Author: James Russell
Publisher: JAMES RUSSELL PUBLISHERS, Jun 2000
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 0-916367-10-X
Synopsis
Too many targets smiling as they sail away? Read this book & ruin their day! 15 chapters include timing, sight beads, smooth swings, & more. B/w diagrams & charts, 140+ illus; 8x11 inches, 220 pgs.
More Information
New printing includes more illustrations and advanced level double trap instructions! Here's the ultimate shooting coach right by your side to help you fine tune your trapshooting, straight from the author of, Trap Shooting Secrets. Precision Shooting tells you exactly what to do when practicing, step-by-step. Use gun and eye hold points to break more targets, identify and resolve once and for all, the insidious slow and fast pulls that destroys setup and timing, seeing targets brighter and in slow motion, in-depth secrets professional trapshooters use to build repeatable consistent precision. Back-sighting techniques to hone precise sight pictures, learn how to adjust timing and zones on various trap conditions, recovering from mistakes in competition, intensify concentration and visual focus, one and two-eye shooting methods, high and low gun hold formulas. This massive book has 15 chapters with more than 140 illustrations, so learning professional trapshooting technique is easier than ever before, but there is so much more. And, here's a first... over 310 answers given to questions all trapshooters need to know with in-depth explanations of how to resolve specific shooting problems. From missing targets, breaking out of a slump, flinching, stress management to learning precision techniques to consistently dead-center aim to dustball targets, visualization, identifying optical illusions that cause missed targets, etc. Like Trap Shooting Secrets, Precision Shooting reaches worldwide acclaim by Olympic-class shooters and ATA professional trapshooters. It's a must read for any trap shooter, especially the handicap yardage shooters where the big money is won. No other trap shooting book explains such in-depth "professional" shooting details. More than 140 technical shooting illustrations with explanatory text.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
This new printed version has been professionally edited and expanded to include more illustrations, more text, more answers to shooting questions; including, advanced level double trap shooting instructions. Of course, you should read Trap Shooting Secrets first before you advance to our Precision Shooting book. If you have purchased these books prior to the year 2000, you will certainly need to get these new updated and expanded versions! If you shoot a shotgun in any sport, you'll learn how to hit your target with precise accuracy time and time again when you read TSS and PS. There are no technical trap shooting text books, except for the two books you are reading about here. These books can enhance your scores in trap, skeet, sporting clays, double trap, single barrel, down the line and Olympic trap. Satisfaction is guaranteed or the publisher will refund the purchase price of the book.
FROM THE AUTHOR
This book gives advanced instructions on shooting doubles with technical illustrations and explanations within the illustration frames. I'm certain you will really enjoy the DT advice and be satisfied seeing your doubles scores increase. You love to shoot clay targets, but it is agony to keep missing and not knowing how to correct the problem. It's not fun shooting low scores. These two books, Trap Shooting Secrets and Precision Shooting - The Trapshooter's Bible will give you a great leap forward in practical knowledge by revealing the secrets of the game, the same secrets professional shooters use. After all, the advice came from professional shotgun shooters who shoot targets for a living, and there is no better source of information than from those who shoot professionally! These trap shooting books truly are like having a professional coach standing by your side telling you exactly what to do. When you are tired of hit and miss shooting and wish to take on professional advice, these are the books that will help you shoot scores you'll be proud of.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Introduction
A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR
FAIR WARNING!
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
IN THE BEGINNING
TRIGGER WORDS AND WHEN TO USE THEM
RECOVERING FROM A DAMAGING SCORE
EXPANDING & COMPRESSING THE ZONE
COMBINING TRIGGER WORDS
PRACTICE
PAYING ATTENTION
ONE-EYED & TWO-EYED SHOOTING TECHNIQUES
Chapter 2
THE SETUP
FEELING THE GAME
GRIP PRESSURE
ADDRESSING THE SHOT
PRACTICE TIPS Phase 1.
