Steve Anderson Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 I have recently found great value in slow motion draws. It seems to tell the brain, "I want to do this correctly, THEN I want it to be done quickly" When I went straight to a 1 or sub 1 par time, I was telling the brain, "I want to do this as fast as possible." The latter often led to poor grip and even strong hand getting behind the slide's travel area. Of course, Brian has mentioned this repeatedly, but I'm a slow learner sometimes... SA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Is this just a dry fire routine you use? How many reps, and what are you trying to "see" by doing this. do you follow the slo mo with regular speed drills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Steve, I have experienced the same. By doing it slow motion, the draw becomes smooth without errors creeping in. Smooth is the key to fast. (As indeed BE has pointed out before). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Anderson Posted October 14, 2003 Author Share Posted October 14, 2003 TL, Yeah, this morning I did about 30 slow ones, then went to the fast ones and the difference was substantial. The hands had more snap and the grip was much more secure. What I want to see is the dot on target needing confirmation not correction. It helps that, too. Then I did another 30 mins. on my normal drills and then a mini field course with a swinger at the end. Tonight I'll do it again... SA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Anderson Posted October 14, 2003 Author Share Posted October 14, 2003 BTW, I have also found it beneficial to direct my focus to the weak hand, getting it on the gun with no wasted motion. This shift of focus also gives permission to the strong hand to act more subconsciously, which is a good thing. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Going slo-mo helped my draw earlier this summer. So did putting focus on the weak-hand...go figure. I now get my weak-hand on the gun sooner (I don't wait for the gun to come to the center-line). All thanks to slo-mo & reverse drawing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Slo-mo helped me as well. I was able to clean up a bunch of unneccessary motion. I used to bring my weak hand to my chest as my SH was drawing. By shifting my focus to my WH and willing it still until I had my SH on the gun, I knocked at least 2 10ths off my draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 reverse drawing Could you elaborate on that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 Garfield, I bet Flex is referring to a practice where you basicall replay (in rewind mode) your draw, actually holstering your gun from the mounted position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 Right. Along with that, I'll break the draw down into as many individual steps as I can identify. I'll try each step forwards and backwards...looking to find something to tweak or eliminate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 And do some very very slowly. If you think you're doing them slowly enough, do it twice as slow. See and experience everything. Try to do a 1-minute draw. Works for reloads and such too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcoliver Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 Perfect timing Steve. Several weeks now I've been starting out my dry fires with very slow motion movements. Not only in the draw but in everything that involves moving the gun to target; transitions, reloads, gun wobble while moving, etc. I realized doing it slow helps me pick-up some visual cues on how the gun is positioned for a smooth reload for example. Or how the sights "seemed" to be right on target but actually not on the specific point I wanted to hit. What's amazing is that these cues are still there and are still actually "visible" even when you've already increased your speed several warp drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echo3mike Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 I'd thank you guys for the tip but I'm too busy writing it down!! S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old shooter Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 I really got on board for this one. I drew slower and slower. I did this in front of a mirror with another at 90 deg. to me. Man, I found about 3 things right off the bat, and even made a holster adjustment that helped. I tried Shred's advice about he 1 min. draw. After doing that, I was able to take 59 seconds off my draw. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 After doing that, I was able to take 59 seconds off my draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 Let's talk about old shooters revitalized! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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