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[url="http://s140.photobucket.com/user/Fowl-Kid/media/Screen%20Shot%202016-10-20%20at%2011.11.16%20PM_zps6gyu3ydv.png.html"][img]http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r4/Fowl-Kid/Screen%20Shot%202016-10-20%20at%2011.11.16%20PM_zps6gyu3ydv.png[/img][/url] I took my offseason for the last month and a half or so. Well needed, well used, well deserved. Practiced for the first time in a while today in live fire. Both my dad and I's guns are long overdue for a re springing, and so we ordered those last night. Still need them to get here but that should be soon. Started on the Ron Avery dot drill (best 75 rounds you can spend at the range). I have never really had the most solid fundamentals, and I decided a little over a month ago when I train this year I will spend the first hundred or so rounds at the beginning of a practice working on the dot drill, and a combination of distance shooting. After this I moved to shooting 2 shots at a target at 15 yards. Just working on seeing the gun track, shot calling, trigger press etc. Set up drill found in the video below, worked on shooting on the move on the 18 yard target, and the 7 yard target, then running to the next position and doing a distance change up. Really really really helpful drill for what I was not most confident in. I was telling my dad it seemed like there was 4-5 times at matches this year where I changed my stage plan because I bitched out from shooting on the move at 10 yards much less 15. I feel much better, and after about 3 runs I was running very consistently at AC on a 15 yard target. For shits and giggles I ran it shooting everything static, shaved about .5 hit factor by shooting on the move so definitely a consistent advantage. ( I ran both ways static and moving 3 times and averaged the hit factors) Finally I worked on shooting a bill drill on the move at 18 yards. Really helpful to track my sights better while on the move. I think my worst was 4C 2A, best was 5A1C. The 4C's were grouped REALLY tight just about 3 inches to the right side of the target and that was my second run on the drill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXvr4mBadS0 Wyatt

From a knowledge standpoint I would say this channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-5BRiAN6ZNPEz7Qrpq3bjw would be the most helpful. Tactical Performance Center has a bunch of videos demonstrating what they teach and why they teach it. I learned almost everything I know now from Ben Stoegers channel, and Nils Jonassons channel. In fact I still watch them to figure out what I can work on.

Reloads for a match score are completely different than reloads for a classifier. I practiced classifier reload for a very long time, and got them fast after about 6 months. However, reloading while exploding out of a position, or reloading while running is completely a different muscle memory and muscle movement. Like someone else said, ditch static reload practice. I would suggest working on match reloads more. You'll see more benefit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWgb5dBT_pA Stage 1- Went good. The unloaded start went really well, I had one make up on steel, which luckily was pretty quick. Messed up my plan a bit, but it ended up working alright in the end. Stage 2- Messed up my reload which cost me a ton of time and HF. I dropped 2 C's on the same target, but overall the draw and splits were good. Stage 3- Too many C's and D's. I decided to do a stage plan that saved me a standing reload, but dropped an extra delta and couple charlies. Most of my points dropped were from close targets that I just wasn't watching my sights on. I can fix this with some patience on the sights. Stage 4- Good stage. I think I took like 3rd overall. My time was solid, I think I could've taken the middle targets on the move better though. Also I had a slight trigger freeze which cost me time. I think my speed was good because of the short distances. I wanted to be able to shoot on the move while entering rather than having to start and stop fast and abrupt and not be able to flow as well. Stage 5- Classifier. Sucked. too many make ups on steel. Stage 6- Went good. Had a mike out of the first position. Again I decided to take a plan that saved me around 6 steps, and a standing reload, but it cost me a lot of points dropped. This cost me a lot of overall points, but in the end this stage was more for limited or open, they could go to the last position and shoot almost every target. When I shot it again in open I shaved 6 seconds, and won the overall time by a little over a second. FWIW I like this match breakdown recent after the match. Keeps my mind on what happened, and I will be able to look back on it and digest what happened. Wyatt

