I wiggle my toes and make fists with them. Combination of recommendations by Matt Burkett and the guy on the plane talking to Bruce Willis on the first Die Hard movie.
I wiggle my toes and make fists with them. Combination of recommendations by Matt Burkett and the guy on the plane talking to Bruce Willis on the first Die Hard movie.
"You can't win a war with choirboys. " Mad Mike Hoare
You're overthinking it.
Points 2-9 are marksmanship fundamentals, which should come from the spinal cord, not the brain.
Point 10 probably causes you more trouble than it solves. At a match, everyone but the SO is irrelevant--treat them accordingly. Carlos Hathcock's ideas about "getting into the bubble" will help with this.
When I'm in The Hole, I make sure that I have enough loaded mags to shoot the stage and that my shirt is tucked in so it won't foul up my draw.
When I'm On Deck, I move as close to the start point as is safe and stare into the dirt trying to empty my mind. When the SO clears the range after the shooter before me, I move to the start box and square up on the first target while everyone is taping and scoring, then to back to staring at the dirt. When the SO approaches me to begin the stage, I follow his commands, go through Line Demeanor (Pat McNamara term), and holster with a minimum of fuss. At the buzzer, I just try to flow through the stage being aware of what I'm doing but not judging myself, which I can do later.
Brian Enos has some great thoughts on this in the first chapters of his book http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Shoo.../dp/0962692506 His advice works pretty well for me.
Okie John
I haven't managed quite yet to get this stuff on auto pilot for some reason. I'm not thinking about the marksmanship bit while shooting but afterwards, I review my performance and see that I didn't grip properly or wait for the sights to settle often enough. It's getting better, but it's just not totally there yet. I find my little card helps remind me of what I need to do and refocuses my mind. I tend to lose focus while jabbering with other shooters and taping targets and waiting for my turn.
And I have Enos' book. It's a good reference, even though I bought waaaayyyyy too early in my career. I was still taking baby steps then.
Thanks!
In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
I recently trained with Steve Anderson, and bought his new book, Get to Work. I like his approach a lot.
“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie