Good morning everyone. I've been lurking here for some time, and have been impressed with the wealth of knowledge provided. I've been shooting for some time, and thought I was a pretty good shooter, until I started shooting USPSA matches. I became quite competent with the accuracy aspect of shooting before shooting competition, but trying to add speed while not suffering too much accuracy has proven to be challenging for me. My biggest issue that I found was my grip. While I always had the recommended thumbs forward grip, I've realized that just because it looks right, doesn't mean it is right. I've been working on my grip at home for a couple of weeks, and with the help of several articles and videos by various professionals of the industry, realized that I needed more of a vise grip, than the "squeeze as hard as I can" grip. I feel I've finally got the grip figured out to mitigate recoil.
However, I have a question I was hoping to get some opinions on. When you are shooting quickly to get those split times down, we are taught to "track your sights." However, I'm a bit confused as to what this exactly entails. Do you watch your front sight and follow it throughout the recoil process, so in other words, is your hard focus always on the front sight? Or, do you keep your hard focus on the target, and a soft focus on the front sight? In other words, you keep your eyes focused on the target, and press the trigger as the front sight falls back onto your target?
I've tried shooting both methods, and find that I shoot better when I keep my hard focus on the target instead of following the front sight throughout the entire recoil. I'd like to hear some schools of thoughts from others who have more experience than I do on this subject matter. TIA!