Leozinho

Hi fellas, I'm new to shooting competition, and have just one IDPA match under my belt. I'm shooting a Beretta Brigadier 9mm. I'm not interested in going to another gun, as I'm military and this is my duty gun, so to speak. I'm working get that first shot of quicker, and I vaguely know that I should prep the trigger as I extend my arms and acquire the front sight. I've tried searching this forum for related thread but have come up empty (maybe no suprise since DA/SA guns seem to be a very small minorty here.) Or maybe I'm using the wrong search terms? Anyone have any links to good articles or threads covering this, or maybe you would even write a basic explanation of it here. Thanks.

This website (for "The Range" in Oxford, NC) has quite a few good quality videos of various matches. http://users.gloryroad.net/~idpa/ Videos labled DEAN SC 2004 and DAREN SC 2004 are of sponsored pros Dean Brevit and Daren Kirts. Also quite a few videos there of the Carolina Cup, which The Range hosts.

Hi, I'm new to IDPA and only shot my first match last week. Of course, now I'm hooked and looking to improve. I've been advised to take a competition pistol class from one of the two gurus (Super Dave Harrington or Dean Brevit) that frequent my area (NC), and I will as soon as possible. In the mean time, and before I develop too many bad habits training on my own, I thought I might purchase an instructional video. Matt Burkett's videos seem to be thought of highly here. Should I start with Volume 5 (IDPA techniques), or is that meant to only build on his first 3 volumes? Or do his first three videos do a better job of teaching the fundamentals necessary, despite not being IDPA-specific? (I can filter out the info on equipment, but what else might I learn from those tapes that would throw me off in IDPA?) Or are there any other videos that I should consider? Many thanks.