So we know that you should shoot a red dot on a pistol with a target focus — the hard part is understanding exactly what that means, and how you can figure out whether you are doing it. On day one of a recent Stoeger class, I asked Ben how to know whether you are shooting with a true target focus. His answer was short — cover the forward lens of your optic with black tape and shoot drills. If you see the dot on your target, you are shooting with a target focus. Here is an example of that.
Shooting with a target focus is a core skill of how Ben shoots. You look at a spot on the target and let your eyes bring the dot to the spot. As you fire a shot, you control recoil by letting your eyes guide the dot back to your aiming spot, you fire again and then your eyes move to the next aiming spot and you repeat the process.
It might be worthwhile taping over your front lens and doing a practice session or two and see what you observe.