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Dry fire (5.20.14)
I spent about an hour and a half working on reloads, draws from various positions, WHO/SHO, 6 reload 6, El Prez, shooting on the move, etc. I am smoked. Not using a timer, but probably will next time to see how my times are doing. I'm just using my phone to time each exercise, 3 minutes each.
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Hey man.... throw a hint of the real definition of "Seeing what you need to see "
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Emjei-
It's a little hard to put into words exactly, but on most targets I personally need to see a hard front sight focus, where as most people need less. I was also getting too much of a sight picture on the hoser targets that didn't need it. "What you need to see" really varies for each shooter I suspect, but Steve helped me figure out what I needed to see or not see. Also, the "aiming too hard" thing was really great to experience.
I hope that makes a little sense to you. Again, it's a bit tough putting it into words.
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A big thanks to ya, Steve! Man, my mind is still swirling and trying to digest everything from your class this weekend. I really learned a ton and feel like I made a ton of progress this weekend. I know the rest of the guys did, too.
I posted a quick review of the class here if anyone is interested:
http://www.recoilsports.com/2014/05/training-with-steve-anderson/
We'll have to get you back out here again soon for the advanced class you mentioned.
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If anyone cares, I did put up a quick post about the Anderson class here:
http://www.recoilsports.com/2014/05/training-with-steve-anderson/
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Dry fire (5.19.14)
I spent about an hour dry firing using Anderson's new program and really found some speed gains in my draw and reload. I think it is really smart to use a set time per exercise rather than a fixed number so my mind is on my practice instead trying to keep count. The movement exercises are a bit frustrating since I'm still having trouble getting them down and doing them correctly, but when I get them right, it's so nice. I just glide into position with my sights ready to go.
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Training (5.17.14-5.18.14)
Wow...I just finished up a two day training class with Steve Anderson and I learned more in two days than I could have imagined. Easily the best class I've ever taken. Anderson is truly a talented instructor who made radical improvements in everyone in the class.
I have a ton of notes I need to translate from range shorthand to human readable English, but when I do, I'll post 'em here. It's certainly change how I train, both live fire as well as dry fire. "Seeing what you need to see" finally registered with me, not that I didn't understand the concept, but now I KNOW what I need to see. I move too slow between positions but now I know how to fix it, so I'll have a lot of new dry fire drills I'll need to start working on.
A friend of mine took a video of me shooting a stage we setup and shot the morning of the first day and then at the end of the second day. When I watched it I couldn't believe it was me shooting and moving the way I did.
What a great weekend of shooting!
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Live fire (5.10.14)
I was actually able to make it to the range for a bit today for some live fire training. My buddy and I decided to setup and shoot the IDPA classifier after we shot some steel plates and a slow fire target at 25 yards, which I was happy to have gotten all but one called flyer in the black, a first for me. I shot the practice classifier and after penalties would have made Expert with 6 seconds to spare. As it turns out, their putting on the IDPA classifier tomorrow, but being Mother's Day, there is just no way I'll be able to shoot it.
I shot the Frank Garcia Dot Drill for a while and actually cleaned a few of the dots, and wasn't far off on the others. Then I finished up with some draws to an upper A zone drill and called it a day. It was a very good day of practice and was just a ton of fun as well.
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I've been doing Dry Fire at least 5x a week for like 30 minutes a day for the last 4 months
I have seen the progress going from the middle to the top 10 places consistent at every club match.
I shoot every other Sunday mixing IPSC- USPSA- IDPA and ACTION STEEL ( USPSA style scenarios and rules but all steel )
What kills me is that I improvise Dry Fire since I have a small apartment and no format at all
I need a guide and I think its on its way :-)
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That sounds about right!
Get your book yet?
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Reason I ask is because I have Ben's Dry Fire book coming this way .... ;-)
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Ahh. Well I'm sure you'll like it and get a lot out of it. To be honest, if you're doing the least amount of consistent dry fire you are already doing more than most of the people you shoot against. I find that fact super interesting, but I like to ask people on my squad about their training routine and most do not dry fire. They guys that are kicking butt and have come out of nowhere to Master do work hard at it and dry fire very regularly.
Have you been doing it or just getting started?
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How you like Ben's Book compared to other Dry Fire ??
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So far, I'm digging it. I think it's very well thought out and has been refined based on feedback from his previous books. I've also been thumbing though his new Skills and Drills book which looks very focused and very well laid out. With both books, the drills are very easy to setup and run which is great considering how little time I have to practice. So just FYI, my favorite books have been Steve Anderson's Repetition and Refinement which is just centered around dry fire, Mike Seeklander's book Your Competition Handgun Training Program which has both live and dry fire drills plus vision and mental drills as well. And so far I am really digging Ben's new books. I have others and I've gotten a nuggets from each, but these have been pivotal for me. Brian's book is a must read as well but it's really geared for the shooters who have been at it a while. With Winning In Mind was awesome as well, but I already had what I needed from Seeklander's book.
Anyway, sorry for the long winded answer!
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Dry fire (5.8.14)
Time is darn tight right now and I only got about 12 pages into his dry fire book and decided to just dry fire instead of reading. I practiced draws...lots of them. I tried putting the medium backstrap on my G34 and tried it out for a little bit and really kind of like it. It just might allow me to get my hand a little closer to the bore axis than I get now, but I didn't want to do too much with it until I tried it out in live fire so I took it off. I did however put on one of the Dawson grip tape thingys and was having a tough time hitting the mag release consistently so I cut away the area around the mag release and boom! Works much better. I haven't run anything, tape or otherwise since right around the time I got the G34 so I thought I'd try it out again. I really worked on fundamentals like drawing and reloading. And drawing and reloading on the move. I did it for about an hour as well as some dry fire stages that I did pretty darn well on. A bit sloppy, but very fast.
I was planning on shooting a match in Albany this weekend but think I might just setup some drills and get a bunch of practice in instead.
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Ya, I've been pretty lousy about updating my range log here, but I have been doing some practice, mostly dry fire. But I did have an opportunity to spend last weekend training with Ben Stoeger for a class here in Oregon. I threw together a quick post on my blog about it if anyone is interested. Just go here:
http://www.recoilsports.com/2014/05/training-with-ben-stoeger/
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Dry fire (4.24.14)
Wow it was great to practice tonight! All of our guests have gone home and I'm free to get back to my nightly practice sessions. I worked on my draw for a while to get tuned up and ran a few dry fire stages. Did some El Prez practice, worked on drawing and shooting strong hand, weak hand, and freestyle. Did a bit of shooting on the move and called it a night. A nice solid 30 minutes or so.
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Match (4.19.14)
Not a great day. The first stage went great, the second went great with the exception of my shotgun jamming a bunch, but I did go 3 for 3 on the 50 yard mini poppers which was cool. Then on the next stage I had an equipment failure that took me out of the rest of the match.
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Dry fire (4.18.14)
I got to it pretty late and just wanted to go to sleep, but I really needed to at least do a quick 15 minutes. I wound up getting my second wind and went for 30 minutes of draws, reloads, and some dry fire stages. I then spent 10 minutes practicing reloading my shot gun with a new shell holder I've been meaning to try. I figured I better get to it since I have a 3 Gun match in the morning.
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Emjei-
To be honest, I keep going back to all of them and getting ideas so I don't think I'd get rid of any of them.
Did you see my link to the Stoeger dry fire program here on the forums? I use those more than any of the other ones and there are videos of Ben doing them on YouTube.
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Dry fire (4.16.14)
I only got about 45 minutes in tonight since I'm pretty darn beat. It's nice that I have carved out the time in the evening to practice, but I'm pretty worn out by the end of the day so some nights I just drag a bit. Anyway, I setup a few stages and ran them a bunch of times then did some practice draws and reloads. Did just a bit of shooting on the move (outside of what was in the stages) and called it a night.
I did notice that I was getting pretty sloppy a slowed it down a bit really focusing on GREAT hits. I didn't realize that my hits were getting so sloppy so it's time to rein it in and tighten up.
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Dry fire (4.13.14)
I practiced for about 30 minutes, just setting up stages and shooting them. Pretty neutral in speed/accuracy.
Dry fire (4.14.14)
I spent about 30 - 45 minutes practicing, again, just setting up stages and dry firing them. I was pretty slow and sloppy overall which is probably a side effect of missing so much dry fire a while back and the almost total lack of live fire practice.
