Hunt, Compete, Defend
Ask and ye shall receive. Or, at the very least, I will share an opinion with potentially questionable information. Kind of like this post where I share how I am going about dry fire practice which I believe is critical to pistolcraft improvement.
Measuring and tracking progress is an important aspect of a skill development journey. It not only confirms skills are in fact improving but it can also help identify specific improvement opportunities while making one aware of their limitations.
There are several techniques and approaches to dealing good hits on targets of varying degrees of difficulty. Here is an approach I’ve adapted from others and added a quick trick to help gauge difficulty.
Focusing on the process can help shooters shoot better by allowing them to maintain attention to the task at hand rather than allowing distractions to interfere, increase tension, and ultimately make mistakes.
The decision to use justified deadly force is a critical one that can be riddled with catastrophic consequences along with an arduous aftermath. This post briefly explores the can, may, should, and must components of the decision making process.
The ability to remain target focused when shooting pistols with red dot sights is huge for defensive and competitive pistol applications. However, developing and maintaining target focus skills takes a little work.