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Good stuff you point out in here……”With winning in Mind” is it something on line or I have to buy it as a Book? Or it already posted somewhere? I don’t really have a mind game……or what is a right mind going in to a stage or match, I have no clue what I should be thinking. I think that is something I should be looking in to……. Mike

Yeah haha thanks Mike

Matt Depend on what kind of stages. I usually shoot for point mostly, so I don’t drop too many points in a stage, especially on smaller stages. but I do try to go faster on bigger stage, I would rather take a A,C moving faster than aim for 2A but slower on a big stage. I know I kind of reach the point if I go any faster, I will be guessing my shot……..! One of the member here gave me a very good point, don’t look at the stage in position, shoot the target as soon as I can see it, try shoot in the move more. I will try that approach as well………we have to change too many mags in Canada that is the problems…. Mike

Yes I miss out on Manny just 2 months ago........he was in B.C Kelowna 4 hours away from Vancouver. i couldn't make it becuase of work.....I won't miss out the next one. they don't come along often....... Mike

Hahaha I agreed.....

Matt Maybe I misunderstand your comment, When you said (you are the best in the world) I assume you were being sarcastic. I truly believe there are much more stuff I don’t know about in the sport. Just try to get some info here. Some of the stuff is good some are not. I know dry fire at home is not what i need, But I am open to suggestions, I am genuinely asking for help. Mike Sorry about that, I wasn't intending sarcasm. I was just pointing out that it's hard to learn from matches you're winning, do you have the opportunity to shoot 4s and 5s? You can still learn from the stages you lose at the 3s, especially the ones where you don't have any obvious flaws like a pulled shot or tanked reload. I've always picked up the most information when I thought I shot the stage well and was subsequently beaten; figuring out how provides a lot of breakthroughs for me. Matt What is 4S and 5S???? I think you got some good points here; I don’t really pay too much attention on the stages I lost, because usually I knew I did something stupid. Or usually they are small stages; I learn it from a hard way to shoot small stage by points not speed, too much point to lose and too little points to gain, so I usually don’t win on small stages but I keep myself at the 90’s%. But I think I would pay more attention on the stage I lost from now on….. I think in there are just not enough good open shooters around in Vancouver B.C. there are only 2 shooters can beat me when I am having a good shoot. One of them is injury & and the other is semi retired. I will try to shoot down in the state more often……. Mike

Chris Yes, you are right. I am at that plateau of development stages, Do you notice there are always couple good steady Shooters who has been shooting for years n years always shot 85% of your score, I know they are not getting any better but In the same time I also not getting any better either………Do have this experience? Is drive me nutz. Is like, the result is always the same. I would love to push them down 10% more. But it doesn’t seem like is happening. Actually I used to do a lot of these dry fires stuff, (not just stand and shoot) when I said lots I really mean Lots. My wife used to think I am crazy………running around the house like a nuts. But when times goes by, I don’t do as much because I don’t feel like is doing any help in my game, but in the same time I know something is missing…….. But I will try start doing that again and see what happen since everyone are saying I should dry fires. And I need to shoot more US Match but crossing the border is plain in the ass……. Mike

Steve I will try that....for the next couple of weeks.....and let you know the outcome. Mike

Matt Maybe I misunderstand your comment, When you said (you are the best in the world) I assume you were being sarcastic. I truly believe there are much more stuff I dont know about in the sport. Just try to get some info here. Some of the stuff is good some are not. I know dry fire at home is not what i need, But I am open to suggestions, I am genuinely asking for help. Mike

I think winning or losing the match wouldn't be a big deal for me anymore. Sometime I don't mind to lost the match but have a very clean great shoot that I know I shot it well……..I won the last 7 matches I shot in the past 6 months, some is Level 3 matches. So winning or losing is not affecting my performance. But knowing I am not getting any better worries me. And I know the fact is there is still a lot of stuff I don’t know about, or different way of look at things. I already got couple good tips here. I just don’t know what I should be working on…….! I think maybe some of the great shooter gone through what I am experiencing now are able to tell me more……. Mike My point was that if you're having trouble determining what your weak points are, then you should look at the matches you didn't win and figure out what the winner was doing that you weren't. If you're winning all the matches you enter then just keep doing what you're doing, you're the best in the world! Matt 1st of all, I don’t think I am the best in the world, other wise I won’t be posting here for help, I would be giving advise to other like you did. I can run faster than everyone in my street didn’t make me the fastest man in the world. I know a lot of shooters may be satisfy by winning the locate matches, and think they are the best. And just keep doing what they are doing. That is exactly what I don’t want. I believe there are always room for improvement. Just need to find it. I am sure Eric Grauffel are still looking in to ways to improve himself. Noting wrong with I am asking here. What you are pointing out is not helping, not all the area has great shooters to watch, I already watch a lot of videos. I watch yours too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udsw0qPyT6A&NR=1&feature=endscreen Mike

