alma Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) Let me add that having friends to shoot with who were working towards the same basic goals and having a few choice local mentors were huge benefits. Edited August 29, 2014 by alma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 8-12 round dry fire mini-stages to work on reloads, entries, exits, transitions and ports. match video helps a bunch too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneelingatlas Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 having friends to shoot Disclaimer: don't shoot your friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alma Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) Let me add that having friends to shoot who were working towards the same basic goals and having a few choice local mentors were huge benefits. having friends to shoot Disclaimer: don't shoot your friends Fixed! I really need to look over my posts a bit closer before before submitting. Edited August 29, 2014 by alma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewbeck Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Video of myself, all the little mistakes are much easier to see and identify when you watch yourself vs your memory of your last run. Work on the lowest hanging fruit from a time wasting perspective and identify how you can do things sooner. Oh and learning to actually watch my sight, that's been helpful as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawboy Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 (edited) Commiting to the game. This meant regular dry fire, regular live fire, regular video review and study. Went from production C to master in a season and a half. Basically, you have to spend the time, money and effort on it. Edited September 14, 2014 by lawboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dranoel Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 In addition to practice, paying very close attention to what is actually happening when I shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCOShooter Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 practice, practice, and more practice.. my favorite quote is: "Practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Take a class from Stoeger, Seeklander or Anderson ... It has shaved years of fustration off my learning curve .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradsteimel Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Dry fire. Live range drills/practice. LOTS of local matches. And as many majors as you can get to. All the equates to spend the time and be committed. Work on weaknesses and you WILL improve. It might not be as fast as you'd like, but year after year when you look back, you'll be able to see how far you've advanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD45 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Reading Brian's book the third time. Dryfire. And as stated already, learning that speed doesn't just happen. You must push it in practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTDMFR Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 (edited) Developed the ability to diagnose my own problems and then design drills to work on them. Edited May 22, 2016 by FTDMFR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradsteimel Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 8-12 round dry fire mini-stages to work on reloads, entries, exits, transitions and ports. match video helps a bunch too ^ This is a great idea! I wish i would take the time to setup mini-dry-fire-stages to run through! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motosapiens Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Developed the ability to diagnose my own problems and then design drills to work on them. a corollary I think of learning to call your shots. Everything else starts to come together then, in live fire and dry fire. You can see what you are doing wrong and correct it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a matt Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Developed the ability to diagnose my own problems and then design drills to work on them.a corollary I think of learning to call your shots. Everything else starts to come together then, in live fire and dry fire. You can see what you are doing wrong and correct it. Very cool, now you can learn to trust your eyes see what your sights did when things are happening at speed. Cool stuff to come still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superluckycat Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Dry fire for an hour a day 6 days a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeathForbis Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 First identify what you need to work on and focus on that. Most will continue to do what they are good at which really doesn't help at all. Next break down that need into it's smallest components. Run drills that focus on those components. Spend real time on these drills. I see a lot of people working on everything at the range. Pick 1 or 2 things and really get after it. Also don't spend more than 2 hours at a time without a break. When you get tired you get sloppy and sloppy teaches bad habits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmarsh1966 Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Practice. Occasionally you want to double tap something, but aren't certain you posses the technique / skill set to accomplish the task. When you are on the range and there is no pressure, give it a try. In Sporting clays true pair targets there is (a perceived) obvious target order to shoot. IE Target A first then B. A group of bored shooters created a game called Xtreme Clayz. They force you to shoot 2 pairs AB then 2 pairs BA the final pair being the shooters choice. When out shooting with some buddies I would experiment and occasionally be surprised that the easy looking way was actually easier in reverse. good luck, practice practice practice. Oh yea, focus on the Front Sight!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanks Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Just recently started training seriously after hip surgery and subsequent recovery time. So here is what I am doing. Dry fire five times a week. Work with a personal trainer 3 times a week on strength and agility. Made a commitment to go to https://www.tacticalperformancecenter.com1-2 times a month (every handgun class they offer) for a year to train. Leaving for my fourth visit tomorrow and I can already tell the difference in my shooting both in accuracy and speed. Goal is to get classified as "C" in Limited (have only 2 matches under my belt so far), and make it to "B" class by the end of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowdyb Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 forcing the discipline to see the sight picture/sight alignment i need for the A hit I want. (still very very much a work in current progress) shoot with people better than me who can accurately and truthfully articulate the differences between us. shoot with a person who has the same goals and me. check my ego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickbfishn Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Watch the best guys at your match and practice to do what they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Dunlop Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Being driven to excel had me seeking out knowledge way back then. It didn't take long to find 'beyond fundamentals', which led me to the internet and the pooling of resources and knowledge on this site. There may be a few things I have learned for myself, but what has kept the fire burning brightly, are the daily updates, innovations, thoughts and techniques from the good people on the Enos forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 What to practice? Call shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kells81 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Video by far. I am new to the competitive side of it and when I started having my daughter shoot vid of me I started noticing things that I didn't notice while shooting. Really helped cut time out of my days. Looking over the sights after each shot, some kind of odd hip swing on the draw, and a couple of other dumb things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLSWOOD Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Perfect your grip and then practice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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