| Spiderz, I know what you are saying because I suffered that way for years.
Not any more! It is not magic. Now, when I shoot, I am too busy to take any notice of the sounds around me. Yes, I can still hear the words etc but I take no more notice of it than I do of traffic going past the end of our road.
This is not done by switching out the surrounding voices; that is very important to understand. It happens when you have something more important to think about. If you were having a problem threading a needle, you would get into a similar state.Your concenration on the task would increase and other noises would get ignored. The concentration arrives by having something very important to do; not by thinking, "I must concentrate."
If there is an area of weakness that you are working on, let's say the aim, then make that your focus to get right. It will be important to get it right if you want a good shot. Work on aiming as well as you can, like getting the thread through the eye of the needle. You will have to get used to shooting that way. Don't expect success first time and every time. Keep practising till you start getting a high percentage of shots with a good aim, through working hard at it. If you then start taking things a bit easy, you will find the voices coming back at you.
You may change your focus from the aim to some other aspect of your shot sequence. When you do, you will probably notice how the concentration climbs again as there is something new to master.
So, don't practise concentration;I don't think that works. Practise doing something very important/slightly difficult, and let the concentration grow and blot out the distractions.
I think it is important not to think in words like, "I must get this bit right."
In the same way you wouldn't talk to yourself about threading the needle. Concentrate on getting it done right, observing the quality of the aim all through that stage.  |