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Draw times
in Skills
In the dozens of shooters I have coached from a 1.5 draw to a .7 draw, I have not found any physical limitations.
The only physical issue has been "love handles" that make it more difficult to get to the gun, and these were quickly overcome.
And, even if there was a permanent physical limitation, what could we do about it?
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If you can't close your eyes and visualize every single target in a stage, you are not ready to shoot. It takes practice, but it's essential to good performance.
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With regard to close or near targets, there is no need to make a distinction between them.
They all require the same thing: An acceptable sight picture.
One of my favorite stories is Miking two close targets while Matt Burkett was watching. He laughed at me in such a way that I don't think I impressed him with my blinding speed.
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Have you ever shot an entire match with only goal of calling every shot? It may be your match mindset that needs work.
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Use dummy rounds and full mags when dry firing to duplicate the weight of a loaded gun.
I recommend nothing in the chamber.
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When the timer goes off, you get to be in control of one idea.
Whatever you decide you really want is what WILL happen.
You choose to call every shot and that will happen to best of your current ability.
You choose speed and and you will pull the trigger very fast and run as quick as you can.
One will be very exhilarating.
One will feel slow and might even be boring.
Choose wisely.
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If you program the desire for Alphas in such a way that it dominates your conscious thought, you will be amazed at how fast you can accumulate them.
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I'm a bit cranky these days, so I might be less polite than normal, but here goes.
Anybody who practices without a timer is not serious about improvement.
Sorry.
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"I felt I was shooting slow motion but came out on top."
Here we go again.
Corey's statement proves AGAIN that the notion of CHOOSING speed or accuracy is ridiculous.
He wasn't even capable of knowing how fast he was performing, so how could he make a choice in an environment full of flawed data?
Speed thinking is for practice.
Point thinking is for matches.
The local experience causes a lot of these (internal and external) debates, because there are a lot of "local legends" who shoot fast and sloppy and win locally. They've never had to shoot against somebody as fast as they are...
When I shoot against Chris Keen, (and to a growing extent, Bill Seevers) we both know that every point is gonna matter, and any mistake at all will hurt very much. Our times will be similar and the speed issue will likely be settled by the absence or presence of errors.
Good way to present my most hated topic, Flex.
btw, What's the BEST chain lube?
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I tell people that it's like timed miniature golf with guns.
Or an obstacle course with targets.
It's very difficult to describe.
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If your goal is have fun and screw around, shoot all the guns you want.
If your goal is to get really F@#King good, Pick one.
After you reach your intial goal (or goals) you will be able to move around much more easily because you'll tend to ignore the differences instead of focusing on them.
Would you attempt to simultaneously learn mountain biking and road biking?
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If you make a conscious choice between speed and accuracy you will always make the wrong choice.
(This constant speed vs. accuracy talk is starting to piss me off a little.)
When I was lucky enough to be on two super squads, all they cared about was points, because they knew their times would be similar.
There is NOTHING faster than calling every shot.
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I'd like to address what happens in the event of a "mistake" which in this case would be a poorly executed part of a stage.
Ideally, there would be no judgement as the subconscious mind drives the body to return to the movie.
Think about what happens when an average club shooter makes an error.
He'll make a big scene because he wants everyone to know that HE knows he F@#ked up, and that he doesn't normally shoot like that. (It's an ego thing)
A champion will calmly correct the mistake and proceed as planned.
I've been on both of sides of this, and it always has to do with the current state of my three Bassham circles. I do have a sensitive ego, like everyone else, and I often feel outside pressure to do well. (This is imaginary, but doesn't mean it isn't real)
So, acknowledging an error isn't necessarily judgement. I think that's what I was trying to say.
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Prep it all you want! That's good!
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Don't practice stages, UNLESS you are focusing on calling every shot.
There's too much going on to really learn anything, and there's a good possibility of damaging the self-image.
Short, high intensity, low round count drills.
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Sure. That's why you set a schedule and stick to it.
Decide in advance what youe are going to work on and when. When the time comes, just do it.
You will have breakthroughs when you don't want to be there. But you have to be there to have them.
Just do it.
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I really don't care if people agree with me, but I do care if they waste their time and become sloppy shooters...
Which skill would you rather have:
Pulling the trigger in .70 after a draw.
Drawing to an acceptable sight picture in .60.
There are doozens of drills that press the trigger, just not this one.
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Negative emotion is a great way to ruin a stage.
Talking about it is a great way to ruin a match.
Save the judgements for the ride home.
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I've used this trick with a few shooters to get the transitions quicker and the splits slower. It's great for breaking double tappers out of their old ways.
The olny way it hurts is if we get a preconceived idea of what an array will "sound" like and then shoot it that way regardless of what the eyes see.
It does a lot of good before that happens...
SA
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CR Speed.
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Ok. So starting tomorrow, wake up 30 minutes earlier and dry fire for 30 minutes.
If you really want it, you'll make the time.
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Regardless which curriculum you choose, it's very important to set a practice schedule and stick to it. It needs to become a normal part of your life.
Many of your breakthroughs will come when you don't want to be practicing. Also, when it becomes normal to have the gun in your hand, that helps confidence a bunch.
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Please, please, please, when doing draw only drills with a par time, DO NOT pull the trigger as part of the drill.
We want to speed up the acceptable sight picture, not the first trigger pull.
It's too easy to beat the par time with a trigger pull...
SA
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I'm taking two 26 foot Uhaul Trucks from Ohio to Nevada.
I called my credit card company to inform them of massive, multi state gas purchases between Ohio and Nevada.
"yessirthankyouverymuchforcallingwehavetakencareofthisforyoucanihelpyouwithanythingelsepleasesir?"
My card was declined twice yesterday and twice I was told that I was cleared for massive fuel purchases IN OHIO AND NEVADA.
I asked the agent to name just ONE state between Ohio and Nevada.
JUST ONE.
Run down & lacking motivation
in Mental Conditioning
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Having gone through all of that twice, and coming soon possibly a third time, it comes to this:
Mourn, grieve, take some time get equalized again.
Then go to a match without your gun.
You'll either want to shoot or you won't.
If you want to shoot, go the next match and have fun.
If you don't want to shoot, take a little more time.
And don't worry about being rusty and people thinking less of you. I'm pretty sure they don't care and will just be happy to see you again.