Jake Di Vita

I would go about it in a bit of a different way. Next time you go to the range do it with the purpose of evaluating your current ability. Test your draw (all types), reload, splits, transitions at 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 yards. From there, if you would like you can post the information and we can have a baseline to suggest drills for you. Just selecting a random 6 classifiers doesn't do much because we need to focus on your weaknesses. I do however disagree about the shooting on the move thing. You won't lose ground by not shooting on the move until middle to high M and GM.

Your my hero Micah. P.S. You might be the only one here who knows the significance of my avatar. (More than that it is from the movie)

Yessir, he will be a formidable opponent. I have also been known to dry fire until my hands bleed.

I'll take the bet on that last one.

I'm interested in ROing here.

Yeah I'm a big proponent of crossfit like workouts. I don't even want to think about how much I've researched that kind of thing.

Tiger is a hero of mine. I just finished reading his book on golf. Man I learned a ton of stuff just from the way he thinks and approaches golf.

I suggest combining all areas of fitness into a training program. I never got truly fit until I stopped caring about how I looked (not directed at anyone...just my own personal observation).

Ultimately, it is you against yourself. It always comes down to how well you know yourself, your ability, your limitations, and the confidence you have in your ability to execute under pressure that is mostly self-created. -Tiger Woods

I'm glad you noticed that. I started almost rolling my shoulders and elbows up and it makes the gun track a lot better while naturally keeping my index aligned. Without exaggeration I would consider it about a 10 - 15% increase in recoil control. I wish I still had an Open gun. I think this technique with that platform would be a shocking difference.

I'd be careful with number 4 there.

Whatever division a shooter primarily shoots really has nothing to do with how he shoots in other divisions. Yeah, Max is primarily an Open shooter...but homeboy can shoot with anything that is put into his hands. Yeah, he shot an SP-O1 that he only had a few weeks. He would have most likely performed the same with any other gun and any greater amount of time he had with it. Once you get to the top level, switching platforms doesn't take more than 100 rounds to get the timing down and be an effective shooter with it.

I think the issue may be your definition of visualization. For me, visualization is not necessarily "seeing" it. It's more of a feeling with your eyes. I never go up to a stage before I can constantly see me shooting it efficiently. Eventually after enough proper visualization you convince yourself you'll smoke it. You feel it. This is a really hard subject to verbalize.

What is mental toughness in shooting? Is it being able to grind out a good score when things aren't going well on the range? Or is it the mental ability to stay strong and committed in spite of distractions. Every shooter should ask themselves this question. What does trusting the process mean to you? Mental toughness is a decision. You must choose to either accept ownership of your internal state and how you perform or to shoot without this inner resolve.

That is true. For another way to counteract that, I recommend never using the same workout routine twice (except rarely to chart improvement). There are countless numbers and variations of circuit workouts you can think of. I also recommend circuit training with full body movements because you have less of an issue with isolation related injuries.

I don't think trust is what causes it, but I do think no trust prevents it. For pure visualization the actual actions are what are being visualized, thought doesn't and shouldn't come into the picture because thought is not what controls your shooting - awareness is. If you do not trust your ability, that automatically brings your ego into it. I'm not fast enough. I'm not accurate enough. Don't miss that swinger. Whatever it may be. Your ego thrives off of thought which prevents pure visualization. When you do trust your skills you develop a sort of "mental stillness" which gives the possibility of channeling action and awareness into performance. That doesn't mean pure visualization and performance will always happen, there are many other variables. All it does is allow the possibility of it.

Yeah Ross is intense for sure. Any exercise program which utilizes full body movement exercises at the core of their system is alright with me.

Honestly I'm not big on shakes and bars. Most of them have a ton of sugar and more calories than your workout burned off (and that's without reading the ingredients label...I wonder what they actually put in there). If you have the proper diet you won't need it.

You bring up another good point. Flexibility too is key. I think strength, cardiovascular, and flexibility issues need to be addressed by anyone who desires to be a truly competitive shooting.

Pushups, pullups, and dips are some of the best exercises you can do for your upper body to have actual functional strength. Don't overdo it like I did though...I'm still recovering from horrible tendonitis.

That's what I've been told by several gunsmiths

If I were you I would buy Steve Anderson's book (refinement and repetition), a timer, and new sights. In that order. Watch all the videos you can get your hands on and work your ass off.

Once you shoot .356, you can't go back to .355. If you are going to shoot both, make sure you shoot at .355 first. 9mm is .355 38 is .356

I like the part of the attention tank. It also seems that the less the attention tank is needed, the more often you get into the zone. Hence another reason why you shoot stages you are comfortable in so much more efficiently. It seems that unless your sub conscious mind can control all the adaptions required to shoot a stage, you will never enter the zone because thoughts will be focused on a certain point in the stage (the part you are uncomfortable with) rather than allowing the input of your surroundings to be processed. Brian, I have the same question as XRe. What I get from it is that you are saying in true visualization time is no longer a factor so you will automatically perform the task as quickly as your current skill level allows you?

While you are searching for a gym...you better start jump roping. You're going to be doing a ton of it when you find a boxing trainer.