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Hasn’t been good since before Negan. New showrunners turned it from one of the best shows on TV to something unwatchable.

I only had one bad match experience, my first. There were only about 6 on our squad and the guy who was ROing had also brought a new shooter. On one stage where you basically are forced through a corridor and just shoot through openings on either side he realized he missed an array and comes barrelling back straight towards us, barrel of his open gun which he was having all kinds of issues with and didn’t seem all that familiar with pointed right at us. No DQ. Then the shooter didnt understand the stage briefing on a Virginia count stage with mandatory shooting sequence and when he messed it up is yelling and dropping f-bombs at his friend the RO.

I think the Hopkins Drill is great for getting the eyes to lead. You arrange pasters on the wall (actually two walls but kind of beside the point) instead of targets. Because they are so small, if you don’t lead with your eyes and really lock onto the paster, you will find the gun “hunting” around before settling on the target. So whether it is the Hopkins drill exactly or just using pasters in different patterns, the concept really helps.

All genres of metal for the most part. And some shooting podcasts every once in a while when i can't seem to decide on a band.

I always have to make sure i am looking at a specific point inside the magwell. If my reloads start going south more often than not it is because i am just looking at the magwell as a whole and not at the inside front corner. Kind of like just looking at brown vs. a specific spot on a target.

May touch the right side of the trigger guard to try and relieve a little pressure on the callous that builds up on my middle SH finger but other than that, nothing. I'm the long pole in this performance tent, not my gear.

Pegboard with a double straight hook. It holds my belt with all mags filled with dummy rounds. Next to that are pants with the inner belt already in the belt loops and timer attached. I just throw them on, wrap the belt and am ready for dry fire.

I like Dry Hands too. I actually put it on the back of my stong hand fingers. I dont like having it on my weak hand when grabbing mags.

Yeah, it was a good time. Really good variety of stages. ROs were on top of everything, the whole event ran really smoothly. And as an aside, the countryside around there is gorgeous!

Welcome! I went to UD for undergrad, great school, liked the town as well. Stuck around playing in a band there for a year before coming back to Pittsburgh.

Interesting because i just did the same and they didn't seem to be working as well this weekend. Was at area 8 match and it was loud, ears are kind of "tired" today. I think a good set of custom molded electics is my next big purchase.

I am completely guilty of trying to get too cute in stage planning. When i see really good shooters shoot, i dont see them doing crazy stage plans full of risky shots, i see them just being very efficient. They shoot the array, move fast to the next array, dont waste time setting up or dallying before leaving, etc. I think there are times when things like shooting on the move make sense, but they are still in the context of the whole plan. Just crushing a simple stage plan will probably reap more benefits from what i have seen.

Shot Area 8 yesterday, had anpretty inconsistent match. Stages varied wildly in my placement. This probably makes sense as my dryfire has been inconsistent as well leading up to the match. I think the match was laid out well, there was a variety of targets and certain ones would separate the shooters by skill, like quick disappearing targets, some mini poppers at distance, and poppers behind hard cover. While those did challenge me, the frustrating thing is i had some easy shot mikes. i need to lean more visual patience, its not that i couldn't hit those targets, it was the result of rushing like pilling the trigger on the first target of a bigger transition. definitely have some affirmation of some things i have been working on but i need to work on patience and speed overall. Seems contradictory but that is the reality. Often i spend too mush time on the sights while others i rush.

People complain Glock doesn make big or meaningful changes, but to me they are like AC/DC, iterating on a basic, proven platform. I have big hands, so my only concern is that little cutout on the front strap, wonder if i would get pinched as i insert a mag. I dont even notice the finger grooves, so not sure that will have an effect.

Switched to the Etymotics this year. They are good as far as hearing protction and it is amazing not having headphones pressing the side of my head. But they can get irritating inside your ears. I have to use the small foam tips for best fit and they are pretty coarse. You also hav to reset them occasionally throughout a match.

Dryfire makes up 99% of my practice. Ideally i would get more live fire in but that is what i have time for. Very cheap to try different approaches to things and for me, i can focus easier on little things in dryfire.

I like Vertyx because the waist comes in 33, not just even sizes.

UA coldgear long sleeve under my shooting shirt. If i need more than that i wil, have a jacket on over, i dont want anymore bulk.

That was pretty funny...and unfortunately about the same as a lot of serious reviews...

Without knowing your actual fitness level and experience with any kind of lifting, there is no way to prescribe anything in detail. To be explosive you ned to be strong (relative to a given bodyweight). So it makes sense to address that. To translate that strength into speed you need to work on being explosive from a static start, you also would work on deceleration, we basically move into and out of position. Then there is a bit of actual agility which involves moving non-linear from one position to another. i would skip the trainer, the barrier for entry is pathetically low and just because a guy is training people at a gym doesnt mean they know what they are doing, are prescribing a routine than is anything more than one size fits all, or have trained people for a sport. stick to basic exercises. Jumping into oly lifts which may or may not transfer to what is actually slowing you down at age 56 and by your own words need to lose some weight peobably isnt step one. sounds like getting into general shape is a good start. Joe DeFranco has some videos on how he trains guys for agility, check them out too.

I think the agility ladder is a waste of money. You can easily set up unlimited variations of entries and exits in dry and livefire to practice movement.

Same as every other day, protein like steak, chicken or eggs and some nuts. If it is foing to be really hot i might up water a bit the days before but i am always drinking water so really not much difference. As mentioned, the morning of a match isnt going to make up for being out of shape and/or having a bad diet to begin with.

Have been focusing on reloads even more, the last couple days they have really been close to where i would like. High percentage of "swooshes", not hitting the magwell at all. So i kept going. Live fire lasr week spent almost the whole time doing 4 Aces but actually backed it up and just did 2 Reload 2 into the berm to focus solely on the reload. This mornings dryfire was all reloads, they were going good so i took that opportunity to just replicate success over and over. May get some live fire in today.

I have been trying an elastic tape on the back of my strong hand, it has a rough weave and my weak hand gets a good grip without putting any grip lotion on. Works well but is a pain to get on, it doesn't tear easily so you have to use scissors. my strong hand doesnt seem to slip, even in really hot weather. I juat use a little climbers chalk at this point.

Just an FYI, Inov-8 come in two lasts, standard amd performance. The performance is narrower and hugs your feet a little more, the standard has more room in the forefoot. Do your research because some models i believe are available in both lasts.