Wednesday, December 23, 2009
231209 another rubbish training
ok todays training was really a waste of time? i realized that its actually really simple to get in the 9 ring actually. im pretty sure if i solve my physical problem, the gun should be much steadier and should all be in the 9 ring. but my mental is still not there. i still cannot focus well, and im really afraid that when theres added pressure it will all break down. im pretty sure my way of shooting now should reduce all kinds of pressure by ALOT. and i need to find out how to be consistent. people will definitely say focus and concentration. but mine is physical that results in the inconsistency. i guess i really need to see a doctor soon
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
221209
what a roller coaster ride. first shot=10 hahah then my grping was really kinda small for the first card.simply put i predicted my whole training would be UP-DOWN-UP. have to figure how to settle the DOWN. the middle part i feel is mental n physical. i feel that ive been shooting quite well and want to keep that up. BUT my arm will be damn crap. so today i juz anyhow randomly shoot the middle 50 shots. to try to reduce pressure, whilst seeing how to cope with an aching arm. so anw i purposely forced myself to fire till 140 shots. so my hand felt like CRAP. but funny thing is i realize that my last 20 shots. i managed to pull of avg 90- THROUGH AN AMAZINGLY EXTREMELY SHAKY ARM AND PAIN. HOW????
211209
PROBLEM-SOLUTION
i have to reduce my pressure. ill have to learn to take trainings and competitions as a joke and stop adding unnecessary pressure. i have what it takes to shoot a 540, or at least 530. definitely hit 510. i realise that i do better in my last series. music helps me. must learn how to cope with an unsteady hand. trigger too light?
ok, first things first. rapid fire time and just relax and treat everything as a joke? pretty hard when i know subconciously im trying to obtain good results. try try try.
i have to reduce my pressure. ill have to learn to take trainings and competitions as a joke and stop adding unnecessary pressure. i have what it takes to shoot a 540, or at least 530. definitely hit 510. i realise that i do better in my last series. music helps me. must learn how to cope with an unsteady hand. trigger too light?
ok, first things first. rapid fire time and just relax and treat everything as a joke? pretty hard when i know subconciously im trying to obtain good results. try try try.
191209 December Monthly Shoot at HTNS
i shot a 451.
-i was not feeling well
-arm was not right
-mentally not strong
-gave myself too much pressure
-first time i shot a 1 since i started
-first time i shot a 0 since i started. it was on the card
-shot a 10.8
-hand was NEVER steady.
-my first shot was a 1 :( i sorta kinda broke down totally
-music REALLY helps me.
-my last series is always the best
-i shoot better when im finally tired and it juz pushes everything aside and i juz focus on the action
-i still cant concentrate and block out my neighbouring competitors(PROBLEM - to ask coach)
HOW TO BOUNCE BACK??? HOW>?? im disappointed, and so is everyone else :S :(
-i was not feeling well
-arm was not right
-mentally not strong
-gave myself too much pressure
-first time i shot a 1 since i started
-first time i shot a 0 since i started. it was on the card
-shot a 10.8
-hand was NEVER steady.
-my first shot was a 1 :( i sorta kinda broke down totally
-music REALLY helps me.
-my last series is always the best
-i shoot better when im finally tired and it juz pushes everything aside and i juz focus on the action
-i still cant concentrate and block out my neighbouring competitors(PROBLEM - to ask coach)
HOW TO BOUNCE BACK??? HOW>?? im disappointed, and so is everyone else :S :(
Thursday, December 17, 2009
171209
i must say today's training was a totally different outlook from yesterday. in a good way i guess. yesterday was totally bleak.
i started today still sick. and my first 20 shots were really bad also like only 2 in the 9 ring? pretty horrible i guess. so i just decided to try and revamp and relearn shooting pistol. MY WAY. i made alot of changes to how im shooting now. first the old way: trigger too light, aiming right at the bottom of the card, TRY to maintain a relationship between the front and rear sights, aim for about 20 seconds, VERY VERY wobbly. now the new way: aiming somewhere close to the bottom of the black ring, NOT much of a relationship--> if the rear sight is higher, ill aim the gun higher, i just use the front sight to guide, it has to touch the bottom of the black ring then, aim for moderate timing, if wobbly, DO NOT shoot, put the gun down and massage arm, try not to put too much pressure on myself.
i realised that this way of shooting was pretty VERY WEIRD.BUT HELL, it takes my mind of the pressure and keeps me like trying to dont bother bout the relationship and stuff. very dangerous but it managed to actually get me to shoot something like what i used to do 1 year ago. all in the 9 ring except for 2 out? gives me a pretty decent score now.
i shot a whopping 130 shots today? long time since i done that. and funny thing is it REALLY feels like what i felt last time, even when my arm is pain, i find that i can still find a way to shoot. WHY??? no answer yet. will try to ask coach when he gets back i guess.
