Transcript The Shooting Diary

The Shooting Diary
What is it & Why use it?
The Shooting Diary
What is it? (Physically)
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A tool to help the shooter perform better.
A tool to help the Coach coach better.
What does it look like?
– It can be a formal booklet - CMP’s Shooters Journal
– It can be as simple as a notebook from Wal-Mart for 97
cents.
– Or a small 3-ring binder/notebook, portable
– It needs to be able to take some abuse from being used
frequently
– Really anything you can put down your thoughts as they
pertain to your shooting
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What is it ? (internally) or what goes in the
shooting diary?
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Really anything can go into the diary that you feel is
important to help you perform better in the discipline your
shooting
– Goals
– Your shot plan
– Charts for tracking shots (Way of the Rifle)
– Mental notes
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How you feel (PMA)
Weather conditions (shooting outside)
Inner positions feel
Coaches comments – positive or negative
Travel notes for the “next big match”
Scores, etc.
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What doesn’t go in the shooting diary?
 Anything that you wouldn’t want anybody
else to read!
Can my Coach read my diary, or others?
 As a Coach, I don’t read their diary due to
it being personal- but you can ask to see if
they are entering proper information as it
pertains to a certain practice or area being
worked on.
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Why use a Shooting Diary?
 The main reason to use a shooting diary is for
feedback
 By “feedback”, I mean you have a written record
that can tell you why you shot bad, good, or in
between.
 If you don’t have a shooting diary you will reach
a plateau and just level off there.
 It will be like you are in the dark room trying to
find the light switch but can’t. You are without
any direction!
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Conclusion
Every elite shooter
around the world uses
a shooting diary –
why don’t you?