As we have previously spoken on building the shooting position and what are the requirements for it, we will now continue.
Before we start with defining the, we need to understand how is our whole body related to our shooting position and what part are involved.
The body in relation to the Shooting position:
The skeleton is the core component of a shooting position.
Ligaments, tendons and muscles making sure our bones are securely attached on to each other in a
certain manner.
They are building a multifunctional and static and dynamic skeleton frame.
Cartilage ensuring that there is no friction between the ends of the bones and no damage made with movement and will also provide and enable us with smooth movement.
By the structure described above we can see that structure of bones, ligaments and tendons is
quite rigid and is constant.
During the course of a match the above describe will not give us any changes to the shooting
position.
Cartilage will be slightly compressed due to shooting activity, but will regain it volume afterwards.
During the whole shooting activity muscles will be doing the most of the work in general.
Muscles are most significant variable element in shooting position.
Shooting position is maintained by muscles of arms, hands, shoulders, legs, abdomen and neck.
Beside above mentioned, we must remember the muscles in heart, lunges, eyes as well.
More muscle activity we have, more it will lead to tiredness of muscles which is a variable factor
In our shooting position.
Solution for this natural occurrence is developing a system to compensate and minimize the negative
consequences and maintain the optimal conditions for high performance.
So we can freely say: “The less muscle activity in the match will give us greater efficiency in stability
and aiming and greater possibility for high performance".
In the next post we will be going over every part of the body in our position, how it affects the shooting position, what are the good and bad sides etc, so that athletes can have a full understanding how the shooting position works and how it needs to be built to suit them individually.
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