{"id":183,"date":"2009-08-13T18:27:20","date_gmt":"2009-08-13T23:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grayguns.com\/?p=183"},"modified":"2009-08-13T18:27:20","modified_gmt":"2009-08-13T23:27:20","slug":"competitive-mindset-and-affirmative-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grayguns.com\/competitive-mindset-and-affirmative-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Competitive mindset and affirmative decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"
Learning the skills to be competitive is fun, but applying these skills on demand can be frustrating, especially when we are emotionally invested in the results. Indeed, the biggest challenge facing the competitor is to simply trust his subconscious mind to direct his performance just as he trained it to do, and set his ego aside when it really counts most. It\u2019s not enough for you to develop the skills; you need to develop a system to apply these skills on demand.<\/p>\n
You\u2019ve trained hard and smart to develop the technical shooting skills you need to succeed in practical competition. Yet, your match performance doesn\u2019t meet your potential ability. Your attention wanders as the pressure you put on yourself from your expectations builds before each stage. Rather than shooting proactively through your subconscious, you become tentative, conscious and reactive. Your fear of missing drives your performance and your results are marred by procedural errors, poor trigger control and a sense of being rushed.<\/p>\n