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SUNNYDELL SHOOTING GROUNDS 292 Dryke Road, Sequim, Washington 98382 phone 360 683 5631
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One Can Listen and Not Hear Touch and Not Feel Look and Not See ------ Vision is the Process of reacting to what one
sees!
Vision is one of the basic sports ingredients required for winning. The visual system is the trigger mechanism which determines the right time. The eyes manage the body. They orchestrate the motor muscular movements (head, hands, and feet) to the target. When Visual input (centering) is garbled, the neurological responds of the computerized brain is to choke; the yipes, filch and/or miss. When the eyes are not centered correctly; fatigue or breakdown, performance is affected Most errors, mistakes and misses (the hands and feet) are triggered through faulty visual decisions. |
FAULTY CENTERING IS THE PRIMARY REASON FOR A
SLUMP
The first check in a slump should be eye'position. Apprehension, fear of winning, temporary insecurity in every sport is followed with inadequate eye position. The visual signal to muscle movement becomes confused. The eyes are the final position for winning. Therefore, the first position to breakdown in losing . THE EYE LOOKS WHERE WE TELL IT TO LOOK Vision is movement. It responds. It acts. It fatigues. The small maculae (20/20) has little value without adequate peripheral (court) vision. One must utilize court vision to quickly recognize, locate and direct the 20/20 to the impact zone of the target. The so called perfect eyes (20/20 and binocular skills) will not function at top level performance until taught and trained: what, where, how, and when to react. The alignment of the eye to the target must be done with pinpoint accuracy. The athlete can be told, taught and coached eye position, rarely, though, is it ever a part of the rigid practice session.
CENTERING COMMITMENT Once centered, the eyes must stay in position until contact with the impact zone is complete. |
Once centering is committed to the target (golf, Tennis or shooting) any visual shift in position will cause errors. Visual limbo, lack of attention, visual float, will cause chokes and/or erratic movements. Any degree of variance in visual position will cause an error in striking the point of impact squarely. CONCENTRATION Concentration means "PAY ATTENTION". We concentrate with the eyes and their visual system. When readied and in position to swing one must concentrate and think only of eye position. "One can only do one thing at a time" J. Nicklaus. Since the eyes in all sports are the final position before movement of motion, think EYES, think SMALL. Don't think head, hands or feet THINK EYES GOOD SHOOTING Good shooting happens when: Head down on gun stock with eyes in line with rib. Eyes out to target, not on gun rib or sights. Locate target with eyes before you move your gun. Follow through after the shot. Do eye exercises and practice your shooting... |
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INSTRUCTORS -- CHUCK AND MATT DRYKE In cooperation with: Martin Vision Clinic, 3114 NE 125th Street, Seattle, Washington 98125 |
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