When Expectations Get in the Way of Performance
Give yourself room to learn while maintaining high standards. Set clear objectives, follow your routine, and use honest reviews to guide your shooting practice.
Give yourself room to learn while maintaining high standards. Set clear objectives, follow your routine, and use honest reviews to guide your shooting practice.
Confidence comes from evidence, and decisiveness turns that evidence into performance. Build a plan within your demonstrated ability, rehearse it until familiar, and commit without unnecessary hesitation.
A Direct Affirmation gives training a clear direction. Pair it with recorded evidence so confidence grows from performance you have actually demonstrated.
Identify problems only long enough to find the cause, then define, practice, and reinforce the action you want to repeat.
Results are valuable for setting goals and evaluating performance, but they can become a distraction during execution. Learn when to focus on the result and when to trust the process.
Use a repeatable Stage Performance Routine from walkthrough through execution, Mental Reload, and reset. Reserve the Pre Shot Routine for the final actions before the start signal.
Learn how positive imprints can help you recognize successful performance, learn from mistakes without dwelling on them, and reinforce the shooting you want to repeat.