BGFisher....You are spot on, it is "Blind Bale Shooting"....and I realize that 5ft is the norm but for years now I have had my students and folks that need help to do it at 5yds. they can hit the target butt just fine and doing it at 5yds seems to instill more confidence. Since this is mental training anyway, that to me means it should work better if it instills more confidence.

Also some do blind bale shooting as a complete draw/release cycle so they have to be at 5ft. But if you recall, I said to aim and then close your eyes and release. 5 yds works well for this. Just a little different twist. Give it a try!

Dave

PS: The one thing I didn't think about was that I am always standing there beside them at first teaching them the process and I would stop them if they were going to miss the target butt. However, I never had anyone miss or have to stop them. But it is a thought that if you don't have a buddy looking on, you may want to start out at 5ft then once you get the hang of it move back to NO MORE than 5yds.