Centering and Relaxation Techniques

[rwh]

My idea of relaxing is to remember that I have no idea what I am doing and treat every shot as if it is my first. I check that the sights are on target, check that the front sight is centered in the rear, check that my cheek is resting in the place where it needs to be, remind myself to breathe, check that the sights are on the target again, take up the first stage on the trigger, check the sights again, take a breath and let half of it out, and then wait a pause between my heartbeats and squeeze off the round. I do that same routine for every shot. It seems to help. Then I throw it all out the window and jerk the trigger when the sight picture looks good once the match is under way.

What kind of match lets you take a kestrel to the firing line?