MIND CONTROL
HEAD-LIFTING
MASTER THE MENTAL GAME
PRESHOT ROUTINE
CONCENTRATION
VISUALIZE
AUTHORITY IN THE SHOT
STRESS AND TENSION
AWARENESS
SUBCONSCIOUS AVERSIONS
DISTRACTIONS
TALK TO YOURSELF
BE AGGRESSIVE
WRIST CONTROL
VIRTUES OF A LOW GUN HOLD
SUPPRESSED TARGETS
FAST RISING TARGETS
Chapter 3
THE FIRST STEP TO DEVELOP PRECISION ACCURACY
WHAT IS MENTAL CONCENTRATION AND HOW TO DEVELOP IT?
SEEING THE TARGET BRIGHTER WITH CONCENTRATION
HOW TO CONTROL CONCENTRATION
THE CONCENTRATION SINE WAVE
PRACTICE TIPS Phase 2
WHEN TO TURN ON CONCENTRATION
WHAT IS VISUAL CONCENTRATION?
WHAT DO THEY MEAN WHEN THEY SAY, FOCUS?
PRACTICE TIP Phase 3
VISUAL AWARENESS TRAINING
Chapter 4
PRECISION SHOOTING
USING THE SIGHT BEADS
SEEING THE SIGHT PICTURE
PRACTICE TIPS - Phase 4
WHEN TO USE THE SIGHT BEADS
PRACTICE TIPS Phase 5
WHEN NOT TO USE SIGHT BEADS
RECHARGING THE BATTERIES
UNDERSTANDING THE SWING
PRACTICE TIPS Phase 6
WHEN PERFORMANCE DISINTEGRATES
PRACTICE TIPS Phase 7
Chapter 5
EYE FOCUS TRAINING
DEPTH PERCEPTION
EYE EXERCISE
EYE FOCUS INK BLOT TEST
ADJUSTING SWING SPEED
EYE HOLD
RESTORING A SMOOTH SWING
PRACTICE TIPS - Phase 8
Chapter 6
EYE HOLD VARIATIONS
SLOW MOTION SHOOTING
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
THE MIND'S EYE
SWING TIMING
PRACTICE TIPS Phase 9
PERFECTION
PRACTICE TIPS Phase 10
MOVING GUN TECHNIQUE
TWO MOVING GUN TECHNIQUES
CANTING THE GUN
Chapter 7
MISSING TARGETS
KNOW YOUR TIMING
SETUP TIMING
CALL TIMING
SWING TIMING
SQUAD TIMING
SHOOT TIMING
TURN-DOWN TIMING
Chapter 8
THE TEN BIG MISTAKES
SUBCONSCIOUS TIMING
FLINCHING AND NERVES
EXPECTING TO MISS
BACKGROUND SCENERY
INCREASING YOUR SCORE
YOU AND THE TARGET
LEARNING TO BREAK TARGETS
SUNSET AND SUNRISE SHOOTING
Chapter 9
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
PRACTICE TIPS Phase 11
READING A BREAK
SHOOTING OVER THE TOP OF TARGETS
HIRE A COACH!
MUZZLE TRANSITION
SWING SINS
I'M TOO OLD TO LEARN
Chapter 10
ERGOGENIC AIDS
HOT WEATHER SHOOTING
COLD & ADVERSE WEATHER SHOOTING
BREAKING THE LEARNING BARRIER
A MESSAGE TO CLUB MANAGERS
PROMOTING THE SPORT
BUYING THE NEW GUN
Chapter 11
A QUICK REVIEW OF THE DRAWINGS
THE POWER WITHIN
THOUGHT
THE TRAPSHOOTER'S PRAYER
AFFIRMATIONS WORK
Chapter 12
315 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
RECOMMENDED READING
VISIT OUR WEB SITE
DOUBLE-TRAP
WRITING THE AUTHOR
LAST CALL
Chapter 13
When elevators stop on floor-13 I'll add chapter 13. Until then,
Chapter 14
ILLUSTRATIONS
Over 140 illustrations to help you learn faster.