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Haha, thank you! I'm trying to find a way to do both. Currently in my pledge quarter in a fraternity at the University of Washington. It takes a lot of work but can balance both.

Yes sir. I played baseball up until this year (freshman in college). The footwork from the infield directly transfers, as well as fast eye speed and interpreting data quickly. I also hate to lose and learn a lot from it, which is key.

Thank you all! I started competitively shooting when I was 14, and have been going strong since. Starting young is key. If you look at the top pros, max, kc etc, they all have started at a young age with strong parental support.

I could almost never make GM on classifiers. I got bumped from winning area 3, which I think was the best way possible. I'd much rather have that then getting it by gaming a bunch of classifiers and doing a lot of math. I assume a lot are from classifiers as it's hard to get bumped

Hi, Thought I'd share my video from Optics Nationals. Very blessed to place 3rd in such a talented field at age 18 at my first nationals. Excited for next year! Would be happy to answer any training, match, or equipment questions you have.

Hi, Thought I'd share my video from Optics Nationals. Very blessed to place 3rd in such a talented field at age 18 at my first nationals. Excited for next year! Would love to share training or match tips if anyone would like. .

Calling your shots is critical to shooting well. Take a shot up target and put a clean target on the back. Shoot through the shot target into the white back of the next target. Then you can't see your holes. Shoot 2 and tell your training buddy where they are, go behind the target and see how u did

Dry fire can help a lot with acquiring a good grip. practice drawing from weird positions, aka seated, hands touching barrel or start stick. This is where I see people getting their worst grips

I shoot in the cold pnw. Get a bunch of warm underlayers and coats. I just strip them off when I'm on deck. Long johns and under armor are the key

I'd just bite the bullet and go reset it every time. I like to train for harder movers so the ones in the match are super easy. I recommend shooting partials at swingers progressively farther and set it up so you can shoot it on a few passes. Focus on calling your shots.

Another good drill is setting up 2 steel targets and emptying a mag back and forth between them. it can definitely help speed up your eye speed That's all practice is for really, speeding up how fast you can interpret information

I'd definitely hit some draws (some from different start positions) and table starts. As far as shooting goes, for just lanes I use 2 uspsa targets. I usually use an open and tuxedo target. I'd just draw and shoot them a bunch and do some strong and weak hand shooting. Focus on tracking your dot or sights and getting more comfortable behind the gun. Push your eye speed and have a good time

Try to grip harder with your left hand and allow your right hand to relax more. Also try clicking a pen while watching tv or something. That can help speed it up

it's hard to switch divisions every weekend. For me it takes about 300 rounds and an hour of dry fire to get switches over. My route was from production (loved it) to open, to increase my speed and how fast I see things (eventually go back to iron sights, but loving the dot at the moment. Shooting a dot can help increase speed, which would be good for development

sandpaper grip works well and I like the feel of it on polymer guns. The problem is that no matter how good of an applicator you are, it will fall off. Stippling or silicone carbide is good for those guns. Big fan of Taran's stippling, as his is the perfect amount. By far the best is the pt grip for 2011's.

Really focus on draws, reloads, table starts, and acquiring sights. The translate that over to live fire etc.

I've shot all the guns you've talked about. Out of all them I've shot the Akai was the flattest and softest shooting. Reliability comes first and akai has a proven track record of producing top level, ultra-reliable guns. After that it's all bells and whistles. (Flatness, softness, trigger pull, balance, feel etc.) My akai is dumb flat, with a crisp and light trigger pull and has a great overall feel. PM for questions or videos.

My open gun runs 100% and I have evidence to back it up. Go check out Christian S-Competitive Shooter on youtube. I haven't had one jam in any match this year, and every stage I shot at a major is on there. Just clean the gun and replace springs accordingly. Eventually the extractor will need tightening That's also because I shoot an Akai custom gun. I can't speak for any other manufacturer, but akai guns run. I haven't had any issues with them. I just put grams springs and followers into mbx mags and the gun runs.

I'm a big fan of the DP pro and the rts2. my training buddies had a few break so I went with the dp pro. I am a little bigger fan of the crisp rts dot. Try both and see what you like. Test both in the sun etc.

I'm a big fan of the medium flat trigger. The short one I feel that I have to curve my finger to much to get it and the long one doesn't have enough space. SV makes a good one as well as a few other companies

TechWear is the best company at this. They are great people to work with that produce a great product

I'd first go as slow as safe for you. Shoot safe, that #1. Do your research, start to practice, find some shooting buddies. Go from there and have fun! Sounds like you should focus on fundamentals first, which is a good place to start. From there, learn the game, movement etc

Always buy from people that support and give back to the sport. Shooter's connection is good

What you said is perfect. Keep perfecting that and try to increase the speed of transitioning your eyes after breaking the shot to the next plate. Depends on distance etc, but from my personal experience I focus more on the targets on stages like smoke and hope and more on the dot for speed option. Try it out and see what works well for you. BEST way to think of it is soft v hard sight picture.

Training over equipment all day long. However, the increased sight radius is a big deal. Go with the 34 1000000%. PM me with questions