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Jitters, Psychology, Tournament Nerves -

            Here is a departure from what I have been posting in these pages. It is more about the Psychology of shooting and is a more subjective piece rather than technical. There is one thing that I can talk about from my own experiences and that is having a case of Tournament Nerves or "The Jitters" at the start of a tournament.             I have competed at many levels, from local events to the International level.  Sometimes, for whatever reasons I may have, a particular event will be exceptionally important to me. I’ll find myself all jumpy, and itchy and...

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