COMPETITION: Saturday 19/12/2009
Detail 1
Preparation Time: 0920hrs
Competition Time: 0930hrs - 1115hrs (APM/ARM)
Lane 8
What i need to do during this competition. DO what i did today. not anything more. not anything less. my aim isnt about score. ive just got to do exactly what i did. thats all. im bound to make mistakes, but hell who cares, im a human yea? BUT if what i REALLY want, ill still aim to 1st beat my last monthly shoot, aim to get at least 515, not have any loose shots, not do stupid stuff like even when not in the right frame of mind also gung ho whack.
aurevoir
sky
i started today still sick. and my first 20 shots were really bad also like only 2 in the 9 ring? pretty horrible i guess. so i just decided to try and revamp and relearn shooting pistol. MY WAY. i made alot of changes to how im shooting now. first the old way: trigger too light, aiming right at the bottom of the card, TRY to maintain a relationship between the front and rear sights, aim for about 20 seconds, VERY VERY wobbly. now the new way: aiming somewhere close to the bottom of the black ring, NOT much of a relationship--> if the rear sight is higher, ill aim the gun higher, i just use the front sight to guide, it has to touch the bottom of the black ring then, aim for moderate timing, if wobbly, DO NOT shoot, put the gun down and massage arm, try not to put too much pressure on myself.
i realised that this way of shooting was pretty VERY WEIRD.BUT HELL, it takes my mind of the pressure and keeps me like trying to dont bother bout the relationship and stuff. very dangerous but it managed to actually get me to shoot something like what i used to do 1 year ago. all in the 9 ring except for 2 out? gives me a pretty decent score now.
i shot a whopping 130 shots today? long time since i done that. and funny thing is it REALLY feels like what i felt last time, even when my arm is pain, i find that i can still find a way to shoot. WHY??? no answer yet. will try to ask coach when he gets back i guess.
COMPETITION: Saturday 19/12/2009
Detail 1
Preparation Time: 0920hrs
Competition Time: 0930hrs - 1115hrs (APM/ARM)
Lane 8
What i need to do during this competition. DO what i did today. not anything more. not anything less. my aim isnt about score. ive just got to do exactly what i did. thats all. im bound to make mistakes, but hell who cares, im a human yea? BUT if what i REALLY want, ill still aim to 1st beat my last monthly shoot, aim to get at least 515, not have any loose shots, not do stupid stuff like even when not in the right frame of mind also gung ho whack.
aurevoir
sky
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
161209 allhopeseemslost?orjustanewbeginningforme?
sad? angry? disappointed? pained? i dunno the words to describe how i feel. im not exactly in the best of shape this week. down with a cold and fever's the last thing i can expect right before a competition. but i told myself that if im in it, ive got to give it my best shot. like my previous monthly shoot which i went in like right after 2 trainings only after a 9 month break? even though my arm was in ALOT of pain then, i still forced myself to complete it. pure determination? or just plain stupid. i dunno, u tell me?
