psych4shooting

give Promatic a call, there is the shooting ground near Swanage that hires out Promatics, depends how many you are after really.

A very interesting post and some very interesting replies. From my perspective there are many things at play here. One year is not a long time at all. Certainly when someone is learning to shoot, or any sport/skill, there is a stage where everything you do to learn has to be done consciously, so you have to think through each part. The more times you do something then the more the skill is transferred to your subconscious and long term memory. If you remember learning to drive, it was a skill learning to change gear with the foot on the clutch let alone mirrors and brakes. But from that point you do everything subconsciously. If you look at shooting in a more simplistic way, as if you were learning to drive. Get to a coach for the basics on shooting going away targets, crossing targets, driven targets - maybe start on the skeet range - but get to a coach. Then start to learn and develop the skills, use mental skills such as visualisation and also writing down certain key points for certain targets this will help you improve. The sport is a great sport and it does take time, but most of all take the time you need, find a discipline that you start to hit a few more targets and improve on. As it is free, then I will plug the Shooting Success Handbook I produce that gives you some great mental tips to improve. Hope you take some of the productive advice from others on this thread and go out and enjoy this great sport - you don`t need to be a Richard Faulds or George Digweed, be yourself and find a good starting point in terms of targets.

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Ian Coley`s has Clay Mate, so you can can round on your own with a delay release system, as Mick says "you pay for what you get", is 30 mins from the F of Dean. Treetops is about the same distance.

Ian Coley comes up first on Google, web address is www.iancoley.co.uk and number is 01242 870391, is Open 6 days a week, but not Bank Holiday Monday - late Nights on Thursday. Hope this helps.

Oxford Gun at Jerico Farm is a good one.

Only 2 places left for next weekend on the 28th at Sporting Targets Bedfordshire

handful of places now left for the 28th, remember as a PW member you get a £10 discount so a great day out with sport science and technical coaching all for £89. Click on Clay Shooting Success in my signature to sign up today.

Thanks for the replies from PW members, just a few places left.

Hi Adam, I hope you got to the ground yesterday and had a great time. Phil

I certainly agree with Carl, I also echo the views of Salopian, if you are advised and coached you need to follow through and keep going, even though the new way may feel alien at some stage, you need to create the new way and transfer it into your subconscious.

try www.clayshootingsuccess.co.uk as the link you are right seems to be failing, or you can click on my signature Clay Shooting Success, hope that works now. Thanks

Hi Adam, I will ask around for you, come and try Ian Coley`s just outside Cheltenham click here, I hope to see you there.Phil

Sporting Masterclass including tuition from John Wells and Sports Psychology from Phil Coley. Limited places available at £99 a head including clays & refreshments. Day to include unique research elements including heart rate response analysis and great coaching. Please go to our website. PW Members get a £10 discount, just mention PW when you book.

hope to be there.

We are holding a Trap Shooting Masterclass on Monday 6th June at Ian Coley's Nr Cheltenham. It is looking at the mental aspects of trap, plus shooting on the range. Numbers limited to only 8 people so booking now and take advantage of the early booking fee of only £99/head for PW Forum Members, includes clays, lunch and all materials. Sporting dates being released soon. See website for more details

The Double Trap is a must - we have the two quota places already - plus a depth in the sport, two places for grabs and great competition from the boys. Also the skeet too, both men and women on current form. It is on home soil and we stand a realistic chance of medals.

Certainly agree with that. The research I am about to start has a number of theories, it is just a question of proving one of them - then looking at the way forward. I have a number of people looking to help with this, starts on the 1st May 2011 - for 6 months (stage 1).

I had the same, the first solution I did was a smear of vaseline on the glasses, so I could not see down the rib, but still had some peripheral vision. In the end I changed shoulders, but that took alot of thought process and training, but I can shoot ok off it now.

I am in need of skeet & trap volunteers, all really simple just need a form filled in after each competition. I am looking at trigger freeze and I have a group of shooters who suffer from this, but I need a group that don`t so I can do full research. It will also provide a great insight into clay shooters. All is confidential & all those who take part will get a copy of the research. Please PM me. Thanks. please go to the website for more information.

I am looking for some great venues to hold my 2011 Sports Science Masterclasses. I am already going to be at Ian Coley`s Nr Cheltenham. Another member has told me about Manchester CTC. Any suggestions please, of course I know many of them, but really want to go to grounds that people rate highly. Thanks in advance.

Jim French is the main man there, putting on testing targets as ever. The one`s down the valley are great fun(well depends if you hit them or not!!).

Ian Coley outside Cheltenham, has sporting, trap & compak & 20 stands, including 120ft birds from a high tower, is 30p a clay, plus a full gunshop onsite too. Open Monday - Saturday and club night on a Thursday. www.iancoley.co.uk

Just wishing everyone a great weekend breaking clays. The clay season proper seems to be with us now. For any quick psych tips remember to go to our site or get our free shooting sports psychology handbook click here to get yours. And if anyone is interested in filling in a simple questionnaire on trigger freeze, just PM and let me know. Thanks

check out www.iancoley.co.uk, he has a number of simulated days in Gloucestershire. The dates are also found on www.gunsonpegs.com