and some days, your shooting sucks
Mentioned I went and shot in the Glock Sport Shooting Foundation match this weekend. And let me tell you, I sucked. Chris from Glock told me I had too much going on in my head. It’s a trend I’ve noticed with me. After I do training with someone else and learn new stuff, I try to use it. And I focus more on that than on sight alignment and trigger squeeze. It was definitely mental. As the day wore on, I got worse.
For instance, on the Glock the Plates stage there were four strings. My first string I did in about 8 seconds, next two were in the nines. So, getting worse. Then, on the fourth string, I couldn’t knock over the last three plates. In 14.5 seconds I left 3 plates standing.
I need to shoot more.
June 6th, 2011 at 10:17 am
Amen, Unc…
June 6th, 2011 at 10:36 am
“I need to shoot more”
Don’t we all.
June 6th, 2011 at 1:38 pm
Uh……YEAH!
June 6th, 2011 at 3:57 pm
I was always a much better pheasant shot than a duck shot. Ducks gave me time to think; pheasants didn’t.
June 6th, 2011 at 8:37 pm
Yes to all, and it’s hard to find a place to practice with plates.
June 6th, 2011 at 10:39 pm
I discovered, when a trainer watched me, that I tend to slap the trigger, rather than holding it to release and pulling again. My times have gone up with this simple change (and, of course, practice…)
Matt
St Paul
June 7th, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Work on one thing at a time, perfect it, then move on. I learnt this playing golf because in every foursome, I had three coaches. Flex your knees, keep your head down, swing with your left arm, slow your backswing, follow through……