Erik Cortina, F-Class ace, recently interviewed Lanny Bassham, a noted author and Olympic Gold Medal-winning shoter. Erik asked Lanny about his book, With Winning in mind. Lanny’s program to visualize a winning performance and the “mental game” of shooting sports were also discussed by the two skilled shooters. Lanny explains that once you have learned how to read wind and master your rifle skills, it is important to have a winning mindset and visualize success. Lanny should be aware. He was awarded a shooting gold medal at the Olympics, along with 22 other world individual and team titles. Watch the full interview
Erik Cortina hosts the fascinating and extensive Lanny Bassham interview. This video will help you improve your motivation, discipline and “mental focus” when competing. Edition)
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Visualization is a mental preparation process that you do before you go to the range. This technique has been used by many of the world’s greatest shooting champions to prepare for big matches and maximize their performance during record-breaking fire. Lanny Bassham’s book With Winning in mind, which focuses on pre-match visualization, is a great resource for improving your “mental game”. Bassham was a smallbore 3P shooter who developed a mental management program. Lanny Bassham, a competitive smallbore 3P shooter, developed a mental management system that won him 22 world individual and team titles. He also set four world records and won an Olympic Gold Medal in Montreal in 1976. His methods have been adopted by professional and Olympic athletes in many different sports. Winning in Mind is a comprehensive collection of “mental management” techniques that have been used by elite champions and Olympians.
Anette Wachter – Putting principles into practice Anette Wachter was our friend and a “30CalGal” who did a series for the NRAWomen.com website. Anette discusses the “mental game” of competition in one episode. She explains how to “visualize your success”. I have found that a lot my success in competition was due to what I call a “mental rehearsal”. I visualize each stage of the match, and I visualize the match winning. I can see the round going downrange to the target and the target coming up empty-handed with an ‘X’. This is what I see over and over. You will succeed if you visualize success.
