Steve Anderson
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Refinement and Repetition, Drill 1.
And that's just the beginning.
You want the gun to be an extension of your body... It takes, uh... Refinement and Repetition.
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Yes Yes Yes.
You shoot how you expect to shoot, not how you want to shoot.
Your subconscious mind uses your current skill level to deliver the performance you have expected.
Why do you think it's so hard for TGO to lose? Winning is who he is.
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"This tells me that I need to pay more attention to perfect technique right now as opposed to chasing a par timer in dry fire drills."
I'm not sure which drills you're using, but mine all require an "acceptable" sight picture.
It takes a while for shooters to learn what that means.
Don't ever "slow down" as its own solution, instead "see more."
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While shooting? Nothing.
I'm just watching a movie...
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"I seem to always make a stupid mistake on the 1st stage. Sometimes it costs me a procedural or points down. I am fine after that."
Lanny Bassham. "with winning in mind"
You'll feel like it was written with YOU in mind.
Read it immediately if not sooner.
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I just take my current weakness (or area of desired improvement) and design drills around them.
Usually something I can't do, or can't do well. My last practice session was shooting while moving sideways at 15 yards, two steel and one paper. 4 shots for the whole drill. You can do that a bunch with 200 rds.
SA
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I think that's very likely.
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If you can't visualize the entire stage, every target, you're not ready to shoot.
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Which drill is that? Doesn't sound familiar.
I don't think I've released a drill that calls for weak hand/reload/weak hand.
A lot of em' go weak hand after a reload...
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Low round ct high instensity drills are my favorite.
Make sure you are learning something with every shot, otherwise you are wasting time and money.
Also, regular short sessions are way better than long infrequent sessions.
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Some of it is because I try to replicate that run consciously.
There's that pesky word: try
Sounds like there's a lot of emotion/judging going on and that will definitely cause self image problems.
Why don't you shoot your next match with the ONLY goal of calling every shot. Let go of any/all expectations and just call every shot.
Lemme know what happens.
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My condolences. I lost a Dalmation too...Craziest dog I ever had. Used to play with plastic milk jugs.
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You can download the free stage breakdown tool here.
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I keep meaning to write an article about "The potential perils of pass/fail practice."
Basically, when practicing on steel, your shots are either pass or fail.
This is not strict enough for USPSA shooting.
Shooting on steel can help when you are learning to call your shots, but you gotta shoot some paper too.
If you only have access to steel, make the shots difficult.
SA
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It's so obvious that we need more laws against murder.
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I'll have my free stage analysis tool on my site soon... webmaster is putting it up now.
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It's important to remember that I was OBSESSED with making GM in Open, and the first book was written around the drills I used to achieve that goal. The book only exists because I got tired of going to Kinko's and copying them to give away... So I don't mean to sound cocky, but the book only exists because it works so well.
Thanks to everyone for the kind words!
SA
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Accuracy IS Speed.
Why would you pull the trigger without an acceptable sight picture? What exactly does that accomplish?
Would it be faster to call 6 shots on six poppers or pull the trigger 6 times realy quickly?
And I agree with post above. Most slow times have very little to do with the splits.
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I heard from Michael Craig that we need one more to lock it in... I've been working on the structure of it and I'm really excited!
Any body that is "stuck" where they've been for awhile needs to sign up, We'll getcha unstuck!
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I typed a bunch of stuff and then realized I was just trying to sound polite while saying my stuff is the best. Why bother?
My stuff is the best.
Seriously, my first book and a timer will take a dedicated, curious shooter a long, long, way. For some, a video based system may be better...
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Our new PCSI model basically puts one person in charge of each stage, all the way from design to construction. As shooters arrive they are signed in immediately and sent to their first stage to help build it. It has been working very well. The added bonus is that we get stages that are radically different from eachother, much more so than when one person designs all the stages... good luck!
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If you think it works, it works.
Doesn't really matter why, does it?
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PM if you need the address... BYOB and ordnance.
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I burn the cadence in during the "walkthrough."
I think being a musician helps here. I'm not predisposed to odd-meter music (Pink Floyd's "Money" is the most famous example) so I have to count those out until I get the feel down.
This classifier is the same. I just count it until I don't have to anymore.
And again... I shot 100% on this "that one time" until Flexmoney robbed me.
It's not my fault I can put 5 into one hole at speed.
SA
what goes through your mind
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Sendit... I know you're joking, but that's incredibly damaging to your self image and therefore your shooting in general.
Self-deprecation is good for comedy, not for shooting.