Why a Junior Athlete’s Follow-Through Disappears on Important Attempts With a junior athlete, short or inconsistent follow-through often looks like a simple technical error. A shooter lowers the gun or looks at the monitor immediately after the trigger breaks. In trap or skeet, the shooter stops the gun movement too early. An archer comes out
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Why Follow-Through Disappears When the Result Starts to Matter With a developing athlete, inconsistent follow-through can easily look like a simple technical error. A shooter comes out of the shot too quickly. In trap or skeet, the shooter stops the gun after the shot. An archer cuts the movement short after release. In darts, the
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Why a Junior or Developing Athlete’s Attention Narrows Under Pressure In training, an athlete notices much more than they may notice in competition. They hear the coach, feel their rhythm, see the conditions, evaluate the movement, and usually respond quite quickly when something changes. In competition, the coach may suddenly see a different athlete. They
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Why the Athlete’s Brain Starts Looking for the Next Error After Just One Mistake For junior and developing athletes, one mistake almost never ends with a single attempt. The reasons why it leads to the next mistake may differ. After a miss, a junior athlete is more likely to think that they have disappointed the
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How a Coach Can Unintentionally Teach an Athlete to Fear Mistakes In the early stages of athletic development, children and developing athletes rarely fear mistakes on their own. First, they learn what mistakes mean from the coaches and parents around them. When a child enters sport, they have no idea what a “serious mistake,” a
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Young athletes often believe that a movement ends the moment the shot is fired, the arrow leaves the string, or the ball leaves the hand. But this mistake is not limited to juniors. It is made by adults who take up precision sports later in life, and even by experienced athletes when competitive pressure becomes
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