and being aware. Replaying it in my mind I can see myself looking for that last target before finishing the 2 foot away target. I know this. But to back it up I only had to get to page 26 of Brian's book. Yep, I started to think at the end of the stage. The kicker for me is eventhough my time was about 3 seconds slower than the winner of the stage, I had him by 3 alpha's, 4 if I would have not been thinking. Anyways, you guys got anything for me? I'll take whatever you sling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Just aim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boz1911 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I feel the pain, been there, done that. Like Jake said the second shot on a target requires just as much focus and attention as the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Boy, I've learned a bunch of lessons from similar circumstances. Some lessons don't take...probably because we won't let them. What is in the way of us letting them ? What do we need to do to allow success? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris iliff Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 I'm going to say my EGO was in my way. Towards the end of the stage I knew I was burning it down. I started to "think" about the finish instead of just being in the moment and "aware". Thanks Flex, I needed to admit and say that, the prodding helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoShooter Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I'm going to say my EGO was in my way. Towards the end of the stage I knew I was burning it down. I started to "think" about the finish instead of just being in the moment and "aware". Thanks Flex, I needed to admit and say that, the prodding helped. Thats good that you can figure that out on your own. 18 years from now & and 300 matches down the road,= MR Ego will still shoot the same crummy scores. leave that guy behind as soon as you can. Ego's twin brother Mr Confidence can be helpful though. Ego stoll from me on the last target of a stage. And I drove 600 miles for the match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Also keep in mind that - every time you "re-learn" a lesson, it's because you never actually learned it. There's very little we really know - the mind is tricky like that. I've often wondered if the "relearning the same thing over and over" routine is a subtle trick of the ego - it allows the ego to keep "re-establishing" itself. be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 What's up with that ego, anyway ?? Who is it trying to impress? It's like an external motivation...a focus on the outcome, instead of the execution... For what, to impress those around us? Do those around us really give a care? Nah. Seems like our ego is out to impress old #1 Validation? Lack of confidence? Lack of...trust in self... Our ego seems like a high school teenager. Trying to fit in. To prove how cool it is. Afraid nobody likes him/her...when everybody else's ego is doing the same thing and couldn't care less about others. All the time, the best we can ever hope to do is to put our energies into doing the right things...and doing them right. Figure out what is most fundamentals and execute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris iliff Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 Right on Flex! That's why I decided to continue to re-read Brian's book, and viola..... page 66. I was in a type 2 focus and didn't prepare for the dangers. "The tension you feel from trying to force the speed usually causes this shooting without seeing." Exactly what I did. I will be aware of this now and get a better index at the start. Also, I will combat the "glazed over" feeling by remaining aware. As an aside: Some of Brian's book was way over my head a couple of years ago, and now I find myself in it, I'm glad I chose to re-read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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