Basic Shooting Tips

  • Safety: Every participant in a SASS® match is a safety officer. Know the safety rules and always practice safe gun handling.
  • Improve your speed: If you want to improve your speed, watch the faster shooters and ask them questions. They don’t mind helping … even the folks in your category will help … that’s the cowgirl way!
  • Practice: To get faster, you have to live fire and dry fire practice. Be willing to learn new techniques.
  • Transitions: Keep both hands busy (i.e., If putting your rifle down with one hand, then the other hand should be pulling a pistol).
  • Exercise and hydrate.
  • Have fun!

The Mental Game & Shooting Resources

  • Freedom Flight – The Origins of Mental Power by Lanny R. Bassham, 2008
  • With Winning in Mind: The Mental Management System by Lanny R. Bassham, 1996
  • Zen Golf: Mastering the Mental Game by Joseph Parent, 2002
  • Mental Mechanics of Shooting, How to Stay Calm at the Center by Vishnu Karmakar, 2001
  • Finding Your Zone: Ten Core Lessons for Achieving Peak Performance in Sports and Life by Michael Lardon, 2008
  • Babes with Bullets: Women Having Fun with Guns by Debbie Ferns, 2005

Encouraging Quotes

“You can’t get to a place that you don’t believe exists.” — Unknown

“The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on.  It is never of any use to oneself.” — Oscar Wilde

“It’s not the will to win that matters – everyone has that.  It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.” — Paul “Bear” Bryant

“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential … these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.” — Confucius

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.” — Henry Ford