daves_not_here Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Did well at the Carolina Cup. I rushed two stages and dropped a place in the rankings. The rest of the time it was not rushed and things were allowed to go at their own speed. The absence of conscious decision making and driving attention to the task of just hitting stuff. Actively observing the "balance" of how my body drove the gun. Fast or slow did not exist. It's a lot more work to shoot this way but a lot less effort. It took a lot of work to get to this place. Is this the path? Anyone else going this way? DNH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 It takes time to make a conscious decision, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben b. Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 it's definitely more fun to shoot a stage that way. I do better when I do that. Beyond that, I care little. I'm in it for the fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightUp_OG Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Fast, like a pebble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Fast, like a pebble. what pebble? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZip Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 The one in your shoe that keeps you just distracted enough for your judging mind to stay busy so that your reactive subconscious mind can prevail, and your trained intuitive mind will come naturally to the fore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightUp_OG Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 The contemplation of fast and slow restricts the mind. The pebble with no mind has no such contemplations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul-the new guy Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 The one in your shoe that keeps you just distracted enough for your judging mind to stay busy so that your reactive subconscious mind can prevail, and your trained intuitive mind will come naturally to the fore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul-the new guy Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Do what... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daves_not_here Posted June 23, 2013 Author Share Posted June 23, 2013 The pebble...I like that. The pebble that keeps the conscious mind busy. Why treat it as a distraction and use to to shoot better. Harder not to have fun that way! DNH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZip Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 When I first returned to practical shooting, I tried to think too much about what I was doing while I was shooting as far as sight picture alignment. I was trying to go fast, and shoot accurately, and look good all at the same time. Rushing made me slower and slower. I would get really nervous the more I shot matches. I stated to dry fire quite a bit. Handling the gun, reloads, and sight picture all became second nature. Sighting on the move, set up, I learned from books and this forum how I could practice all of this non shooting stuff in my garage without ammo. For some reason this made shooting matches almost stressless. Breathing became as important as everything else. I learned that I needed to control my body as much as all the "shooting" stuff. Then I just began to whisper to myself as I shot, a mantra related to what I am trying to do. Something like "quickly quickly" as I move between positions and "smoothly smoothly"" as I enter/engage/exit from a position. When I reload I might be whispering "button". I rarely know I am actually saying these things as much anymore as it has become part of my routine. I do find it helps me know where I am on a stage as I kind of make up a little ditty as to what and when on a stage. This all get incorporated into stage prep. Now when the buzzer goes off, I get busy with my ditty. So I am almost not really thinking about accuracy, shot placement, or speed really. It's almost more like doing a quick dance routine and shooting is just an important element to the greater routine. It just seems a lot more fun that way. Sorry for the ramble... JZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfoil007 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 find that making the buzer not a mind eraser but a on switch for that zin state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 That was a great "ramble" Jimmy! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daves_not_here Posted June 26, 2013 Author Share Posted June 26, 2013 Mr. Zip, I love your sayings for the conscious mind like "quickly quickly" and "smoothly smoothly". What's working for me is "Turn it on" and "Let it be as fast as it wants to be" right before the buzzer. I bet as we progress as shooters these mental messages get personalized because meaning of words are individual. In the beginning it was "front sight front sight". It's a great feeling when I realize I've my advanced in this area. 007, "Zin" state. Love it! DNH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enroute Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Fast or slow did not exist. It's a lot more work to shoot this way but a lot less effort. Anyone else going this way? DNH Yes, and it semi-relates to motorcycle racing, which I have done more of than comp. shooting: Slow is smooth, Smooth is fast, Speed will come w/ time. It is a process. Good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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