drysideshooter Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 It's been said time and time again, but smooth really is fast. When shooting speed steel especially, when my focus is on being smooth and making hits the times are faster than when my focus is speed. For me there is a fine line between how much I should feel on the edge of not being smooth and being even more smooth and slower. With steel challenge it was relatively easy to set up a stage and practice that stage and keep pushing as comfort and good hits allowed. Shooting mostly the ISSA format now (and really enjoying it) it's more of a challenge. On a stage I have never shot before I have to make a judgement call on how fast I can shoot smoothly with good hits. It certainly keeps things from getting boring. It has changed the way in which my son and I do live fire practice. We now practice getting as fast of hits on the first target with the first target being moved a lot. We also practice more types of transitions now. What seems to work the best for us is setting up two plates. Make a good, fast hit on the first, and then a smooth, good transition to a hit on the 2nd. Mix up the sizes and distances. I think the ISSA format leads to being a more well balanced shooter and problem solver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktm300 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I try not to think in the terms slow and fast. I try (notice it's try) to let the sights control my speed. See what I need to see, call the shot, go to the next target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teros135 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Yep to that. When I shot real fast I get a lot of D/M/NS hits. When I put the focus on the sight picture and shoot only as fast as I can see the sight alignment (except of course for those close targets), it feels "slower" but somehow my HFs are higher. Hmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enroute Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Yup, old roadracers mantra: Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast. Speed will come with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimo-Hombre Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Yup, old roadracers mantra: Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast. Speed will come with time. Slow is slow. Just go train more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 you will never become fast by training slow .... you must push the speed if you expect to ever get faster .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul788 Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 You will get better at what you practice. You practice slow, you get/stay slow. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitrohuck Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Get the sight picture as fast as possible, then pull the shot. then Repeat, If you don't have the sight picture, being fast/slow doesn't matter. After awhile, you'll be getting the proper sight picture faster and faster, that's progression. After throwing two mikes in one stage yesterday it seems I need to heed my own advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewHewes81 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 My smoothest stages seem slow to me. They are usually my fastest though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbopower18 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Smooth is fast and fast is smooth.... Wise man once told me those words and he is right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jroback Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Ben Stoeger, like usual, is a bit of a contrarian. He states in one of his books that some of the fastest shooters he has seen are jerky in their movements, almost the opposite of smooth. The goal is to be fast and accurate. If you can do that by being smooth, that's great. But the goal is not to be smooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTDMFR Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 My two cents: slow is slow, and fast is fast. Fast is usually smooth, but smooth is not necessarily fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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