Jake Di Vita

Do some CF WODs outside in the heat. Make sure you hydrate properly and listen to your body, but that's as good of a way as I know to acclimate your body to a certain variable.

Basically what that means is pull the trigger without any side to side pressure. Also, just because the finger is at an angle on the trigger, doesn't mean it's being pulled at an angle. Basically - pull the trigger without moving the sights and you'll be fine. I wouldn't stay away from exerting a strong grip with only your middle finger. There are some great shooters who prefer a strong support hand grip and a relaxed strong hand grip. Equal pressure in both is also popular. I personally death grip the shit out of mine, but I wouldn't recommend that to most people. Experiment on your own to figure it out, but I would urge you to not think in terms of pressure of each finger, but pressure of your grip as a whole.

Pull the trigger straight to the rear of the gun without moving the sights. If you see yourself start to milk the gun, stop applying pressure to the trigger until the sights are re-aligned on target. Let your vision control the trigger.

You'll know when you're ready. Basically a sharp pain means it is not ready to work. A dull pain means it's ready to work, but start off very slowly doing functional movement. Yes it will hurt, and you need to stop if you feel you are doing more damage, but you should be able to tell the difference.

No perception either. Seriously though, that's spot on. You can only shoot as fast as you can see.

Damn...my first thought was "It's about damn time!"

Great picture. Something also important to note, is Dave stays that low in his stance throughout the entire stage. At no time does he lose his aggressiveness and stand up.

If you think demonstrating is a bad idea - read "The Inner Game of Tennis." Actually, read it anyway, but he specifically hits on that too.

Just aim.

....I'm going to pretend that I didn't actually just read that.

Lookin' good man. You re-developed the habit of standing up when you come into position though. Be aggresive.

Haha that's awesome.

I never said the odds aren't stocked against them. But by and large, especially in shooting, desire is what it takes - not talent. Also, your example doesn't really take talent into consideration at all Bart. In the case of Nascar it's seems to be more like being born into royalty than born with a certain aptitude.

There are only a handful that will put themselves in that position is a more accurate statement.

Crimson Tide. I couldn't disagree more. "Talent" has nothing to do with it. Neither does having everything handed to them on a platter. Those are the excuses of someone who really doesn't want it bad enough. Everyone wishes they had "talent" as they see it as a work free ticket to fame and stardom. "Talent" doesn't get results. Hard work and devotion does. Are there people out there who could be amazing shooters? Absolutely. But I compare that to people who say Barry Sanders could have been the best RB of all time. Sure, he could have - but he quit so he isn't. It's real easy to hide behind excuses like "If I had more time or more money I could be really great." Funny how you never hear champions say that...usually it's because they are too busy working their asses off when everyone else is sleeping, watching tv, having fun, or plain sitting on their ass. The funny thing is, if by chance the people who make those excuses do get what they are hoping for - they will come up with another one right away. I was once told I would never become a GM because I had to shift my hand hit the mag release.

Yes. I'm not saying a change in grip won't help his overall performance? But we are talking hitting the target.

Yeah...if you don't move the sights, the bullet will go exactly where you want. There is a difference between the meanings of grip and trigger control. Regardless of how incorrectly they are gripping the gun - this is a trigger control issue. The sights are not on the target because he moved them - whether intentionally or not it really doesn't matter as the end result is the same. The proper correction is to dry fire the gun, until the sights don't move and then reproduce that in live fire. This is very easily doable without changing the grip. By telling him to change his grip, you are literally not explaining the issue to him at all, because it isn't the grip that's causing the problem. It is the process of pulling the trigger.

Cool idea, I like it.

Once again, your grip is totally irrelevant to your accuracy. If your sights are on target when the bullet leaves the barrel, it is impossible to miss. This is true regardless of your grip on the gun (it could even be upside down, firing with your pinky).

The advances now are getting to be much more pricey to R&D. I've had a few thoughts, but no way to implement practical research into it.

Stippling has nothing to do with accuracy (neither does your grip for that matter). This is strictly a trigger control issue.

I don't think pride is really a bad thing. Arrogance is pride's evil twin.

Because it's true.

Elbow (support arm) up for best recoil control.

Just wait for that huge can of Milwaukee's Best to take care of it for ya.