impossible looking tasks. I know now that if I only trust myself and follow the task through to the end I can ac- complish anything.” Lucky is the coach who
gets to hear the rest of the story.
Final Thoughts In both of these stories,
the athletes were very good technicians and had proven their mettle in competition, yet each did not believe they
About the Author
Based in the Atlanta, Georgia area, JP O’Connor (email:
jpoc@acm.org and blog:
http://jpoconnor.wordpress.com/) is involved in shooting as a competitor, offi cial, and coach. He is a former Assistant National Coach – U.S. Paralympics Shooting Team and ISSF Judge, serves on the National Coach Development Staff in both rifl e & pistol, and is Coach Emeritus of the NCAA rifl e and intercollegiate pistol teams at the University of North Georgia. He enjoys working with a number of pistol and rifl e athletes and junior club teams from around the country, ranging from beginners to the highly advanced, in training sessions, clinics, and one-on-one private coaching. Previous installments of this series, additional resources, and book suggestions may be found at http://www.
pilkguns.com/jparticles/jpcontents.htm and via his blog.
could achieve their goal. In each case, the athletes had a coach help them fi nd a way to overcome that challenge. They learned that despite adversity, they could prevail. They learned to believe in themselves. These athletes were
strongly assisted by their teacher through mutual trust, communication, com- mitment to common goals, their work together and good old-fashioned hard work.
Make no mistake, how-
ever. Regardless of the coach’s contribution, the athlete is the one who must stand all on their own and perform. Even the best coach cannot “produce” a winner if the athlete is not up to the challenge. Both of these athletes are winners, with or without their teacher. In the examples, the teacher merely contributed. We truly do what we think and we become what we
believe. If we think we will shoot a bad shot, we are almost always correct. If we believe that we can’t ever win, we are right again. Yet, if we think we are going to shoot a good shot and allow ourself to do it properly, it is normally quite good. If we believe that we can win, we are well on the way.
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