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You can look at your scores across the match and see how many points you dropped overall. Looks like you dropped 148 (including penalties) out of 1580 possible so you earned 90.6% of the possible points. Not bad but not great either.
Looking at the Area 1 match Eddie Garcia shot:
Power factor: Major
Total possible points: 1650
Total points shot: 1590
Total penalty points: 10
Pct Points shot (ignoring penalties): 96.36
Pct points shot (counting penalties): 95.76
Any higher than this is probably going too slow. Any lower than 91-92 is too loose to be competitive against the big dogs.
Read Bassham "With winning in mind" and give it a real shot with things like directive affirmation. Don't believe in you need a better shooter around to get better other wise it's going to end up being true.
Your plans don't look bad but could have used some refinement on some of the larger stages too smooth out the jerky movement. At the three minute mark you were left in far in right in far - too much gun movement. I would have gone in left to right and then gone long. At the 4:00 minute mark you choose to run the gun dry - move the white door out of your way - open the port - reload all in a step worth of travel then shoot four rounds out of that mag across two ports when you could have shot one of the targets you engaged from the middle door where you went dry again easy. Choppy. Not programming properly at the 5:10 mark cost you. Not being agressive on the static targets first before the movers cost you at the 5:20.
Look closely at what Steve Anderson has contributed to this thread - it's all really good stuff. If it doesn't make sense - start asking him questions.
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
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I have a similar story unfortunately I was still on the clock and there was no video.
Good job on safety!
You've got your priorities straight -
- Safety
- Compete Fiercely
- Remain upright
Pretty graceful bail too! I like the break-dance helicopter with the feet at the end.
DNH
Yeah haha thanks
Mike
- Safety
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You said you were winning the Level 3s, that's what I was suggesting, that you save up to attend a national or bigger tournament (I don't really understand IPSC match rankings)so that you could, frankly, get handed a beating by some guys and watch what and how they were doing. Just out of curiosity, how are your stage points? It's pretty easy to get complacent with no competition and wind up shooting too slowly. You might need to push to failure, then dial back a bit.
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
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Yes I find that there are a couple guys that hang on about 85-90% of my score, match after match. Lately I find newer, younger shooters are catching up to me quickly.
We all know "youth" is the secret ingredient, hahaha, dang kids!!
Seriously, when I practice a lot I find things might go in reverse for awhile. Shoot worse matches. But I shoot a match every weekend usually, so it doesn't last long. It might take a month for my practices to pay off.
I'm glad you are gonna dryfire. My point was that it can get real boring, I understand that, so just really switch it up to make it fun again. Sometimes having the wife think your nuts can be a good thing, lol!!
Good luck to you!!
Edited to say: I know you've heard this, but I'll repeat it. A good one on one with a well respected national GM would be great for you. If you could swing a trip to Florida, Manny would be excellent. Someone that would diagnose your whole shooting approach and guide you into the 2-3 things that could get you an extra 10% or so throughout a match.
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
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Yes I find that there are a couple guys that hang on about 85-90% of my score, match after match. Lately I find newer, younger shooters are catching up to me quickly.
We all know "youth" is the secret ingredient, hahaha, dang kids!!
Seriously, when I practice a lot I find things might go in reverse for awhile. Shoot worse matches. But I shoot a match every weekend usually, so it doesn't last long. It might take a month for my practices to pay off.
I'm glad you are gonna dryfire. My point was that it can get real boring, I understand that, so just really switch it up to make it fun again. Sometimes having the wife think your nuts can be a good thing, lol!!
Good luck to you!!
Hahaha I agreed.....
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I'm not sure what you're going for there. I'm just saying that if you're shooting level 3 matches and winning them then likely you don't have any particular weak points, just keep practicing. More to the point, if you're at that level then whatever problems you have are too subtle to come through on hat cam or video, which is why I recommended examining your performance vs. the match winner when you didn't win the match. Thanks for the video though, I haven't watched my first year of shooting revolver in a while! It took me forever to reload back then.
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
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Dryfire is more than just "stand here, do twenty draws".
I really feel for you and your initial question. As we get better it is increasingly difficult to "get better". I think this is where you are at, am I wrong?
SA is correct, you should be practicing more. Print out some 1/3 size targets and set up mini stages/scenarios and run them dryfire. I hate to think that you have limited your dryfire to just "stand and shoot" type of stuff. I kinda got the impression that you are not seeing all the possibilities with dryfire. It is so much more than learning to draw and aim the gun!!!!!
