Hit Factor Scoring as an Evaluation of Skill
GJM made some comments in Enels Training Journal that made me stop and do a lot of thinking. about my own training.
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GJM
The problem with fixed time drills, if you can make the times, is it doesn’t push you to develop greater speed. This is true even with harder drills like Gabe’s turbo standards. I would try to incorporate hit factor scoring, where you take points, divided by time, and come up with a score that rewards accuracy and speed. Unless your goal is to be a bullseye shooter, you reach a point where you have plenty of accuracy, and the hard part is maintaining that accuracy at ever increasing speeds.
I think hit factor scoring will also make you picky about guns, since a generous time effectively equalizes different guns, where hit factor scoring will bring out differences that get lost with fixed time drills.
I know that I have improved as a shooter a lot over the last 12 to 18 months but I struggle to quantify that improvement. I also struggle to come up with skill builders that will push me to improve accuracy at speed. Finally, I struggle to separate "real from feel". Is a certain technique or change in gear really an improvement?
I would like to spur some discussion on this topic. How could hit factor scoring be incorporated into a training plan? Is hit factor training an effective way of measuring the points I wrote above?