Doesn't read posts longer than two paragraphs.
Ken never does a re-shoot for his videos. When he shoots a drill, he does only one take and lets the hits fall where they may.
Ken has his flaws, just like everyone else I know, myself included. But he's a man of good character, much to be admired for his accomplishments.
If I ever had to go into a dark place, Ken is high on my list of those I'd want with me.
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I had an ER nurse in a class. I noticed she kept taking all head shots. Her response when asked why, "'I've seen too many people who have been shot in the chest putting up a fight in the ER." Point taken.
I think the two statements can be exclusive of one another.
I’ll give you an example. There was a cardiovascular surgeon who was an honorable man and a pioneer in his field. He earned and deserved much respect.
But at about the same age as Ken, I would not pick him to operate on me if I needed it. Not to be ageist, but because the visible decrement of ability was apparent.
Same goes for any sport or technical skill.
In fairness, you may be applying your standards of USPSA technical shooting to a person who could care less about USPSA technical shooting. There is also the inference that Ken’s skills have degraded, presumably because of age — and I don’t understand what is your basis for that belief.
At this point, it feels like this thread has run its course.
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.
I think that’s fair.
I tried to assess his ability based off just the drills he was demonstrating in his videos rather than off any gaming specific things, but you’re right that my standards are probably skewed.
I don’t think a good coach needs to possess active skills above a B class level to be an effective instructor and coach.
My estimation for the belief that his shooting has decreased due to age-related vision changes are that I have a difficult time believing that someone in the million-round shooting club wouldn’t have better peak skills than he demonstrates currently.
If I look at someone like Chuck Pressburg who is not a gamer, who can demonstrate the no fail on demand and has special forces background… that’s an impressive level of skill to me. Of note Pressburg uses a red dot.
There are a few lines of discussion here that have gotten kind of mixed and jumbled together.
The overall context is that I think Ken is a better mechanical shooter who is vision limited at this point but I’m not convinced has actually committed to improving with dots but I don’t know for sure.
I’m a little scared to see what videos come next from “The Gun Guys” though.