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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
So I moved to my final station and "Pull!" - POW!(break) "Pull!" - POW!(break) "Pull!" - POW!(break) "Pull!" - POW!(break) "Pull!" - POW!  (MISS).... I couldn't believe I had psyched myself out of breaking that last clay after breaking 24 straight. What an embarrassment!
I was determined to shoot another round - this time I would relax through the entire round and very carefully and in supreme control of myself, would quite easily redeem myself before the other shooters who were snickering just a little bit because they know only too well how this game can get into your mind.
I will only humbly and unashamedly tell you that on my second round I DID EXACTLY THE SAME THING - MISSING ONLY THE VERY LAST CLAY THAT I WOULD EVER SHOOT THIS WONDERFUL GUN AT. |
I was not shooting a Parker, but in the 2001 NH State Championship I missed the 200th target in the Singles Championship, a dead straight away from station 3, for a 198x200. I wasn't the least bit nervous, it was the last target of a long day, I had a 199 in the bag, or so I thought. Instead of focusing on the shot I had to make I was mentally polishing the Champion or Runner-Up trophy in my mind. Remember when your parents told you not to count your chickens before they hatch? Complete focus on each target is always required in trap, the most important bird you will shoot is the one you are about to call for, every time. It was a hard lesson.