Dry fire (4.15.14)
I spent about 1.25 hours dry firing tonight and man, I was dialed in and really cooking. Seconds off some of my standard times for these stages. I then worked on the Stoeger A drills and some Seeklander to boot. Lots of fun tonight and some really great practice.
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Match (4.12.14)
I normally hit the Albany USPSA match this weekend but my schedule just wouldn't allow for it this weekend since it's a long drive down there and back, and I wanted to try out my SBR AR in this weekend's Practical Rifle match. They had 5 really fun stages that I really enjoyed, everything from 10 yards to around 200 yards. I have to say, the most unique stage I've ever shot was stage 5 which had featured the children's game Perfection. You started the timer and for each piece you place on the board you earned one shot at a single 100 yard plate. Sounds pretty easy, but the time went by very quickly. I figured that a miss would cost you the stage since you can't take a make up shot so I took my time and went 10 for 10. The only significant error I made the entire day was taking an extra shot on the VTAC drill which was Virginia count. That removed a point from me and will cost me significantly since PR scoring is all about points. Ties are broken by time. Results haven't posted yet, but I'm hoping to be on the podium. My new SBR performed flawlessly so it's hard to complain about that! Not that I don't love my Colt Competition, but a short barrel and an 1MOA EOTech are just so dang fast. And man is it accurate. What a kick.
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Live fire (4.11.14)
I slipped off to the range to sight in a new rifle for Saturday's Practical Rifle match then hit the pistol range for a little practice. Time was pressed so I worked on a few 25 yard slow fire targets and some 25 yard steel. I shot a sheet of the Frank Garcia Dot Drill and called it a day. It was great to get in a little live fire practice, but it was just way too short. I really could use an afternoon of pistol practice.
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Dry fire (4.10.14)
Whoo! Man I am smoked! I setup some pretty tough stages tonight that required me to draw from my hands on wall a couple of feet to the side (which is one of those things I never practice and I bobble on quite often) and had lots of running transitions. For example, I have to haul butt to a box from the left side and hit 3 targets at 10 yards with two shots each. That first target is just murder for me since I'm still moving when I'm attempting to hit it and it seems like an eternity before my sights settle enough for me to break the shot. Then I have to reload as I'm hauling but forward to the next position where I enter the box at full steam and have to hit 3 targets with two shots each, again, waiting for the sights to settle down. Then jump forward to the next position while executing a reload to hit 3 targets at about 6 ft. Wonderful stage and it's super challenging to execute with all A zone hits while staying fast and not missing a reload. That was one of 4 or 5 stages I setup tonight, all with similar challenges. I only made it about 45 minutes before I was too smoked to stay focused. Lots of fun though!
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Dry fire (4.9.14)
Still having fun and just setting up and "shooting" stages like I've been doing lately, but tonight I decided not to use the timer and it was pretty nice. I didn't start getting sloppy because I was expecting the par time to chirp at me. I think I'll leave the timer in the rangebag for the time being.
One thing I noticed was that my index was off even though I was gripping the pistol like normal. So I closed my eyes, drew, and noticed that every time I was off to the right. So I adjusted my grip a little and boom! Right back on target. Strange the evolution of my grip has changed my alignment at some point.
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Dry fire (4.8.14)
Like yesterday, I just setup some stages and ran them. Not too exciting to post about, but it sure is a lot of fun. I was (am) super tired tonight so I was running a bit sluggish but sped up after a little bit. I stared screwing up and missing reloads and just called it a night. One noteworthy item is that I notice that I drop the gun way too low when moving which probably accounts for the messed up reloads, but when I focus on it, I keep it high and all is right with the world. Something to fix.
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I saw a video of Eric Grauffel saying that he doesnt practice with specific drills.....he just put targets randomly (like you did) and solves them in different ways
Well that's cool to know! Looks like I'm on the right track.
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Dry fire (5.23.14)
Tonight I did what I've been doing since the Anderson class, 3 minutes per drill that he outlined for us. Then shooting/reloading on the move drills as well. It typically takes about an hour and a half and I'm pretty smoked at the end. I had to take the grip tape back off of the pistol since it was wrinkling up anyway and my hands are starting to look like hamburger. I'll put some back on before the match tomorrow.