Get It Out Of Reverse
Have you ever put your car in reverse, backed
up, and gotten interrupted with a question or a
cell phone call?
What usually happens next? You put your
foot on the brake and shift your attention to
whatever's going on, right?
Then what?
If you're anything like me whenever you're
finished and ready to take off again you might
have forgotten the car was still in reverse.
Oops.
Hopefully you haven't ever floored it and
crashed into something before you figured
it out, but if you have, it really helps to
remember never to do that again.
Have you noticed we do the same thing in
our daily lives too?
We stay in reverse. We live in the past. We
dwell on what happened to us, or what the
president did or didn't do, or what somebody
said. I don't care if you were in the right or
not, any time you're focused on something
that's already happened you are driving in
reverse.
And it's hard to make any progress when
you're going backwards.
You're always missing the present moment
because you're rehashing what happened
minutes, hours, days,or even years before.
Sure there are things to be learned from the
past, but absorb the lesson and get back to
living in the present. That's where the
action is.
As a shooter you know where I'm going with
this. It's necessary to pay attention and be
able to correct your shooting flaws. That's
what feedback and learning are all about.
But you can't dwell on your misses and your
failures. If you do for too long I promise
you'll find yourself sitting on the bench.
Shoot For The Stars,
Coach Dean
P.S. The best teacher of the mental side of
shooting I know is Coach Stan Kellner.
I confess I don't know what percentage of
shooting is mental. I've heard as much as
90% and I believe it is high, but even if it's
only 50% you probably want to find out
what Stan can do for you today at:
http://www.deandelker.com/kellner_order.html
Copyright, Delker Enterprises, Inc. 2006,2007
This blog is protected by copyright with all rights
reserved, but you do have permission to copy and
use any complete entry as long as all links are intact.
Coach Dean Delker
8413 SW 4th Place
Gainesville, FL 32607 USA
352-333-0374 Phone
http://www.deandelker.com/
dean@deandelker.com
up, and gotten interrupted with a question or a
cell phone call?
What usually happens next? You put your
foot on the brake and shift your attention to
whatever's going on, right?
Then what?
If you're anything like me whenever you're
finished and ready to take off again you might
have forgotten the car was still in reverse.
Oops.
Hopefully you haven't ever floored it and
crashed into something before you figured
it out, but if you have, it really helps to
remember never to do that again.
Have you noticed we do the same thing in
our daily lives too?
We stay in reverse. We live in the past. We
dwell on what happened to us, or what the
president did or didn't do, or what somebody
said. I don't care if you were in the right or
not, any time you're focused on something
that's already happened you are driving in
reverse.
And it's hard to make any progress when
you're going backwards.
You're always missing the present moment
because you're rehashing what happened
minutes, hours, days,or even years before.
Sure there are things to be learned from the
past, but absorb the lesson and get back to
living in the present. That's where the
action is.
As a shooter you know where I'm going with
this. It's necessary to pay attention and be
able to correct your shooting flaws. That's
what feedback and learning are all about.
But you can't dwell on your misses and your
failures. If you do for too long I promise
you'll find yourself sitting on the bench.
Shoot For The Stars,
Coach Dean
P.S. The best teacher of the mental side of
shooting I know is Coach Stan Kellner.
I confess I don't know what percentage of
shooting is mental. I've heard as much as
90% and I believe it is high, but even if it's
only 50% you probably want to find out
what Stan can do for you today at:
http://www.deandelker.com/kellner_order.html
Copyright, Delker Enterprises, Inc. 2006,2007
This blog is protected by copyright with all rights
reserved, but you do have permission to copy and
use any complete entry as long as all links are intact.
Coach Dean Delker
8413 SW 4th Place
Gainesville, FL 32607 USA
352-333-0374 Phone
http://www.deandelker.com/
dean@deandelker.com
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