Written by Join the ladies of the CUSF Women’s program, Project Mapleseed and LadyGuns for this episode of “She Shoots.”
This month we will talk to Linda Miller and Captain (Ret’d) Keith Cunningham from MilCun Training Centre about overcoming emotional barriers, how mindset influences your game, the psychology of shooting sports and what we affectionately refer to as Gun Yoga.
Guest Speakers:
Linda Miller
Chief Executive Officer – Coaching Specialist
Linda has over 25 years of business experience, including consulting, business planning, management, marketing and information systems.
She has considerable experience in international smallbore target shooting as a member of Canada’s Shooting Team. She won medals in the Commonwealth Games, Cuba World Cup, and Mexico World Cup. Linda was the first woman (of only two) to win the Ontario Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for shooting; these competitions have a proud and honored history of over 140 years. In 2002, Linda competed in F-Class and was the top female provincially, nationally and at the world championships. Linda is the 2008 national sniper marksmanship champion and has won the sniper pairs championship (with Keith) many times.
As much as she loves shooting, Linda’s pride is her ability to help others to marksmanship excellence. She is an accomplished and internationally certified coach. She has also volunteered as a director, manager, administrator, and consultant in local, provincial, and national shooting sports organizations.
Linda, along with her partner Keith hold many provincial and national titles and records and have been members of several Canadian teams to international Championships throughout the world. In 2007, 2008 and 2009, they coached the Canadian Forces Combat Shooting Team to many honors at Bisley, England. They have coached 13 members of the military to a Queen’s Medal, the top award for marksmanship within the Canadian Forces.
They are popular guest lecturers and speakers, providing seminars and courses to police, military and civilian marksmen here in Canada and internationally.
Their articles on marksmanship have been published in shooting magazines such as Precision Shooting, Tactical Shooter, The Accurate Rifle, Ontario Out of Doors, the American Sniper Association newsletter, the Canadian Marksman, the Canadian Forces Infantry Journal and AIM Magazine.
They are the authors of several popular books, including “The Wind Book for Rifle Shooters.” Their latest book, “The Power of Mental Marksmanship,” was released in January 2010.
Captain (Ret’d) Keith Cunningham
Chief Operations Officer – Chief Instructor – Head Gunsmith
Keith is a career military officer with a combined time of over 25 years experience with the Canadian Forces and the US Army. He has had considerable practical experience including a combat tour in Vietnam, peacekeeping and counter sniper operations in Cyprus, as well as numerous unit and command-level military exercises in North America and Europe.
Keith has taught marksmanship courses at the Canadian Forces Infantry School and at several police forces in Ontario. He was a certified instructor/examiner for the Firearms Safety Education Service of Ontario and he was a Hunter Safety Instructor/Examiner. Keith is an internationally certified shooting coach and has successfully coached teams to national and international excellence.
Keith is a qualified gunsmith with over 30 years experience, specializing in long-range practical rifles. He has built and regulated rifles used by international competitors around the world.
He is an internationally renowned rifle and pistol competitor, having won honors at Bisley, the World Long Range Championships, and the Commonwealth Games. He has many times been the national service rifle champion, the national pistol champion, and the national sniper/precision champion, and the national 3-gun (pistol, service rifle, sniper rifle) champion. He is a member of the Canadian Forces Sports Hall of Fame and the Dominion of Canada (DCRA) Hall of Fame (in the target rifle and service rifle categories, as well as the builder category).
About SHE SHOOTS PODCAST
SHE SHOOTS is a podcast for women in the shooting community and for those interested in learning more about it. It is hosted by women who shoot, hunt, and instruct and most importantly share a passion for introducing new ladies to the sport.
Coming to you on the second Tuesday of every month, the objective of SHE SHOOTS is to showcase various activities in the shooting sports and highlight the people who participate. We hope this will help you find something you are interested in learning more about and various ways to get involved.
Did you know the shooting community proudly boasts over 250,000 licensed women who participate across Canada? This sport has something for everyone and it’s easy to get out and give it a try.
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