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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Eye Domination for Shooting

Ever heard about eye domination? This how to determine it
If you are pistol shooter, you are lucky. because its possible to shot cross-dominant (when you are right-handed but shoot with left eye). But if you are rifle shooter, you have to choose between change your hand or change your eye dominance. According Avianna Chao, it's possible to change eye dominance by keep using it when shooting. At beginning your shot will screw up, but it doesn't take too much time.

See the Image above? Here's the step :
1. Make your hand look like image above
2. Focus on one object, not the hand
3. Place it between your thumb like image above
4. Slowly move your hand closer to your eyes
5. See in which eyes your hand land


Easy but effective

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How positive thoughts save your day

When I bought shooting glasses few months ago, I learned something accidentally. Something that actually common sense but will affect greatly at your shooting.  After The Competition ended, I decided to bought a shooting glasses with my prize money. I bought Knobloch K-1P but I changed the lens holder with rifle holder. So I asked The shop’s owner to demonstrated how to changed it. Seriously, that is the first time I owned something with my own money, I really don’t want to messed it up. When the shop's owner opened one screw, that screw which is very small, she dropped it. I thought it is impossible to found a screw THAT small in shooting range. It could be anywhere. Lot of  people came to help, yet it's not been found yet. Wew, I felt like giving up already but the shop's owner, who also a shooter, said a shooter should always think positively through any situation and somehow we found it with help of a flashlight. Imagine if that happen in a match situation. Doesn’t have to lose a screw but to keep positive thought evens in situation that you consider as imposible. If thinking positively could find a really small screw in wide area, I don’t see any objection why positive thoughts couldn't help you improve your performance. Hope this help!

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