WidowsSon683 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 So heres my video of stage 6 . The second classifier stage. Any critiques or advice you could give from watching the video, other that I looked like i was leaning back the whole time(dont know why I do that), would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFry4 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Hmm....What kind of pointers are you looking for? There is always room for improvement. Here are my thoughts: Your "leaning back" comment is good. I see this as a symptom of not being aggressive enough. The thing that we sometimes forget is this sport is one of speed as well as technique but, our techniques will influence our aggressiveness and subsequently our speed. Take that comment and look at your first steps and draw off the mark. Were they aggressive enough for your desired results? Transition between arrays: The movement between arrays on this stage is relatively short. Yet, you dropped your gun down instead of keeping it up and driving it to the next target. I think that this is a skill for you to learn. If the movement is a longer distance I would move to strong hand only but keep that gun up where you can get your sight picture back very quickly. 3rd Array: it looks to me like you could have taken both the 3rd and 4th arrays from your last shooting position. That would have saved you a second or two. Short version. Think aggressively. Your shooting techniques (sight alignment, trigger control, recoil control, etc.) will come with practice. You have multiple decades of experience moving your body, move aggressively through the stage. Most of all, be safe and HAVE FUN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee blackman Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Just keep shooting with Rey (the RO in your video). Be open to advice, and ask questions. Rey has introduced more new shooters to the game than anyone else I know. He is an excellent shooter, and a awesome guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shokr21 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) I agree with Mfry4, you need to be agressive. Explode at the beep, get the gun out as quick as possible and get to your first shooting position. Drive the gun between shooting positions. It's hard to tell the target distance on video, but I would have been very tempted to move and shoot everything except the steel. It also looks like you definitely could have shot the last 2 arrays from one position. Why are you dropping the gun between arrays? These are all things that I need to work on as well, I try to do everything but shooting as fast as possible. Reload, movement, draw, transition do all of those fast and you'll see a big change in time. Watching it a second time - I think you could have shot the whole stage from 2 positions. The first 2 arrays straight up from the first wall, and the last 2 arrays from the last wall. It appears you're shooting limited, so that stage breakdown would work. I shoot prod so I would have been reloading after every array, still I think I would have been slow stepping through the targets vs standing. Edited January 28, 2013 by Shokr21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WidowsSon683 Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 This was also my first shoot and I was more concerned with accuracy hence the 4 moves. As to lowering my gunive always done that dont know why. And I agree I could have shot them from just 2 positions but I was being cautious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuflehundon Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 This was also my first shoot and I was more concerned with accuracy hence the 4 moves. As to lowering my gunive always done that dont know why. And I agree I could have shot them from just 2 positions but I was being cautious. You do need to be careful about lowering the gun like that. It's better to bring the gun straight back to your chest. If you get into the habit of lowering it, and have to move around a barrier that is close, you can sweep your feet without realizing it. I have seen a lot of new guys do that, and if they don't change it, they get DQed for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvinc78 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Being ur 1st match.... I think you looked good, get your feet wet and understand the game, then as stated above when u hear the beep u need to move.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Sills Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 FWIW, that wasn't a classifier stage, just a field course. Stages 1-4 were the classifier stages. And it looks like you didn't finish dead last, so good job on that! (People usually tend to finish dead last on their first match) http://texassouthsection.com/jtssblazes/media/k2/attachments/ST23_2013_01_27_Limited.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WidowsSon683 Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Well it would appear that i did not do anywhere near as good as i had hoped. Although im not sure why i got a dnf on the first stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Sills Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I was wondering if you had left - it was the van bay, and you shot it? I completely bombed that stage (got 0 points due to 2 NS hits and 2 resulting mikes), I'm curious if it happened to you and they didn't bother recording the score maybe? And like I said, you weren't dead last, so that's an achievement in and of itself. And including what others said, you need to work on: * Stop dropping your muzzle between positiions * Speed up a bit on steel (might be a shot/sight confidence issue) * Leg speed moving between shooting positions * Stage planning (for example, in Limited, you could have shot that stage in 2 positions instead of 4) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WidowsSon683 Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 I was looking at the scores. How do I figure out my classification? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shokr21 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I use classifiercalc.com to give me an idea of where my hit factors will put me. It's not 100% accurate but it's close enough to get an idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Sills Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 (edited) And I use cmcalc.com - there's a phone app for it as well as the website. And since you zero'd stage 1, you won't have a classification. Partial People Eaters: 22% Madness: 33% Table Stakes: 4.69% That's D class, but you need 1 more to make it official (and you need to give GPS your membership number before they submit the data to USPSA). http://www.uspsa.org...faq-details.php Edited January 30, 2013 by Adam Sills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WidowsSon683 Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 I emailed rey to find out why I got a dnf on stage one. He said he would look into it for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WidowsSon683 Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 Also ill have my member number soon. I just joined today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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