New Training League

[Clay1]

I have volunteered to run a daytime league for the people that work nights in my area and want to shoot. I would like the league to be different than just going and shooting stages.

A couple of thoughts to begin with. One I thought that we would keep a log on standards like how long it takes for a 10 yard draw to get an A hit. Draws from surrender, from relaxed, off of a table etc. Basics of reloads etc. Thought of using some of the Steve Anderson drills as the standards for live fire.

I thought of part of the class like this and then working on some stages that uses these skills. So not all just doing drills, but a mix of both.

If you had a league like this available to you would you like to shoot it? What would you like to see in the class? Looking for ideas on what to incorporate.

I want to do this to help my own training and to get some new people that don't shoot matches ready to shoot matches.

Thanks for your ideas.

Rick

[RayKu]

Great idea. My club has a practice session once a week, but it is very informal. Some quick thoughts in no particular:

1) using basic drills like those in SA book or any of the other excellent IPSC shooting books would be a good start, but ideally I would want a league where these standards are just warm up as much of the value can be had through dry fire practice at home,

2) shooting from multilpe positions/boxes. Personally I do not have that much space at home unless I were to scare the living daylights out of my neighbors.

3) shooting around barricades (and other awkward positions), personally this is the weakest of my generally weak shooting skills, and I would love to practice it much more. Dry firing around doors and walls just doesn't cut it,

4) shooting on the move, enough said?

5) lastly, moving targets. MB's website has some great simulations, but it is just not the same.

As one can probably gather, for me these aspects of IPSC shooting would be very valuable in a training league because they tend IMHO to provide more challenges with sight picture and recoil control. Oh yeah, anything that can train visual patience would be worth its weight in gold or brass.

[Clay1]

Thanks for the comments Ray. Love the avatar - cool. Last league I printed the dryfire briefing from the USPSA rulebook and handed it out to those that showed up. Didn't want any holes in the wall or the TV at the shooter's house if you know what I mean.

Yes, the drills are a part of the class only. What is neat is taking a new person and seeing their draw go from X to 1/3 X in a short amount of time. When you are new you see huge gains and they can drastically see what techniques have to offer them. The live fire and keeping track of standards and looking at those over time also helps the head games for me. It is in black and white that I am improving. I also keep a shooting log and find it very helpful.

This week a quick refresher from last week and then onto strong hand and weak hand drills. Can't wait.

Rick

[Mark Perez]

Check out :

Rob Leatham's Drill Master Shooting Club.

[Clay1]

Thanks for the link Mark. We have been swapping DVDs lately and sharing some new ideas among our group. I just finished watch the Jerry Barnhart series and love it. Tonight I will get the Ron Avery 3 tape set and go through those.

Learning never ends.