What Does Calling a Shot Mean?
Calling a shot means predicting where the shot landed from what you observed during the shot, before checking the target. A good shot call might be "slightly high right" rather than simply "good" or "bad". Comparing your call with the actual impact helps develop awareness of sight behaviour and execution.
How to call usefully
- Give a direction, not a verdict.
- Add a confidence: certain, fairly sure, no idea.
- Note the perceived execution separately from the expected score.
Why this matters to ShootMind
ShootMind treats a shot call as structured data: direction, confidence, perceived execution, expected score and actual location. That lets the coaches compare what you thought happened with what actually happened — which is often more informative than either on its own.
When call and impact disagree consistently, the useful question is about attention and follow-through, not about willpower.
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