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    Practicing Going Faster

    in Handgun Techniques

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    then I find when I am at a match..I replay in my head the perfect runs. the 'movie' I play is perfection. what I will see. the drills, and speed stuff I use to instill confidence and the knowledge that I pull the trigger fast..so I don't have to go fast. because my body knows how to do that. my mind just plays perfection.

    I also use this as my pre-shot routine. it helps keep me from getting nervous and from rushing myself.

    This seems like an extremely powerful visualization tool. Not only are you visualizing the stage, but you're applying a subconscious ovelay of actual memories/experience to the whole thing.

    WOW

    Practicing Going Faster

    in Handgun Techniques

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    While this sport has a massive mental component, it's not JUST mental. A new shooter can't just take his or her first ever shot at a match, go home and picture that draw for the next year and magically come back and shoot a one second draw on a 15 yard plate.

    Where did I mention that this was for a new shooter ? I was responding to a question from Lugnut. If my opinion is just going to be trashed each time then I'm done with this forum.

    Paul

    Yes, I was challenging your assumptions, but that does not mean that I meant to trash you or that I want you to stop playing. Quite the opposite. I firmly believe that we all get better if we are willing to challenge each other to more clearly state what we are saying/conveying.

    Hope you can take my comments in that spirit.

    Todd

    Practicing Going Faster

    in Handgun Techniques

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    How does one "practice" for the cold condition?? Seriously. I think this can only come from experience, mental preparation and good training.

    I think it's mental... Try this experiment;

    While this sport has a massive mental component, it's not JUST mental. A new shooter can't just take his or her first ever shot at a match, go home and picture that draw for the next year and magically come back and shoot a one second draw on a 15 yard plate.

    Even if your brain may not be able to differentiate between real and imagined, the brain...and the body...must first learn the process and movements otherwise the brain has no way to fill in the myriad missing pieces. While it is theoretically possible for the brain to magically imagine the correct process and physical mechanisms, that doesn't appear to have happened for anyone yet.

    Practicing Going Faster

    in Handgun Techniques

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    You'll learn more from the first stage at a match, the first draw, the first reload than you will by repeating all the above a hundred times. At a match you could be waiting an hour or more between shoots, so the cold performance is the only one that counts for score.

    Huh? You mean I never have to practice? Why dry fire? Why watch video?

    Practicing Going Faster

    in Handgun Techniques

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    ... shoot 987598797397494 rounds doing the same thing over and over and over to achieve this magical Time/Hits goal they have set in their mind. They get excited about achieving this magical time/hits goal and then in the next match when they have to do it cold it does not work out as expected and they get all bummed out.

    If the goal is to hit some magical hit factor then you're absolutely right. But, if you're shooting something and you know you're not doing it to the best of your ability, then changing to something else before getting it right might just be running away from a problem.

    No, I'm not saying that's what you're doing...and I've never seen you run from a problem, so get over it :roflol:

    StageScore

    in What I Like

    Posted · Edited by EZ Bagger

    In fact it's easier (in my opinion) for 1 PERSON to enter the data electronically than for 10~15 RO's to enter the data out there in the hot sun.

    Again ..... just my opinion.

    Don't you still have the 10 - 15 RO's entering scores? All you're doing is duplicating their work AND trying to fix any errors after the fact, right?

    CHA-LEE's Tale

    in Range Diary

    Posted

    I agree with your stance that my current overall performance is not “On Par” with the top dogs due to the poor hits. But I do believe that my movement through, shooting speed and stage times on the COF’s is in the most part on par with them. I realize that right now I can step back the movement and shooting speed and get better hits but what does that gain me other than a slower stage time?

    :ph34r: Moving, shooting and times on par? Huh? Here's some tough love.... Remember, this was a match that "counted for something", not just a throw away practice match.

    Shooter A:

    476 of 525 stage points in 55.12 seconds, HF of 8.64

    Shooter Cha Lee:

    323 of 525 stage points in 61.49 seconds, HF of 5.25 or about 61% of Shooter A

    In other words, to feel like you were shooting on par, you were still 12% slower than Shooter A, had 90 penalties, and had terrible hits.

    Here's an easy example of what slowing down just 10% (6.5 seconds for the match) could have "gain"ed you:

    476 of 525 points in 68 seconds and the Hit Factor goes to 7.0000, that's 81% of Shooter A.

    That's a 20% difference in percentage and a 33% "gain" over your original hit factor.

    Now, none of this means I'm saying you should go slow or even care about your times in any way other than to figure out how to see and call every shot as absolutely fast as your eyes/brain can process it...all while moving like a giant Panda.

    I need to maximize my hearing protection,

    in Gear & Accessories

    Posted

    I use the moulded plugs and when I have them made I tell the guy (Decot at the Nats) that I want them to seal up TIGHT. He's been pretty good at doing that for me. Basically, hold the ears up just like you should when inserting the roll up foam plugs, but you'll have to hold them while the silicone sets.

    Still wear muffs on top too.

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