I am so deeply conflicted about this particular aspect of the shooting sports. On the one hand, I love it so much because it is pure, unambiguous speed - you either hit the steel or you didn't, no no-shoots, no whining, no arbs, and no magic doubles. On the flip side though, it's probably the 2nd least practical of the Big 4 action sports; with only Bianchi Cup being farther removed from practicing self defense skill sets.
I'm shooting the big match this year in Piru (and I'm heading to Yakima in 40 minutes for a big statewide match to practice) but I'm kind of thinking about at the end of this shooting season, after the IDPA World shoot about taking all of next year and focusing exclusively on Steel Challenge. This one is all about muscle memory and repetitions, and I can actually set up any of the 8 stages at my practice range. The problem I'm worried about is that if I spend a year and 25,000 rounds doing nothing but shooting single shots on steel that I'm going to wreck myself for other games. Thoughts?
Edit: I should add that I am writing this at like 0530 local time and I've only had one cup of coffee so my thought process isn't exactly organized yet.