Abhinav Bindra Launches Autobiography

“Practice is a talent. Hard work is a talent. Perseverance is a talent,” Abhinav Bindra said at his autobiography launch somehow amazed me. I didn't present when his autobiography launched, I just read news while surfing Google. The book launch took place at the Mysore Hall of the ITC Gardenia, Bangalore.

Abhinav Bindra is India's only Gold Medalist shooter in Olympics. The cover page is read, "A Shot at History – My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold". This book has 21 chapters start with how Abhinav disappointing result at Olympics Athens 2004  and the story move on to gold at Olympics Beijing 2008. 

I quote this from http://www.sportskeeda.com/2011/11/02/hard-work-is-a-talent-abhinav-bindra-launches-autobiography/

What really interest me about this book that this book tells story from no medal to gold medal at highest level of sport competition.

“The cricketer has Test matches through the year, the tennis player has four Grand Slam events in twelve months, the golfer has the same number of majors annually. Constantly, there is an opportunity for redemption, a chance to stake a claim for greatness. Not for me. My only chance comes every four years. My only chance is seventy shots in 125 minutes every four years (the first 60 shots have to be fired in 105 minutes, each of the final ten shots within 75 seconds.”

Rahul Dravid spoke about how intimidating it was to think that Abhinav Bindra has invested his entire career to seize that one moment which only occurs once in every four years.

Abhinav Bindra talked about the ‘meditative experience’ that one gets while training in isolation and what it means to stay oblivious to things one has little control over and invest the heart and soul into what one dreams off.

Dravid conceded that he couldn’t help but notice these similarities between them. “That single minded pursuit of excellence that he talks about, it resonates with me. It is not about the gold medal, but about the quest for the perfect shot, the quest to be the best shooter he possibly can be — that for me is the essence of sport,” Dravid added.

I'm looking forward that how Olympics London 2012 will create more stories like this.

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Targetshooter on Android

Did you have score sheet or notebooks to record your progress in target shooting? Ever think transform it into an app? Sounds cool to me... I found an Android app like that >>> Targetshooter if  you want download >>> Targetshooter on Appbrain There's two version : lite and full  Lite : limited to 5 shots only  Full : 10 shots per series    Review      I'm using Picopad, and it runs well there. I couldn't find it on android market from my X10 mini, maybe because of screen resolution. Here some short tutorial (image coming soon) or you can find tutorial at http://www.target-shooter.com/index_en.html    SHOOTER    You can add shooter's profile right here and you can add more than one shooter. So this app is very useful for an individual shooter and coaches to keep progress of their athletes.  Just press menu and create new shooter, then fill the form.      RESULT    Here come the tricky part, you hav to be patient when chosing tendency detail ot tendency score. Press menu and choose add new result. Fill the form. If you want to record your shots press image that looks like shooting target. The choice is :       1) You can choose one of images shown up. Choose one that similar to your shots tendency, but you can't    change the hole position and also you have to fill the count form.       2) Tendency Detail for record your shots without showing your score. you have to fill the count form on your own       3) Tendency Score for recording your shots with score. Perfect for scoring.    STATISTICS    I hoped it will show graphics but it's only show average per series. I think its to find your weakest series or simething like that.    I advise go with full version its worth it. I'll give 4.5 stars for it. If they improve statistics it would be great. Just suggestion if there is final menu (menu for final practice including final command and time limit counter *75 second*) this app would be perfect.

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