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JThompson Calls Shots

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Nice videos Bobby... from the looks of it you did well. I didn't expect the speed I saw from you. We haven't shot any matches together, but I though I had a pretty good feel for your skill set and it looks to me like you nstepped it up a notch... that is providing you were getting your hits. The strong hand star was pretty sweet there too.

JT

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Nice videos Bobby... from the looks of it you did well. I didn't expect the speed I saw from you. We haven't shot any matches together, but I though I had a pretty good feel for your skill set and it looks to me like you nstepped it up a notch... that is providing you were getting your hits. The strong hand star was pretty sweet there too.

JT

Jim, one of my weaknesses in shooting was my movement speed. Splits and transitions were ok, hits were decent, but I was brought up being taught "you don't run with scissors"... and now I'm suppose to run with a loaded firearm? So it was something I have been focusing on, BUT, in learning to do this, I gave up some of my accuracy. This is my analysis of the stages and what I did wrong.

Stage 1: I didn't give the steel the respect it deserved and I tanked it. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast, and I was NOT smooth. I would index on the target but only aim at it if it was distant or if I missed it. I would have done better if I aimed on each shot and went 1 for 1 on the steel instead of missing and having to come back to it. The time it would have taken to get a good sight picture would have been less than the transition in coming back to the target, the time wasted in a bad shot, and the time used in the reload.

32 A's

time - 59.62

place - 80

Stage 2: My first stage of the match, a little jittery, and my goal was to work on foot speed and get from point A to point B as quickly as possible while shooting targets in between. On the 2nd shooting position/array, there was a tight set of shooting lanes cluttered with no shoot targets. I put the first 2 rounds in the edge of a no shoot, but stepped back and made them up. Basically I over stepped where I wanted to set up to shoot the targets, but I did make them up quickly enough. My time on the stage was good, but 2 no shoots and 1 unexplained Mike hurt a lot. Were it not for the Mike and the 2 no shoots I would have done exceptionally well.

21 A's, 1 B, 6 C's, 1 D, 1 M, 2 NS

time - 21.99

place - 97

Stage 3: A stage where a retreat was almost a must. I could have went a little faster here, but I was concentrating on the retreat the whole time, which made my feet a little choppy.

19 A's, 7 C's, 3 D's

time - 24.69

place - 31

Stage 4: On stage 4, I was back on the foot speed mission, I even had to reach up and grab my ear protection twice to keep them on. On the 2nd shooting position I shot through the crack on the left that also had no shoots and scoring targets with hard cover painted on them. Well on that array I had a pair of C's 1/2 an inch apart in the hard cover that I did not call. Then on the very last array I was moving so fast getting to the position that slid one foot outside the shooting box and fired 2 shots, but I stepped back in and made the 2 shots up thinking I would not get the foot fault, but I did. So that gave me 2 mikes and 2 procedural foot fault penalties which left a bruise. (How does that work anyway, I made up the shots INSIDE the shooting area)

22 A's, 7 C's, 1 D, 2 M's 2 Procedurals

time - 25.89

place - 103

Stage 5: On this stage, I thought I could shoot the swinger AND the drop turner before they disappeared. It was a ballsy move and didn't work out for me, I got 1 into the board as it was turning. I should have went to the drop turner on the second and final showing, but my mind had programmed something different and I did what I planned which was finish on the 2 static targets. What I should have done was shot the 1st static target and then to the drop turner and back to finish on the final static, but it didn't happen.

16 A's, 9 C, 1 D, 1M

time - 20.34

place - 64

Stage 6: Not much to say about this one. I had to focus on the steel in front of the no shoots. Got 2 D's which didn't help but it was an ok run.

14 A's, 2 D's

time - 14.18

place - 30

Stage 7: Steely Speed VII, the classifier. Again, pointing at the steel and not aiming at it and this time it cost me, and I hate barricades!!! :angry2:

6 A's

time - 6.63

place - 76

Stage 8: Lots of hard cover on this standards drill. First string is freestyle 1 on each, reload, strong hand only one on each. Second string is 1 on each weak hand only.

9 A's, 2 B's, 5 C's, 2 Mikes

time - 16.42

place - 44

Stage 9: This one was called "Don't Blink" and it was the speed stage of the match. I could have shot it a little faster, but it wasn't a crash and burn so I'll take it. These types of courses are usually one of my strengths. By this point though, I just wanted to get my hits.

3 A's, 4 C's

time - 4.24

place - 38

Stage 10: The texas star was intimidating having to shoot it through a port while holding the port door open. I could have utilized a little more speed here, but it wasn't a blow out so I'll take it.

12 A's, 5 C's

time - 14.77

place - 38

Stage 11: The "Pillars of Samson" had the longest shots of the match on paper targets and I felt pretty good about them. The left side was much harder than the right, but I had 2 misses on the right side, didn't even hit one of the targets, and that still confuses me. The sight picture was good and the shots felt solid in the upper A zone, but there were no holes on the target. At least they weren't on the no shoot. :rolleyes: Went to the range yesterday and shot at a target at 25 yards and had all my hits. Went back to 20 yards and was 10 for 10 in the head, but there was no timer and no barricade in my face. Shooting around a barricade is my biggest weakness and I should incorporate it into EVERY practice session, even dry fire. I have known this for some time.

7 A's, 3 C's, 3 D's, 3 Mike

time - 15.34

place - 111

Stage 12: The shoot house... When I got to the 3rd target I felt like I was shooting too fast. The gun just kept moving from target to target and I don't feel like I had conscious control over it, it was just punching out there and shooting. So mentally I told myself to slow down some. It's amazing to me that I was able to have this conversation going on in my head while doing all this. The 2 shooters before me both shot one particular no shoot target, which I pasted, and on my run my dumb ass did the same thing they did, but I made up the points. Everything else went fair, and my time was decent, but the points weren't great. I got all my hits on the swinger and the mover so I was happy about that.

18 A's, 10 C's, 2 D's 1 No Shoot

time - 21.94

place - 38

So in retrospect, I know I can get the speed I need to be competitive as a B class Limited shooter, I just have to take my focus off the feet now and back to the front site. I want the feet to do their thing without me having to think about it so I can concentrate on the accuracy. Now I have the confidence that I CAN make the feet move though, so I have gained some ground. Everyone always says "shoot A's, let the speed come". Well the speed wasn't coming so I had to induce it, but now that it's there I think I can keep it there and go back to front site focus. This match made me really want to get serious about my shooting, now the work begins. Time to show my dedication and desire.

Any more critique from you guys?

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