I recently plateau'd, in terms of score, at English sporting and needed to pull myself out of it, I seemed to be making no progress. Then in practice, recently, I realised what it was - I wasn't planning the shot enough.
I started, in great detail, working out visual pick-up, hold point and kill point a lot more. I'd really focus on doing the same positions each time (in-line with points I chose over the backdrop) before I called pull. And I took 3 or 4 times as long planning the shot and working it out. I've seen great results from this, at least in that session, a LOT more consistency.
I was thinking about why I haven't been doing this so far, and it's because (naturally) I am an overthinker, so I've tried to avoid overthinking by not planning as much. But I've noticed even the pro shooters plan in detail their shot. I've tried to keep the whole thing instinctive by not planning. My question is - do all shooters (even those at the top) need to plan their shot? If so, which part of a shot is instinctive? In your opinion at least.
Thanks for any input on this, I'm interested in sports psychology so seems like you guys are the best to ask.
I started, in great detail, working out visual pick-up, hold point and kill point a lot more. I'd really focus on doing the same positions each time (in-line with points I chose over the backdrop) before I called pull. And I took 3 or 4 times as long planning the shot and working it out. I've seen great results from this, at least in that session, a LOT more consistency.
I was thinking about why I haven't been doing this so far, and it's because (naturally) I am an overthinker, so I've tried to avoid overthinking by not planning as much. But I've noticed even the pro shooters plan in detail their shot. I've tried to keep the whole thing instinctive by not planning. My question is - do all shooters (even those at the top) need to plan their shot? If so, which part of a shot is instinctive? In your opinion at least.
Thanks for any input on this, I'm interested in sports psychology so seems like you guys are the best to ask.