Analyzing Max Michel's Footwork

[Ocrrhbow]

I have thought a lot about the difference between folks that do well in classification and then do poorly in matches. As I age I realize that I will never be able to compete at the upper level of the sport just because I don't move as well anymore. I guess I just need to hang on until I can compete against the super seniors.

[CZinZA]

On that thought - what if i die before getting old enough to be competitive?

Sent by Jedi mind control

Edited January 12, 2016 by CZinZA

[turbopower18]

Watching these top levels shooters in action is like watching men amongst boys. We have a Top 20 Open shooter that shoots all the local matches monthly with us. Watching him is just unbelievable! Every step every transition is just so smooth with no wasted effort. Its just incredible to think of how much practice and discipline they put into the sport we all love!!

[Rooskbar03]

For what's it's worth to bring up an old thread. I just got back from 3 days with Max in LA. Best money I've ever spent and will I'll do it again with him for sure.

Props to the OP. I showed his video to Max, He liked the observations. His footwork could have been hours worth of training but it's a lifetime to perfect. He knows how is going to enter an exit each shooting position and he shuffle is the bodies way of setting up his position for the next exit or for shooting the targets in the sector of fire.

We spent some time working on hard and easy exits. It's practice and more practice. Shooting of the move he pushes you to stay very low and roll heel toe. When I finally got down low enough for him to be happy the shots got tighter and easier to make.

I got a few video examples but he kept us so engaged there was little time for photos and videos. Lots of shooting over 3 days. Humbling in some ways but I'm excited to go practice.

[motosapiens]

The last few months I have made a bit of a change in my movement training that seems to make it more realistic and make things stick better. Instead of just timing from A to B, I go back and forth from A to B for a set period of time. (inspired by steve anderson's call it and leave it drill). example, 2 shooting positions 6-10' apart, shoot 2 open targets from each one, targets about 12 yards away, but you can vary the distance. I start at 10 seconds, going back and forth. If I do it twice in a row and called every shot, then I bump it up 2 seconds. I usually run out of steam around 20-24 seconds and switch to something else.

But I find that I start observing my own movements more effectively when I do them repeatedly, and pretty soon I see I'm coming in lower and smoother, breaking the shot earlier, starting to shift my weight and lift 1 foot as the last shot is breaking, etc...

It also seems to reinforce the idea that *most* shooting positions are transitional. You come in, shoot, then leave. It's actually a minority of them where you come in, shoot and stop, so why was I training so much to come in, shoot, and stop before?