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Books: Advanced Competition Shotgunning Michael Ray Forehand Read Me Publications ISBN 0-9702938-0-1US Army Marksmanship Unit's trap and skeet manual: www.odcmp.com/programs/publications.htm A Clay Target in the Sky (A just-released English translation of "Un Bersaglio in Cielo") Renato Lamera. Americans may order the book from Dr Bortone's web site: www.tiroavolosports.com. The book's contents may be seen here: (Note: this is a 380K PDF file) In Pursuit of Excellence Terry Orlick, PhD Second edition Leisure Press ISBN 0-88011-380-4 Mental Toughness Training for Sports Achieving Athletic Excellence James E. Loehr, Ed.D. Plume books Z6795 ISBN 0-452-26795-1 (This preferred edition out of print, but available through used book sellers.) Zen Golf Dr. Joseph Parent Doubleday ISBN 0-385-50446-2 (The Zen Golf book will explain how to execute what the other books and articles tell you to do!) Every Shot Must Have A Purpose Pia Nilsson and Lynn Marriott Gotham Books ISBN 1-592-40157-0 A must-have supplement to the above. The title says it all! (Note: it's focused on golf. Some "translation" required.) Consistent Winning A Remarkable New Training System That Lets You Peak on Demand. Ronald D. Sandler D.P.M. and Dennis D. Lobstein, PhD Rodale Books. ISBN 0-87596-134-7 FLOW: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Harper Perennial ISBN 0-06-092043-2 And more recently, the work by Dr. Joan Vickers on "Quiet Eye". With a nod to Dr. Debbie Crew (Google). See: The Quiet Eye. An article by Dr. Joan Vickers in the June 28, 2006 issue of Golf Digest magazine. Unfortunately, this informative article is no longer available on the Golf Digest websites. Two sources for additional information on Quiet Eye and Dr. Joan Vickers: And three additional articles: www.cpgaatlantic.com/protips/summer2005.htm (Les Greevy's article:)www.gatorskeetandtrap.com/documents/QuietEye001.pdf An interesting, very readable, book focused on shotshell ballistics is: Shotgun Ballistics for Hunters Rolla B. Boughan A. S. Barnes and Co. Inc. Copyright 1965 Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 65:17213. (Out of print, but available through used book sellers.) Videos: There are two excellent instructional bunker/Olympic trapshooting shooting DVD videos available:ABC of Trap Shooting Rodolfo Vigano How to Break an Extra Target and Advanced Techniques in Olympic Trap and Universal Trap) with Rodolfo Vigano and Marco Venturini. Note this is a two DVD set. Both of the above DVD's are available from www.arcimboldeb.com. (world). American shooters can order through Dr Bortone's website: www.tiroavolosports.com. The DVD's are worth every penny you pay for them and are invaluable for their content. Very highly recommended. Bunker and International Skeet shootoff videos on ISSF are also not to be missed at: www.issf-sports.org ; DVD's may be purchased of each World Cup event directly from the ISSF at very reasonable pricing. Older Magazine Articles of Interest: Shotgun Sports April 1999 "Breakfast of Champions" Reasons to avoid the club dougnuts and coffee. Shotgun Sports June 1983 "Tula Choke Performance" Something for the skeet shooters. The American Shotgunner March 1974 "Testing Factory Loads" Nice article demonstrating a full choke barrel can shoot modified with the wrong shell. More proof that choke is a performance, not a measurement. The American Rifleman January 1973 "Shot Making Mixes Old, New Methods" by M. D. Waite. Complete rundown on shot making methods from drop, tumble or grind . |