2alpha Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 When you shoot thru a stage and are unaware of any inner or outer voices but after the unload and make safe you know every shot, move, and load you will have met a goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecichlid Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 For me it often goes like this: At Are you ready take a deep breath and slowly let it out until the beep. At the beep I go through the stage going over my mental notes as to where I need to slow down for tighter shots and where I really need to kick it in the butt to go faster. I also count the rounds with mental notes as to where I need to do my mag change if needed. Although sometimes it is just: DANG this is too fun to be legal. ROFL Joe W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpeltier Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I have gone thru like three stages of inner dialog scince I started shooting. First went like this; RO: Shooter ready??Stand by---- Beeep Draw Ok dont break the 180 Shoot shoot finger out of trigger guard Dont break the 180 Shoot, shoot finger out of triger guard Whew RO: shooter if you are finished----- Second like this; RO: Shooter ready?? Stand by--- Beeep Draw, (slow is smooth) 2 targets over there dont forget the mag change Texas star (work top down) Front sight Front sight RO: If you are finished----- current dialog; RO: shooter ready?? stand by--- Beep RO: If you are finished---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeweyH Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I find that the inner dialogue must take place instantaneously for me. Usually I only have it when I screw something up. Then when I tell someone what was happening in my mind it takes atleast 5 times as long to actually say it than it took to actually happen. Recently it was caught on video. The stage called for shooting a popper early in the stage to activate a drop out target that could be shot later in the stage from a platform. When I got to the platform the conversation went: "Where's the target? There should be a target there. You missed the steel idiot. Keep shooting. Get it later." When I watched the video there wasn't any pause at all when that conversation took place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mog Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 western states single stack, early morning day 1, sun peaking up over the mountain: bang "wow, i can see the sun on the bullets and watch them go down range, that's so cool!" "pull the trigger you idiot you're wasting time!" 2-day match somewhere relatively recently: bang bang bang bang bang bang "huh" "that target already has two holes in it" "that's odd, i haven't shot it yet" "huh" bang bang the sad part was i repeated that conversation on the next 3 targets that had not been taped after the previous shooter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoBigAl Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I hear the phrase "Oh Crap!!" over and over when I shoot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFlowers Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Wow! I must be way behind the curve if everyone's inner shooter actually talks in sentences! Mine is a much simpler conversationalist.... "Reload! Reload! Reload!" "Run! Run! Run!" "Stop! There! There!" "Ah S*&T!" "Stupid!" Since I changed from Open to Revolver, all he seems to do is laugh through the entire stage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry White Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 One of our local hospitals has a ward on the seventh floor for you folks.-----------Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM262 Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 ...shooting the plate rack... bing bing bing bing Self: Nice BANG BANG BANG Self: FRONT SIGHT! BANG Self: FRONT SIGHT!!! bing bing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JQ- Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 One of our local hospitals has a ward on the seventh floor for you folks.-----------Larry Can you put me in for a room with a view? It's getting crowded in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 "how the f&@k did i miss that target from a yard away?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Self... "man I wish they had full length mirrors out here so I could see me too" "is anyone filming me cause I look friggin' AWESOME." ...what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcarter Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 These are all very funny mostly because I have said them myself. Just make sure your inner voice doesn't tell you to "Climb the bell tower!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBfarms Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 My inner dialogue starts talking with my gun, makes it angry and starts malfunctioning. Then I become super human. For the rest of the stage after my mind tells my finger to squeeze the trigger I say to myself "Is it gonna go" "Is it gonna go" "Oh crap its not" BANG "wheeeew it worked" "where the hell did that shot go?" "were you even looking at the sights or the gun?" "I wish I could think this fast when a dodgeball is coming at my face" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzysights Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Bang,Bang Bang,Bang Bang,Bang Bang,Bang Click....WTF? The slide is back? So much for counting, change the mag idiot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddler Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 On nearly every stage: "So much for the plan" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calishootr Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 'what was that noise'???? aaaaah crap it was the buzzer..