The key to successful gameshooting is a combination - sound technique and the right equipment, but as important is the correct mental approach. Simon can help you navigate the unwritten rules successfully and get the most out of your day.
Simon’s many years of experience in all types of game shooting and deerstalking means he is well placed to offer advice to his clients on all aspects of shooting sports.
These days many people coming into shooting sports are accessing their information about it online. Its freely available and accessible on demand.
But it presents a problem for the newcomer – how do you know what you are watching or reading is sound information?
In his long experience working for the British Association for Shooting & Conservation and in the gun trade, Simon is able to recommend articles and films that are relevant and of use.
Some online content ranges from the ‘just plain wrong’ to the ‘down-right illegal’ and it is very important not to be drawn in the wrong direction.
The Library page on this website is full of curated content from around the globe on a variety of subjects. It is not a substitute for a qualification, but hopefully as it grows it will provide a good grounding in a subject from a range of industry experts and sources.
If any of the links are broken please contact him and he will be able to fix them.
“It’s not about being better than anybody else, it’s about being better than you were yesterday”
Anon
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order”
John Burroughs
“A goal is not always meant to be reached. It often serves simply as something to aim at”
Bruce Lee
“there is no better bow than the one in your hand”
Zen archery koan
“relax and calm your mind. forget about yourself and follow [the bird’s] movement”
yip kai man
“I get half a second to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react.”
Sachin Tendulkar
“We lose ourselves in the things we love. we find ourselves there too.”
“A MAN DOESN’T EXCEL BECAUSE OF HIS STYLE. IT’S ONLY WHEN A MAN CAN GO OUTSIDE THE BOUNDS SET BY HIS SYSTEM THAT HE EXCELS”
DAN INOSANTO
“THE BRIDGE BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL IS PRACTICE. THE BRIDGE BETWEEN SKILL AND MASTERY IS TIME”
JIM BOUCHARD
“The highest technique is to have no technique. my movement is the result of your movement.”
Bruce Lee
It took a hundred times to remember the moves, a thousand times to make them beautiful, and ten thousand times to grasp their essence.
“if you have to think about a technique, you haven’t done it enough”
norman harris
“slow is smooth; smooth is fast”
sgt. Alvin York, medal of honour recipient, wwi
when you plan something well, there’s no need to rush
Thomas Shelby, Peaky Blinders, BBC TV