Stage 1- Good stage for me. 1 pick up on paper that I needed to do to make up for a delta forced me to do another reload than I wanted. As well as I shot the closer target on the right first resulting in a dust cloud which caused me to not see the back target on the right near the start of the video. This caused me to just put two shots on the target and caused an Alpha Delta. Stage 2- Draw was good, exit from the first position was good, entry into the second position was good, exit from the second position was good, entry into the 3rd position was good. Wheels came off on the left steel as I was trying to leave on it. Going to have to work on my position exit with hard steel. Call It and Leave It drill. Position entry into the 4th position was good I thought, but needed 2 make ups on steel over there. Shot the rest of the steel clean, but my stage crapped up because of entering and exiting on steel. Stage 3- First stage of the match for me, hands were frozen solid. No excuses though. Needed 5 make up shots to finish this stage. 2 on paper I called bad and made them up (I had the extra rounds), and the steel ones were just silly. I rushed off the left mini popper thinking I needed more time on the max trap, when in reality I had another .1 seconds I could've waited to make sure my sights were there but I didn't. Stage 4- 7 charlies good God. Too many. Most were barely out, and surprisingly they didn't happen in the middle array where I turned up the heat. I had 1 Charlie on the draw, and then one on the second target which shouldn't have happened. Usually thats where I am my best so I am pissed with that. Swingers went well, and I thought my movements were really solid here. Position entry went good, and I was able to double to full size popper to get the swinger moving better. Stage 5- One of my better stages at the match. Draw was a little slow, but it was in such an awkward position that it is to be expected to have such a slow draw. My one charlie on this stage was on the furthest right partial. I think I was just aiming off of the hardcover and it resulted in me pulling a shot left of the alpha zone. Had 2 make ups on the Leo's leaner steel, but it is a spinning steel so I can't beat myself up too bad. Position entry into the popper was excellent and my reload was also solid. Stage 6- This stage was interesting. I changed my plans before the 5 minutes were up, and it actually turned out for the best. The steel was at a pretty good distance, and only being able to see half of the poppers because of barrels made this stage a complete pain in the ass. I shot the mini popper which was at around 20 yards on the right hand side which means I could only see about 1/3-1/2 of the mini popper which made it a damn tough shot. I needed 2 make ups on that steel. Stage 7- Good stage minus make ups on steel. Was able to double the large popper on the left and hit the mini which made for a good activation sequence on the swinger, and really made that position fast. However the make ups on the right mini poppers made it almost a useless venture. Need to work on this still. Stage 8- No make ups on steel in the first position, and burnt down the steel in a fast time. Right side I missed my positioning, and it resulted in a skewed stance. Messed up my first and second shot on the Leo's leaner because my foot position, and had to have several make ups because of it. Stage 9- Unloaded start went perfect, first target went perfect, then I pulled a no shoot. It was an Alpha No shoot, so it barely tagged the no shoot. I honestly don't know what happened. Maybe I overswung that transition a tiny bit, or maybe I trigger jerked it bad but it felt perfect so I really don't know. The steel went perfect on this stage though. Stage 10- My best stage at this match. I didn't shoot the polish cleanly. My draw was a mike, and I tried to get fancy and shoot a steel between the wall and the barrel, but in hindsight it was for the best because I was able to get the perfect movement on the polish to not have to worry about it getting out of control. The right mini poppers I needed a make up on, but they were really far away so I don't feel too bad about that. I won this stage by 40 points, so easily my best one. What did I do good? -Points. Was very accurate and watched my sights on every target. -Reloads. Went smooth, no issues. -Draws. Smooth, fast, consistent. -Movements. Seemed fast. I think lightening up a bit and learning to run faster will help a ton still. Bad? -Position entry. Seemed to not do too good at this match what usually I do the best at. Mostly my footwork wasn't planted like I want to. Maybe I am getting down on myself for no reason because I tried entering on small steel at 10 yards but I feel like I am capable at that. -Position exit. Needed too many make ups on steel with this. -Steel. Y U SHOOT STEEL SOOO BAD. Wyatt

Idaho Match win. 92.5% of points shot, 1 No Shoot, 2 Deltas for the match. Really happy with all of it except the steel make ups. Wyatt

I am done discussing this topic. The original purpose of this was to bring up whether or not video should be used, I feel as if that matter has been resolved. If mods want to lock this thread that would be fine, or we could let it die. Whatever you guys want to still discuss is fine, all I wanted was to know if anyone else agreed that video should be able to be used. Wyatt

Ahh yes thank you for breaking down why I lost the match. I had no idea it was due to charlie count. None the less, it seems to me that you are now attempting to insult me and are misinterpreting my words. As you have now multiple times "quoted" me by saying that I said something that I did not say. I am having a hard time reading what you are typing, but some IPSC matches have RO's that don't shoot. As well as people that tape for you. From the IPSC friends that I have this is mostly due to not having a prize table and having all that money going to pay the people at matches. If thats the case then sign me up.

In this regard I meant screwed out of a stage win. But I do have multiple friends that were screwed over placements at nationals due to a foot fault. Don't know why the penalty shows as a 1 point, but I was given the procedural I saw it entered that way. I never said the RO was out to get me, if you read it I said some RO's are out to get people. Does +2 guy ring any bells or has everyone forgot that? Similar things happens when competitors are also referees. You can't mean to tell me some people are just cheaters. That is NOT to say that the RO who gave me the procedural is a cheater, I am simply saying some RO's are like that. I say treat it like football if we are referencing the NFL. Competitors can't RO. Makes it way more fair. NFL ref's can't play.

