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On the Firing Line
A series of coaching articles written to help the competitive shooter
©2001, ©2002 JP O'Connor

Part 1   - Flowing In The Zone
Part 2   - Choosing and Using a Coach
Part 3   - Back to Basics
Part 4   - Preparation Begins Now
Part 5   - Eights Are your Friend
Part 6   - Practice? .Or Training?
Part 7   - Football Ballet
Part 8   - Mental and Emotional Skills
Part 9   - Critical Moments
Part 10 - Trying Not To Lose
Part 11 - Working to Win
Part 12 - Subtle Details
Part 13 - More Subtleties
Part 14 - Expect the Unexpected
Part 16 - Getting Unstuck - Overcoming Common Mental Mistakes
Part 17 - Choking
Part 18 - Choking Cures
Part 19 - Why and How We Shoot
Part 20 - Two Shots From Being Crazy
Part 21 - Coach-Dad-Itis
Part 22 - Predator and Prey
Part 23 - Sitting on Your Laurels
Part 24 - A Process Breaking Out
Part 25 - Believe

Based in the Atlanta, Ga., area, JP O'Connor (jpoc@acm.org and http://www.america.net/~jpoc/) is involved in shooting as an ISSF licensed official, competitor, is the Assistant National Coach - USA Paralympic Shooting Team, and serves on the National Coach Development Staff. He enjoys working with a number of pistol and rifle athletes from around the country, ranging from beginners to the highly advanced, in clinics and in one-on-one private coaching. Your comments and suggestions on this series are welcomed. These articles appeared in various issues of QuickShots and USA Shooting News, published by USA Shooting. Permission is granted to distribute FREE copies for non-profit educational purposes provided the article is kept unedited in its entirety with all notices and copyright information. Any other use requires advance, specific, written permission from the author.

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