An interesting story that developed when I took the Harlan Campbell course a couple years ago.....
An older Gent was part of that class, and he'd been struggling with shooting the other clay sports, and wanted to give Trap a try, and this course was a first-class way to begin.
He'd been shooting with his off eye closed for years. He said he was right-handed, shot right-handed, and left eye dominant.
We were chatting between shooting, and he asked me how I was able to shoot with both eyes open. I said I don’t think about it, and asked, "how many times have you missed the doorbell when you reached out to ring it?" ....never, he said. "Did you close one eye to do it?" He shook his head, "no". I said that happened because you were looking at the button until you touched it, and not at your finger. "That makes a lot of sense, and I never thought of it that way", he said. I told him that clay target is your doorbell, and to focus on delivering that payload to ring it. Don’t look at your finger.
Okay.....That wasn't science and had no proven record of success, but it was just one of those random things that come up in casual conversation and seemed to fit the situation, and make a point.
He kept at it and began breaking better scores right away during that two day course. Actually, I was amazed that it worked to his benefit so quickly.
Everyone is different, and that mental image, and his characteristics, made it all come together well.
It was an interesting story that I still often think about.
