TargetTalk

dear friends,
I am not in a good mood because I didn't shoot well in air pistol in my Nationals yesterday. I scored only 552.
I struggled to shoot first 16 shot. lot of presser involved.
lot of 8s hit during first 16 shots.later on also no lot of 10s hit as usual.
in total 12 8s.no 7s.

but in my training sessions I do well about 65% are 10s no 8s hit
Shooting skills, mental all good in training.
I usually don't score during training. only concentrate on grouping.

In my match ...
I don't concentrate on the score.
I don't see what others do.
try to do one shot match.
when pressure comes, I stop shooting, breath well,concentrate on the process. but when start again pressure building.

One thing I noticed, although I don't think about a specific score I have an idea of doing well.

Pls help me to how to manage the pressure.

Rgds
Henry

Shoot more matches! (Look whos talking).......David

David ís right there. Expereience ís important. Also maybe more mental training. You tried relaxation exercises beforehand?
Also visualisation can be important.

Experience and more mental training will help you. You need to occupy your mind with positive thoughts and processes and remove the ability to think anything that can induce stressful thoughts. It's not easy and takes quite a lot of the right sort of training.

Rob.