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  1. Some good results in my second IPSC season at local and national matches as well as increasing fun being on the range makes me wonder - what training program for the next season could one propose? The next important match is in March, so there is plenty of time, how to make use of it? My question is not about a specific drill or set of drills but how to time along the next months dry fire, range sessions, ....? Does it make sense to push for speed right now on the range or better to focus on proper technique in dry fire?
  2. I do. I have an A-rate of ~75%, regardless of type of match. It's quite interesting to have such a kind of statistic, also when you know that other shooters have around 90% A-rate.......
  3. weight of bullets is ok, we use 28.6mm OAL - try a 13lb recoil spring.
  4. Thanks, I think your are right but given the circumstances it's hard to get a 3rd person to tape the stages. True, it's underground, perhaps the largest underground shooting range in the world with really tough matches. Plates and poppers somtimes at 40m, really fast swingers at 15m, everything to distract you with options on the stages, top shooters like Cobos, and of course all in the light of a basement.
  5. Here is a vid of my last L III match from good old Europe, I feel I improved a lot over a year but I'm keen to get some inputs for my next training phase. Comments welcome, thank you.
  6. Totally agree. I trained a guy starting dynamic shooting, and all he was talking about was "shooting faster". I took a tape of him while running a training stage, and measured the time he needed to reload on the move (ok, that was mean). So we worked on the "last shot fired get out positon and reload" - stuff, what was a real progress for him following the approach that shots take the time they need but everything else is suboptimal for the hit facor.
  7. Not sure if you do that, but when dry firing get some ammo without primer and powder in the mags for the weight. Also, I believe you don't look into the mag funnel. As written above try the Burkett reload exercise, and: do it while moving out/in of a position, means: left to right, right to left, backwards and forwards. The goal is not to have on or two reloads within a second par time, but to have 999 out of 1000 within 1.2 seconds or so. Also exercise using all mags on your rig.
  8. Learnings of the last 5 months: - get perfect on the "big three": grip, sight picture, trigger. Important for that is high-quality dry fire, including timer and par-times. - focus on precision, and sell it off for speed. - vary speed in training sessions, from 100% As to "chaos mode". - vary start conditions in training sessions, from loaded & holstered to whatever-you-can-think-about. - clearly separate training for technique(s) from training for matches, vary the ratio depending on the overall planning. - Having a skill list for trainign and a plan is crucial to improve, train your weaknesses.
  9. I do, of course, as well as those guys winning level 3 IPSC matches here in europe. I was just surprised of their advice after watching vids like the one in this thread.
  10. I talked a lot with some pretty successful shooters about shooting on the move and also watched their videos as I started including that technique into my training sessions. They do not recommend that at all. In matches they do not do that beyond 3-5m of target distance. Never mind, if trained correctly and used with care I think there is an advantge. So I keep on training.....
  11. Yes, I think it is and also the results in matches show that. I try to challenge myself in every training, vary the topics I'm working at and separate technique and match training ;-).
  12. Since I re-started doing the dot drill my average acuracy improved a lot, I found two or three things I can do better so I keep on doing that drill as a life fire warm-up with around 80-100 rounds. I don't use a timer, just start slowly so you make your hits and then try to speed up a little to around 1shot/second or when you feel you're leaving the comfort zone. Also a standard exercise for my range sessions are cadences (different targets at the same distance 8/10/12/15m) and Changing Gears, means a set of targets with different distances. The first drill is to get used to different sight pictures, the second one to change between focus types. At the end of the session everything is prepared for a small stage I run through several times in "match mode", with changing starting positions and gun conditions.
  13. did that at 8m with four out of six in about 6s, best exercise ever. Just struggling a little bit with the first shot (DA) and the draw. Anyway, progressing is not a linear function.....
  14. Full ack! My coach listened (!) to my shooting on stage as it was behind a barricade and said "well done". He knew there were 8 targets but heard I was clearly not shooting double taps but clean transitions....
  15. I was shooting the Icebear Challenge this weekend for the second time, -8°C and lots of snow in the alps. Learning from last year here the conclusion: hot tea or similar in a thermos flask gloves even if you don't feel your hands are cold lots of clothes, breathable sports wear, including knit cap warm up for at least 20 minutes, move a few minutes before you are to shoot the stage when snowy/icy - climbign irons, there are some lighweigth ones you juts put on your shoes in a second during shooting you must be able to move so you have to undress/dress for each stage
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