TargetTalk

Poster asked how to help me understand my bad shots. He has described an anticipation error patern perfectly. I believe he has asked the wrong question and should be asking how can I shoot a perfect shot next time. I would advise him to study his best shots and develope a shot sequence based on best shots, not the worst ones. As he gains confidence in the most perfect sequence the error shot will simply cease to occur. Good Shooting Bill Horton

The beginner and intermediate skilled shooter might need a complete shot education including knowing the wrong things in order to actually correct the shot sequence. Sort of like saying 'Ah! I see. Don't do that anymore. Do this instead. Yeah, that makes sense'. Pretty soon the correct sequence will evolve.

The shot seems simple to some, but there are many factors in preparation, stance, grip, wrist, eye attention, mental focus, taking to long*, distractions, etc.... that will lead to a cascade of errors finalizing in a trigger error. Example: Sight is a little blurred. We blink to clear the vision. It works but our mind was distracted. The wrist loosens due to the mind shift and we see more wobble. We try to improve the wobble but it cant be done with a now loose wrist. We should have put the gun down a long time ago, but we end up jerking with poor followthrough. (I just described half of my shots :)

*trying to dress a factor when you should put the gun down and regroup.

I think this is what makes Bullseye shooting so interesting and also why you almost never see a Bullseye shooter that doesn't have a high IQ. The quest is to do what you know you are supposed to do but somehow can't always bring it to pass mostly because of distractions and or lack of concentration. Trying to accomplish this is the fun and a dull person will never like the challenge