What methods or drills have others had success with in helping themselves or others stop blinking at the moment of firing? I did not want to hijack cammandars thread on "the dreaded flinch" so here goes. We are certainly aware of how important visual input is when shooting, so what can be done to correct this in shooters who have the desire to improve but miss the feedback from the sights due to blinking. I believe we are born with the fear of falling and the fear of load noises, so it is only natural to blink, especially with a controlled explosion several inches from our face, but how do we work with a student to correct this? Now this may sound silly, but personally I don't recall actively learning not to blink. I have hammered enough nails and fired enough rounds that I feel my subconscious just said "I am tired of blinking when things go bang". Not sure when this was or what activity I was doing, so it's hard for me to teach this. I have seen new and seasoned shooters who don't blink, as well as seasoned shooters who contort the entire face upon recoil. I have had success with several shooters by first using a .22 pistol and watching their eyes from the side and seeing them realize for the first time that they are blinking and missing feed back. Ball and dummy works great for flinching as well as the wall drill for focus issues, but what about blinking? The tips mentioned on page 94 of the B. Enos book such as looking for muzzle flash and watching the FS lift are great to identify the problem but how have others overcome this?