anyway, today's was a surprise, cos coach tole me the day before that he wanted me to try a new way of shooting; quick shooting cos he agreed with me that i should be shooting quickly, like QUICKLY. then today he like just say shoot mock competition. oh wells, i thought it was kinda ok too, cos any mistake can try to rectify on thurs? so he gave us some cool coach pep talk right before our shoot, which i thought was SUPER enlightening. TAKEAWAY 1when you are shooting a string of good shots, you will tend to want to make sure the next shot is just like that too when you dont expect it. This is what happens to me too i guess. So coach says do not focus on that idea, cos it will give u smth more to think about. no point. just focus on your relationship and the target and all the normal stuff!! so anw i started with the mock right after that. TAKEAWAY 2DO NOT TAKE TOO LONG TO DO THE SIGHTERS!!! well as can be seen above, i keep taking too long to do the sighters and waste my energy and confidence. i wanted to assure myself that as long as i kept my relationship right and shot roughly around that area, i could get a 9 at least. well i kinda manage to do that. TAKEAWAY 3Just maintain your relationship and do not take too long to fire, UNLESS you are super super confident my first 6 shots could tell me roughly how the rest were gonna go. they were HORRIBLE. im pretty sure theres no point in mentioning what went wrong cos i really cannot pinpoint at all. lack of concentration? i dont think so. im really not sure. anw all i know is that i juz started blasting music to calm myself down and try to get my game back on. it helped in a way. i did better than the first 20 shots. BIG improvement. still very horrible though. anw TAKEAWAY 4I realize that i may be facing a couple of problems: 1--> my relationship may be problematic, i realize that only when i tilt the gun sideways its better. but with it comes the problem of getting shots top left cos of the recoil. when i aim the gun normally, i cant get a good relationship and if i try the recoil will cause the shot to go super up. 2--> i need to focus more and ignore my neighbouring competitors 3--> try to put my past and expectations away and just focus solely on my shot, and the next shot. VERY VERY HARD AND PROBLEMATIC 4--> lower my expectations alot. i know i managed to average 540 during trainings. like every 10 shots can get in the 9 ring before. but usually would be 8 in the 9 ring and 2 out, still avg 90 per 10 shot card. but then im still expecting it? 5--> today i was feverish still and im like shivering all over. 6--> my arm is still in pain, and im pushing the pain threshold and my body limits. might be a bad idea. working on it. 7--> my arm has not felt steady for 1 year already. its wobbling like HELL. cheston how the HELL do u shoot 580 plus still. its getting late la, ill think if ive got more to add tmr to this stuff. tmrs gonna be a new batch of rantings and collections i guess.
ciao
sky
anyway, today's was a surprise, cos coach tole me the day before that he wanted me to try a new way of shooting; quick shooting cos he agreed with me that i should be shooting quickly, like QUICKLY. then today he like just say shoot mock competition. oh wells, i thought it was kinda ok too, cos any mistake can try to rectify on thurs? so he gave us some cool coach pep talk right before our shoot, which i thought was SUPER enlightening. TAKEAWAY 1when you are shooting a string of good shots, you will tend to want to make sure the next shot is just like that too when you dont expect it. This is what happens to me too i guess. So coach says do not focus on that idea, cos it will give u smth more to think about. no point. just focus on your relationship and the target and all the normal stuff!! so anw i started with the mock right after that. TAKEAWAY 2DO NOT TAKE TOO LONG TO DO THE SIGHTERS!!! well as can be seen above, i keep taking too long to do the sighters and waste my energy and confidence. i wanted to assure myself that as long as i kept my relationship right and shot roughly around that area, i could get a 9 at least. well i kinda manage to do that. TAKEAWAY 3Just maintain your relationship and do not take too long to fire, UNLESS you are super super confident my first 6 shots could tell me roughly how the rest were gonna go. they were HORRIBLE. im pretty sure theres no point in mentioning what went wrong cos i really cannot pinpoint at all. lack of concentration? i dont think so. im really not sure. anw all i know is that i juz started blasting music to calm myself down and try to get my game back on. it helped in a way. i did better than the first 20 shots. BIG improvement. still very horrible though. anw TAKEAWAY 4I realize that i may be facing a couple of problems: 1--> my relationship may be problematic, i realize that only when i tilt the gun sideways its better. but with it comes the problem of getting shots top left cos of the recoil. when i aim the gun normally, i cant get a good relationship and if i try the recoil will cause the shot to go super up. 2--> i need to focus more and ignore my neighbouring competitors 3--> try to put my past and expectations away and just focus solely on my shot, and the next shot. VERY VERY HARD AND PROBLEMATIC 4--> lower my expectations alot. i know i managed to average 540 during trainings. like every 10 shots can get in the 9 ring before. but usually would be 8 in the 9 ring and 2 out, still avg 90 per 10 shot card. but then im still expecting it? 5--> today i was feverish still and im like shivering all over. 6--> my arm is still in pain, and im pushing the pain threshold and my body limits. might be a bad idea. working on it. 7--> my arm has not felt steady for 1 year already. its wobbling like HELL. cheston how the HELL do u shoot 580 plus still. its getting late la, ill think if ive got more to add tmr to this stuff. tmrs gonna be a new batch of rantings and collections i guess.
ciao
sky
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