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Santiago Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Lately mine has been saying, "GET UP OFF THE GROUND DUMBA$$!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone336 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I had a conversation with myself on a long stage where I only had four mags on my belt and I planned to use all of them (because I shoot Production). It went a little something like this: beep bang bang - bang bang - bang bang (run and reload) "What are those guys saying behind me? It sounds like they are laughing awfully loudly. Oh s**t, I must have pulled out my second mag during that reload!" bang bang - bang bang - bang bang - bang bang (no shoot) bang (make up) (run and reload) "How can I make this up? I guess I need to shoot my last mag until empty and hope there aren't too many targets left." bang bang - bang bang - bang bang - bang bang (run) bang bang - bang (STANDING RELOAD) bang (run) bang bang - bang bang - bang bang (unload and show clear, find full fourth mag on my belt) "Why the h**l would I think laughter meant you dropped a mag? I am an idiot." Although it my favorite conversation was on a 24 round course: beep bang bang (hit a no shoot) - "This isn't going so well. I need to abandon my plan." (crappiness ensues for the next 22 bangs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Gundry Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 If I'm shooting well, it usually goes something like: BBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! for the the entire stage. If I screw up, various phases such as: "Really? WTF was that?" "My grip sucked there" "That didn't feel right" "Moron!" "Nice little prance we did there, ***" "Hmm, where is/was my sight?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffWard Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 My last match, we had two ports with close in target through the ports, 2 with no-shoots, two without. I realized on the third target of each array, I was shooting without even seeing the sights. Point shooting head-shots, and Alphas at speed... Seven months in, the gun is "becoming one" with the hands and eyes. It was a nice feeling/realization. With every sport I've done, basketball, golf, and now shooting... at some point you find the "zone" where time slows down and everything falls into place. With golf, I could feel the face angle of the club before impact and know exactly what the ball was going to do off the face. Time slowed down at impact, and the feel was exceptional. Took me YEARS to reach. Now, similar sensations are happening with the gun. Transitions slow down, the front sight comes into focus on the longer shots, and the eyes focus more on the target close in. The saying: You can shoot as fast as you can see... begins to make sense. When you enter the "zone" and start seeing as fast as you shoot! What was going through my head mid-stage?: "Gee... I'm seeing every hit, calling shots, and shooting exactly where my eyes are looking at. Wow... COOL!" Then there was the NEXT stage: "What the hell happened to that feeling from the LAST stage???" on my third miss on the same steel... LOL JeffWard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueridge Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 (edited) One thing that I keep in mind (remind myself of) is to stick with my plan. Another is not to worry about what other shooters think about the way I shoot the stage. If I start to be concerned about other shooters opinions of how I am shooting a stage, then it causes me to hesitate. I have seen this in reviewing videos of myself shooting. I normally will engage every target that I can see from a particular location, including those that I can engage from other locations in the stage that are closer. In my mind it is the best thing for me. I can always engage the target from the closer location if I need to, and I can pass it by if I effectively engaged it earlier. Suffice to say that often this plan does is not agreeable with other shooters discussing during the walk through. It generally works for me though. I can usually make the longer shots and once I became confident at that it became my preferred method. Edited November 22, 2009 by Blueridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Amish 1 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 my most memorable inner dialogue was on a TX star, shot through a low port. I was playing in revo that day. "low, lower, bang - why is that thing spinning like crazy? bangbangbangbangbang, click, dang! reload, gun getting heavy, still in low port, legs start to cramp, arrgh, few more bangs, done - phew!" RO said afterwards, "we were all wondering why you shot the bottom plate first.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Mine has become kind of like a wife. After the beep all is silent till I miss or screw something up then its mostly derogitory comments directed at myself. Got to continue to work on my meditation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tollarja Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 "Where are we going?" What I hear when subconscious me deviates from our plan. "Nice group!" Said sarcastically when I noticed a make up shot right next to the c that caused the make up attempt. At least we are noticing when we're off now. "Gun on target... why did you fire?!" Uninvited conscious me emphasizing how he thinks we should hose close "can't miss" targets, I didn't listen. We're not crazy, it's just that I recently became aware of unconscious me. The present is really fascinating, I just wish I didn't have an idiot for a guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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