I am an "A" open guy and our skills look fairly equal. I am with you on the plateaue of development. It is getting harder to get better.
If I was you I would practice 3 times a week with set stages dryfire. Then I would do them live fire at the range when I could go. Very simple dryfire stages of 8-10 shots with miniature targets at home, then full size live fire of the same during range time. I would take lots of notes and work at getting my HF the same between them.
What the heck is an Asian doing in Canada?
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
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If you're not improving, then you're not pushing yourself enough.
If you don't believe dry fire will help then you're absolutely right.
If I were you, I would be dry firing short drills on the move to get better at always moving during a stage. Or, go to the range more and do the same thing there.
But that probably won't help, right?
Sorry for any snarkiness but I don't play well with negativity.
Steve
I will try that....for the next couple of weeks.....and let you know the outcome.
Mike
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I'm not sure what you're going for there. I'm just saying that if you're shooting level 3 matches and winning them then likely you don't have any particular weak points, just keep practicing. More to the point, if you're at that level then whatever problems you have are too subtle to come through on hat cam or video, which is why I recommended examining your performance vs. the match winner when you didn't win the match. Thanks for the video though, I haven't watched my first year of shooting revolver in a while! It took me forever to reload back then.
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
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Steve hit one big nail on the head, my question would be: Why (How) are you losing? If you don't understand that then you can't fix it.
Matt
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
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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.
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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Steve hit one big nail on the head, my question would be: Why (How) are you losing? If you don't understand that then you can't fix it.
Matt
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
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What is your current practice schedule?
What is your self-image?
What are thinking about at LAMR?
Plateaus are crushed in training, but only if the self-image gets invited to come along.
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
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I agree with the comments above.
Your shooting seem solid and fast.
But I think your inability to shoot high cap is impearing you from developing your ability to tie a stage togather.
When you have to reload more than once in a stage it is eazy to get in the habit of shooting from one position, run reload, stop and the next position shoot.
We usually excuse it by saying to our selfs that we have to reload anyway.
But if you compeat in a highcap divisio, spot shooting just doesn't win the match.
I notice you mention shooting as soon as you get in position, try removing the idea of a shooting position from your mind. Simply find the closest A zone with your eyes and shoot it.
Start engaging the target as soon as its in your field of view. Shoot I'm the order in which they reveal them selfs to you, no ,after the distance..
Try and remove all hesitation from your game, move on as soon as you see the shot brake.
Your shooting is there brother, you need to develop the high cap mentality and breaks down strategy
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.
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Did you get dqed?
No, I didn't, didn't broke 180% Lucky the RO is really paying attendion, Some RO may stop me already...
Mike
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Second video, first stage:
On the first two arrays of targets, you shoot outside in (the easy target to hardest target).
Shoot the hardest target first then work outward - that way you can be moving to the next position as you shoot the last targets of those arrays.
Just my $0.02. Ryan
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
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nice, way better than not spilling a drop of beer!
Good save, weapon always pointing down range and finger out of the trigger guard.
I'm sure ya got a couple good laughs at your own expense
Haha it was close......I don't lean over for the last target anymore......that was 3 years ago.
Mike
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Have anyone try or used one of the new C-More RTS sight, any feed back?
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I fall flat on the ground at the end of the stage in 2009
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You stop and start too much, you have an open gun with a dot, you should be shooting on the move more. You also come crashing into positions, stop, then get your hand back on grip. If you got your grip going sooner you could start shooting as soon as you get into position. You also seem to shoot close targets firsts and then transitions to farther shoots. On those last couple of stages on second link, you could get into position start on farther ones first, and shoot the closer ones as you start to step back out of position. If your missing shots, make sure your follow through on last shot. hard to tell but it looked like your already looking away at last target and moving on, just pulling target for a quick double. And last but not least, buy a big stick, quit reloading so much. Ok, I know you can't have those in Canada, just joshing you.
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
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Sorry, Mike, I can't help you - I'm only a B Open shooter.
Wish I could shoot as well as you do
Good luck - some expert will be along shortly.
No problems......Thanks anyway......
Mike
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Mike, it would help to know what level you are currently?
Are you a B or an A shooter?
As far as finding professional advice, depends on what
part of the country you're in - if you're in Florida,
we have some excellent instructors -
If you're shooting Mikes - you might try the Dot Torture
Drill - helped me, sometimes
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
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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......
2015 IPSC BC Qualifier #12 Multiple Cam (open division)
in USPSA/IPSC Shooting
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https://youtu.be/ki1-Hfa2ht4