You need not bring back the target after each shot jitu.
Concentrate on your SOA which should make you concentrate on your follow through and in turn should make you able to make a 'more or less' precise call. The pellet has landed in the 9th ring at 6 0'clock position. The image of your SA at the moment of the shot breaking will give you information to make a call. The exactitude of the call to the tolerance limit of a circle of 1cm diameter can be jolly well accepted at our level.
Verify each and every shot for the first 5/7 shots. if you are doing good calls, stop bringing the card every time. Do it to adapt to your 4 shot cycle. That means every 4 shots.
We are all concerned with the phenomenon of looking at the card after we shoot a shot. While it is good for experienced shooters (because they know what they are doing), it can be a big problem for us novices. Here is my humble attempt to explain myself.
There is one simple thing Boss. Concentrate on the SOA and drill the discipline in your sub conscious mind. It should hardly matter where your pellet is landing during this process.
If you are curious about the landing place of your pellet (not to say directly 'if you want to see the score'), a part of your mental energy is deviated to feed your expectation which will, in turn, fuel your ego. With this mindset, if you succeed to shoot a 10, the biggest beneficiary will be the Ego. For the next shots the Ego will command through expectation and in due course will siphon off more and more
mental energy which is so vital for concentration. So the following shots will, in all probability, land in the unexpected zones and will give the Ego a big blow. Once the Ego is punched hard on the face, it will diminish the self esteem and will sculpt out the bust of a perfect loser.
On the other hand, there is the possibility to shoot with the
box drill on SOA by sealing the mental energy tank from all possible leakages. The only outlet it is attached to, is the Concentration. I respect meticulously each and every step of my SOA, I feel each and everyone of them, I see already the perfect SA before I even lift my weapon, I feel the trigger pull action while settling in my aiming zone and when I am deeply concentrated on my follow through, wow! the pellet goes off arousing a sensation of a pleasant surprise which I appreciate immensely. What a great shot it was!!!
This is worth a laudable Tick. I restart the process to do the same thing, to feel the same thing again and again and again...
If something goes wrong in the process, there is something wrong with the shot. It will deserve a big X in the box drill. At the end of the drill, I will calculate the %. The next day, I will do better %. My goal is 100%.
In this process, is there any need for bringing the card back after every shot? I do not personally because I care a damn.
Remember that
I am training and hence I am preparing myself for long term. Scores are subsidiary issues in the training sessions. I train to apply my acquired skills in a match to achieve better results and not vice versa.
In case I am not clear in my views, please feel free to talk to me. A verbal dose might work better
best regards
tirpassion