heckofagator Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Does Steve Anderson's book just basically explain the dryfire exercises, or does it also provide a little training on the proper technique that should be used in the drill? I'm a very new shooter - I've taken a 6 hour "intro to competitive shooting" course, but that's about it. While I remember a lot from the class, I'm a little worried that if I start on a dryfire program, that I will start practicing bad techniques and then this in turn will lead to bad habits. I want to ensure I have the fundamentals down, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heckofagator Posted June 15, 2011 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 Well, I ended up emailing Mr. Anderson and he was able to answer all of my questions. Copy of the book is on the way. I guess nobody else here has it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bollis Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Yes I have the book, got it last week, its mostly exercises with litle explanations for the techniques. Overal it seems like a good book. I have not yet trained by the book but will start my dry fire training next week. Br Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper11 Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 I too purchased this book a few weeks ago. In my opinion and based of research, you must dry fire to become competitive. SO far I have only worked on 6 exercises from the first section. I spend about 30 minutes three times a week working to the books prescribed times. You will also need a timer to train with. My times have already reduced and confidence is building. After two weeks of exercises, I went the reange and practiced with live fire. Felt like I lost .2 seconds when pressure of live fire was introduced. It is important to slow down at first, but quickly increase times to challenge yourself. It's the only way to see results on the reange. I am very happy with this addition to my training routine. A definite must have. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizzo Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 I got the book as well, but I've run into one question: How do you choose which drills to run and when? I've been picking and choosing drills for the last week or so, and I realize I need to get a structured "lesson plan" as it were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWLAZS Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Steve explains how to get started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gohuskers Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 (edited) It's a pretty structured book and in the intro Steve explains which drills he follows and for how long per setting. Edited July 21, 2011 by gohuskers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleA Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 I got the book as well, but I've run into one question: How do you choose which drills to run and when? I've been picking and choosing drills for the last week or so, and I realize I need to get a structured "lesson plan" as it were. As far as what drill to do and when, I think that is up to the weaknesses of the shooter. At the very beginning you can benefit most from the basics of just establishing and index and getting the gun out of the holster and on target safely and repeatably. After that, its about paying attention to what you do in live fire to know what you need to work on in dryfire. You cant really go wrong with any drill that focuses on transitions though since that is what you are doing with most of your time on the majority of stages aside from actually firing the gun, which you cant really do in dryfire anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZSP01 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Thought I refresh this post rather than start a new one. Do you require a lot of space to do Steve's dry fire training? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTrace Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Thought I refresh this post rather than start a new one. Do you require a lot of space to do Steve's dry fire training? Nope. I've done it in a 12x12 bedroom, but more space would probable make it easier. Just use scaled targets to make up for the distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I do it in the basement with home made scaled down targets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emjei Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Is there a formula for home made down scaled targets ???? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyChris Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I'm going through the book in my guest bedroom with scaled C&M targets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nghthwk1911 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I use the C&M Target System Mini's you can fide them at www.c-mtargets.com I too use Steve's books, and I have trained with him a few times, well worth the time, effort and cost to bring him to you are you to him. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 scaling is easy. If you wanted to practice 10 yd targets (30') but only have 10' (1/3 of the distance) of space, scale your targets to 1/3 of their original size. To use these targets for a simulated 20 yd target move out to 20', etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emjei Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 scaling is easy. If you wanted to practice 10 yd targets (30') but only have 10' (1/3 of the distance) of space, scale your targets to 1/3 of their original size. To use these targets for a simulated 20 yd target move out to 20', etc You are right..... Sometimes the easiest answers are the hardest ones to figure it out...thanks God for the forums Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZSP01 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I guess you just photocopy the targets into a scaled down version? Do you know where I could find targets to photocopy rather than buying, I am in Australia and most stuff are in the USA. Also, we use targets without the head portion here in IPSC Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyChris Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Here are some: Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZSP01 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Here are some: Link Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gondo Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Here are some: Link so what scale would these be printed on standard copy paper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 depends. If that link is to a 1:1 full sized target then you need to scale to 33% of the original. However, If it is less than full size you'll need to do some math ... I don't remember off the top of my head what the dimensions are for a full sized target but that should be easy to find. Once you know the size of the full size target you can then figure out what the linear dimensions would be for a 1/3 sized target. Now you know what the end goal dimensions are and you know what the starting dimensions are for the target you simply to do some ratio math to determine what percentage you need to scale the target you have to get to 1/3 of a full sized target ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RammerJammer Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 http://www.benstoegerproshop.com/Dryfire-USPSA-IPSC-Metric-Style-1-2-Scale-targets-p/midway-metric.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 or just figure out what the linear dimensions are for a 1/3 scale target and just keep picking a scaling percentage on your copier until the copy is the correct size ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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