Stage 11, Production, old HTML results. Shows a penalty of 1, which is -10 match points.

However this does bring forth a really interesting item that I would like to say. I have now sent this to 6 certified RO's. All 6 agreed it shouldn't have been called, on the premise that if it is that close of a call they would give the benefit of the doubt to the shooter. However, on Brian Enos forums it seems like the majority of the RO's would disagree that it would go to the benefit of the shooter. Which really makes me now question how often RO's have given out calls one way or the other based on who they themselves are. I know that when I RO, on calls close to the 180, foot faults such things, I don't make a call that will hurt the shooter unless it is blatantly obvious that is the call, but I also know many RO's that are out to get people and make calls that are questionable on 180's and foot faults. Guess thats what happens when you get people who also compete to score.

Other people have agreed the call shouldn't have been made. Just because you agree it should've been, doesn't make what you said final. This post is made to ask if video evidence would be a good idea at a match. Considering I am not the only person that I personally know to have gotten screwed out of a win due to a questionable call I figured this was a warranted post.

Yes. A match that I put thousands of dollars into for training, and hundreds of hours working towards. I deserve an absolutely accurate score, which if it takes video evidence to get accurate scoring then yes I want it. So yeah I am very butt hurt over a procedural call that I, nor any of my 12 squad mates saw happen, and many more in the video shown. But somehow an RO who is supposed to be watching my gun somehow noticed something no one else noticed on the ground away from my gun.

See to me if it is a call such as "either on the ground or in a cloud of dust" then how can he be absolutely certain without a shadow of a doubt that I foot faulted? This is a game, points matter. If points matter and this was an incorrect score than I received then why don't we have time to review this video? Makes it seem like we don't have to get correct scores.

Recently at a major match I was called on having shot a stage with a foot fault procedural. After analysis from the video it was shown that the call is extremely close, and could be seen as my foot being in the air when I shot which would be a non procedural call. Should the current USPSA rules be changed to allow video evidence to be presented upon an appeal to the MD that a foot fault occurred? The call was made as I entered the second position. Wyatt

At least its not close Wyatt

Yes they are legal, and yes you can depress your sight. Adjustable sights can not only be depressed while they are pushing into the box, but you are also allowed to go to a safety table and screw down your rear sight to a certain height. At 3 major matches (2 level 3's and a level 2) I have gone to the safety table, screwed my sight down 16 clicks, gone to the box, and gone directly back to the safety table and pushed it back up 16 clicks, for 2 guns. Plus the Springers kick ass. Wyatt

I figured I will post the match videos I have neglected to post for the last little while.

Thanks you guys! I actually made it back in May, but like I said its been a while since I updated here. Most of my range diary is over on doodie project but I think I will start copying whatever I post on one website to the other. Been dry firing pretty hardcore lately. Around an hour a day, depending how my back and elbow feel. Its been going good. I have gotten my live fire reloads down to around a second with pretty good consistency. Draw and grip are much better, and so thats a good thing. I still need to learn how to exit a position faster. I understand the concept of shooting while leaving and all of that, I just am having a tough time figuring out how to tell my body to go.. NOW. Gonna try a few different things, maybe apply one of them before Utah state. The next 3 weekends I have "majors" every single weekend. First one is a local "championship" at a smaller club. Not USPSA, but I have wanted to win it for a few years so that will be fun. The weekend after this one is Utah state, which was my match bump to open last year. The following weekend is Idaho State which I have to defend because I won it last year. I plan on shooting groups at around 35-50 yards up until Utah and Idaho. Probably do some bill drills and blake drills at 35-50, and then a few days before I will move the targets into 15 or so and practice at that range with partials. That seems to get my confidence going and thats what I need right now. Wyatt

Also I made GM so I guess the "Road To Master" title is pretty dated..

Match videooooooooooo

Which division? Production, sir. Thanks, Wyatt

If I did the math correctly I bump this next update, but put me in. Wyatt McNeill- A88381

Oh also. Today I ran drills right to left. No idea why, but it was smoother and faster for me. I'll update this after I dry fire tonight and live fire tomorrow but I think this is how I am going to keep it if I can help it. Also tried positioning my body to be set up for the maximum strong hand only benefit, i.e. Strong hand leg forward weakhand leg back, from the start (for freestyle and strong hand) and it seemed to help the transition a ton, especially considering my feet never move just my torso. Really happy with the progress of more live fire. Still have that goal to shoot 5k before A1 and I am edging much and much closer to it. Sitting right around 1500 or so, so I'll definitely hit the goal but don't want to make a higher goal than that. If I hit less but I am happy with where I am at I will consider that a win in my book. Wyatt