Training Your Mind

[shanneba]

"As a shooter, you know that if you spend time training the body to shoot, your performance will improve. You should realize, however, that the mind can be trained, as well as the body. When you do realize this, you will be able to work out ways to improve your mental performance and address any problems you may have.

Society teaches us, wrongly I believe, to analyze our mistakes. I believe that it hurts your performance to analyze bad shots, since it requires you to focus on what has gone wrong. It points the mind away from what you are trying to do right. "

An NRA Shooting Sports Journal | Training Your Mind

Part 2 of legendary U.K. Olympic gold medalist Malcolm Cooper's article series.

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An NRA Shooting Sports Journal | Olympic Gold Medalist Malcolm Cooper, Part 1

Great Britain's Malcolm Cooper won gold medals in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics in the smallbore three-position event. He is the only competitor ever to win this Olympic event twice, and only the twelfth shooter since 1896 to win two Olympic gold medals. He held or shared five world records at 300...

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An NRA Shooting Sports Journal | Turning Match Pressure To Your Advantage

Part 3 of legendary U.K. Olympic gold medalist Malcolm Cooper’s articles on how to shoot

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[belladonna]

Great info there, thanks for sharing. I was told that visualization also helps. All part of training the mind, and it takes discipline.