Visualization In Shooting?:

I have on occasion been known to introduce PRACTICE into my scribbling - plus I've tried to explain how "Practice makes perfect" - how it actually works in our brains .. The brainy scientists talk about neural pathways and  myelin .

https://flicense.blogspot.com/2016/10/dry-firing-why-practice-makes-perfect.html

https://flicense.blogspot.com/2016/11/instinct-shooting-brain-washing.html

I've sussed that ACTUAL practice has a physical effect inside our heads - as well as strengthening the muscle groups that are being trained .. but then there is mention of  VISUALIZATION

.. such as when you are faced with an IPSC multi-target, multi position course of fire it is seriously helpful to decide your sequences of draw - fire - movement - fire - reloads before you toe the start line - AND practice run through it in your head a few times - complete with "seeing" in ones 'mind's eye' the shots flying home into the A-Zones.

According to Wikipedia .. the visualization we are talking about here is Motor Imagery:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_imagery  .. and they accept that it works ..

Activation in the motor cortex during motor imagery amounts about 30 % of the level observed 

during actual performance; Roth et al., 1996.

My guess is that "motor imagery - visualization" affects the neural pathways in a similar strengthening manner to real practice. 

- So it works and we can do it just about anywhere .. which means that when you can't actually practice the actions - visualization will be effective to some degree (30%) - which suggests you need to read the shooting PDF linked to below: (- and the writer - who was the Head instructor for The Federal Air Marshals - is suggesting that practicing your visualizing practice will improve it's effectiveness).

https://thestreetstandards.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/minds-eye-pg-1.pdf

https://thestreetstandards.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/minds-eye-pg-2.pdf

- Actually you do need to read it .. visualizing that you have read it won't work eh ..

Marty K.

Around 1978 - a young man forever known as "Heck" came into our living room at home where my wife, young daughter, son and me - were all reading books/magazines while waiting for dinner to finish cooking .. very astutely he observed "You're all reading - I read a book once at school."
M.K.

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