Zen, Flow, Peak of Performance
September 8, 2011 Leave a comment
I would like to share a few statements from a discussion with my current student. I think it can be beneficial to anyone who is looking for progress in their score performance (Free pistol, air pistol, 50m pistol).
Zen, Flow, Peak of performance… (23×10 in your case) Here are a few points of concerns… To perform at this level you have to effortlessly perform at a different mental stage. Your body, mind, equipment, and tool (Olympic pistol, grip, & ammunition) have to be trained and adjusted to this level consciously during the regular practice time. If you are doing everything in the correct way, sooner or later you will start to experience short episodes of this (Zen, Flow, Peak of performance) routine. You can’t force the appearance, but you can create an environment of possible cause for this event. If you will start to notice what you do to develop this short episode, you can create more chances to keep it longer. The critical point is to have it start happening when you think less about it.
Keep records in your shooting diary. It will help you develop this stage faster. You can try to practice meditation with professionals who can teach you the way to do it properly under supervision. Yoga practice is the bridge to a faster mental part of development in our case. A Yoga exercise is always a good preparation stage toward successful meditation. You can’t avoid this development without the awareness of it in the first stage.
This is the topic of my next level of discussion and development: Level One (Intermediate Olympic pistol). I separated this level for the reason to initially develop a “Perfect single shot development”™ model https://midwestacademyconsulting.wordpress.com/2011/07/23/%e2%80%9cperfect-single-shot-development-class%e2%84%a2%e2%80%9d-2/ and to achieve groundwork progress. Without initial development and real elevation of existing performance, there is no point to go deep in discussion of: Zen, Flow, Peak of performance.
“Drastically wrong”?...
Nothing is wrong. You are in the right way to overcome your problems. At least you are able to describe it consciously or subconsciously and become aware about them. It is all good! I like your questions. Some of them are representing your old routine and you just feel uncomfortable to proceed with it any longer.
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