Once every two weeks? Are you kidding? That's not a practice schedule, that's a vacation. If you really want to get better, you need to be dry firing every day and get to the range for live fire AT LEAST once a week. Check out andersonshooting on facebook for a recent article on self-image... Once every two weeks? That might actually ruin my day. steve dry fire would not help my game anymore. I use to do a lot of it...but not dry fire is not the key....and go to the range once or twice aweek + 1 or 2 matches a month is the best I can do. unless I don't have to work........ Mike

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I think winning or losing the match wouldn't be a big deal for me anymore. Sometime I don't mind to lost the match but have a very clean great shoot that I know I shot it well……..I won the last 7 matches I shot in the past 6 months, some is Level 3 matches. So winning or losing is not affecting my performance. But knowing I am not getting any better worries me. And I know the fact is there is still a lot of stuff I don’t know about, or different way of look at things. I already got couple good tips here. I just don’t know what I should be working on…….! I think maybe some of the great shooter gone through what I am experiencing now are able to tell me more……. Mike

I practice once every 2 weeks, also shoot 1 - 2 matchs per month self image.................don't really have one.........Or i should ask what is self image? LAMR??????? don't understand this one either (you do notice I am asian right hahaha) mike

Carlos You have a very good eyes, and could able to break it down why I am developing some of these bad habit………very impressive…………. Your comments made me think of something new…….a different way to breaks down a stage could be something new to start. I will try different mind set…. Very Nice…Thanks so much I do notice shooting High cap I could shoot smoother. And Shooting High gap is so much fun…….one of my unforgettable Match was happening 2 years ago shooting down in WA……… 55 – 60 Rounds stages……………6 Stages………………hahaha my finger was tired at the end of each stages…….. Tell me more of what you see here……………….It was 2 years ago, I improvement no more than 3-5%…..you will see why I said I am stuck.

No, I didn't, didn't broke 180% Lucky the RO is really paying attendion, Some RO may stop me already... Mike

I agreed with you point, but that particular stage wouldn't make a different, all 3 target was close enough to hammer it. But most of the time I do intend go for the easy or closer target 1st....which is something I should start pay more attention to…………..Thanks Ryan see anything else??? Mike

Haha it was close......I don't lean over for the last target anymore......that was 3 years ago. Mike

Have anyone try or used one of the new C-More RTS sight, any feed back? http://www.cmore.com/rts.html

I fall flat on the ground at the end of the stage in 2009

haha, yes we can only have 10 rounds mag, what a stupid law...., sometime we have to change 5 mag in one stage...hahaha. i do have two big stick when I shoot down in the state. You are spot on, I am working very hard on start shooting right away as soon as I get in the position, I seem to be not as quick comparing with the top shooters. (any drills for that?) Yes again……………I do like to shoot the closer target 1st when I get in to a position (ofcause that depending on the stage) I find myself easier to start shooting right away when get into the position with closer target, like what you already spot it in my video, if I leaving the position on a closer target backing away, I don't follow through as much and sometime I take a C or D on a close target, If I shoot the far target last I find myself follow through much more and has better hits. I had try different experiments, for times is more like the same, but hit is better for me if I go with the closer target 1st. Do you think I should ALWAYS start from far target and shoot the closer one last????? And this is exactly what I need to hear, Mike

No problems......Thanks anyway...... Mike

thanks for your reply. I am a GM in vancouver B.C canada. our level of skill is not really comparable with the state . i would say i am a high A low M when i shoot in the state . could u spot anything out from the video ? i know the high level guys could spot things out. and yes i tried many different drills, is dont seem to really have any effect on my shooting . mike

Hello I just discover this site few minute ago…..Looks like there are lots of good and experience shooters here in this forum. Hoping someone here may able to share their experience with me. I have been shooting for 4-5 years now, I am at the point i couldn’t find a way to improve my skill, I has tried different methods, different drills, switching from cadences to double tap back-and-forth, even tried to lose some weight hahah…….And still unable to find any big different. I have to say, there is not much of an improvement at all in the pass year or more. No one locally could really point me to the right direction, some suggest taking courses from brand name shooters, but they don’t come along often. And I missed out the last one because of work………. Anyway I think you all get my point. Here are some of my most recent video…..Please take a look and tell me what you see……………………..I think I could go faster but usually MIKE will come along, sometime it cost me the match. I know pushing harder is not the key.....something else are missing......