Steve Anderson

Thanks for reminding me. And thanks for not calling it Steve Anderson's third dry fire book. The working title was "Explosions of Excellence" meant to chronicle the feeling of the A-ha moments we have, but I decided it was both a little too Zen and potentially porno at the same time. Not sure if the world is ready for a Zen Porno about shooting. Yet.

Jay, The new book is called "Get to Work: the Practice of More Points per Second." It's available at andersonshooting.com and amazon.com. Thanks for asking! SA

I got a note from an Enosphere member reminding me that I've moved and need to change my profile settings. I guess I forgot to tell ya'll that. But I've been very busy. Moved to McDonough, Georgia and got engaged to Kaci Cochran. Finished the third book, and busy training and working. What's new in Enosland?

Every time a question is answered, a new one is revealed. What can we do but keep asking and answering questions?

We have a couple of slots left, with a couple of unpaid verbal commitments. Time to shoot or get off the shot. We are gonna have a good time and work very hard. Can't wait!

Technique has a way of fading away when it's not needed anymore. This is not to say that it's not needed. it surely is. But after awhile you're back to where you started: Just Shooting.

You don't want to know. Really.

Dude, that sounds perfect. Nicely done.

When i was about 12, through a series of very strange and interesting events, my best friend became my stepbrother. He expressed an interest in playing guitar, so his mother bought him a 3 pickup silverburst Les Paul, and taught him a simple blues riff, both of which he taunted me with daily. I similarly (and perhaps immaturely) expressed an interest in playing guitar, so my mother went to a pawn shop where the sign in the window said "Free guitar with the purchase of $12 guitar pick" and took them up on the offer. I learned my stepbrother's blues riff and then added a note or two while he was outside practicing soccer. The Les Paul didn't get out of the case much after that. Maye that's one reason I prefer Strats. Hmmmmm. I guess the point is... if you really want it, you can't help but get there. You WILL find a way. It's inevitable. Another way to think of it: A way to get closer to a goal is to behave as if you've already acheived it. And I'm not a big believer in natural talent. (I have my reasons) Sure, there are predispositions that will show up (or be revealed) during training, but they will usually be accompanied by a correlating natural weakness. So, what are we to do? My advice would be to DECIDE what you really want.

Emotionless Dojo

This is an interesting topic, for sure. I can shoot pretty quickly when it's warranted, and I always pushed the speed in dry fire, and then in practice just shot the drill (whatever it was) for accuracy. I never really PUSHED for speed in live fire practice, because I was accustomed to pulling the trigger as fast as possible in dry fire. So that's one way to go about it. It seems like there are shooters who either: a. Are holding themselves back (in practice) from raw speed. b. Don't know what it feels like to operate the gun at its maximum speed, and therefore don't have that speed available to them. And very early on, I misunderstood a quote from one of the big 3 at the time, who said something along the lines of: "If you're not missing occaisionally in practice, you're not shooting fast enough." I think I now who said it, but I'm not 100% so it'll go uncredited, but I remember hearing that and thinking, "Why on earth would I want to miss?" I understand that quote now. Once you know what it feels like to shoot your gun at .15, then you can learn what it looks like. Then you can learn to see what you need to see to hit and call your shots at that speed. Think about the first time you drove a car (or motorcycle) at 100mph. I was scared to death, because I didn't know what it felt like to do that. But, once you know what it feels like, you have that mode of operation available to you all the time. I sense a podcast coming on.

Yes she is.

You are very welcome. Mandi is smarter than the rest of us and carries that stuff around for events like those...

22 training can make you worse if you make it too easy... You can away with some pretty lazy technique if the targets are too close and/or large. Make it hard! Long, difficult shots. SA

You don't ignore accuracy, you just don't judge it. Meaning, I hear a lot of shooters say " I did X in X BUT I was down X" meaning that the accuracy problem took away from the (retention of the) speed gain. So we remove the accuracy problem from the equation in speed mode and focus on the speed gain. email me and I'll take you a little further along. SA

I don't know how to describe it either, but it is awesome. He makes the gun as grippy as it could be, and the trigger is superb. Just do it. SA

Well, when you walk past the baby doll every time you go get more fault line, you're eventually gonna wanna throw that baby. I did worry about offending parents briefly, but I think the parents enjoyed it the most. We have great matches because we have great help. Thanks guys!

You're not far from Circleville... a few of us hang out there from time to time. make sure to say hi.

Learning to keep the conscious mind out of your beeswax is crucial, and so is calling the shot. Which is why giving the conscious mind that job works so well.

"Learning to shoot in a state of mind that allows you to call every shot may be the most important thing." I like that better too Brian. SA

Alright Bean, you're close to a breakthrough so stick with this. We did shot calling excercises and you were able to do it very well. In fact as I recall, you may have been one of the best in the group. Remember the first time through, the whole group was very inaccurate in both shooting and calling the shots. Third or fourth time through, remember the groups shrinking and the drawings becoming much more accurate? We weren't judging speed or accuracy, we were just calling the shots and really OBSERVING the sight pictures and sights lifting. You can and should shoot your whole match this way. Some call it the zone... It will feel slow, and that's why many are afraid to trust it. I'll PM you. we need to talk.

Historically, I've been kind of a lazy or natural gripper, just not really giving it much thought. (Going between production and open won't reveal the NEED for more grip as acutely as Major ammo/ No comp) But our team has been working out with free weights a lot, and yesterday I noticed that my grip was getting firmer on its own. Hands are becoming stronger. I like this better than having to give conscious thought to more grip...

That's what I needed to hear. Now go forth and try no more.

Canyon Creek trigger is superb. Let him do the sight too. SA