Is Trap Shooting 90% Mental?
Spencer, a young trapshooter, asks Bob Palmer, CEO and high-performance expert with SportExcel the following question:
"Is shooting clay targets 90% mental?"
Bob answers Spencer's question in the following video:
Very skillful athletes can collapse in the big game because they become intimidated, feel bad when they make a mistake, think about a past loss, etc. They can keep practicing harder or they can use mental exercises to make the next competition seem exciting and familiar, and they can use various strategies to make their "fearsome" opponents disappear when they step into the are in the post.
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Bob Palmer
SportExcel CEO and High-Performance Trainer
SportExcel Founder and CEO Bob Palmer is a high-performance expert and author. Bob founded SportExcel 30 years ago because he discovered a better way to help athletes create more mental consistency, resiliency and fun in their sport. And, after working with thousands of athletes in more than 50 different sports, at all levels of expertise, their success in competition is the proof that the SportExcel Zone formula works. Bob’s athletes have achieved podium success in the Olympics, Commonwealth, Pan Am, and X Games, as well as in many developmental, collegiate and recreational sports.
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