Have any of you guys practiced any drills, live fire or dry, that have given you the derp?

Example:

I used to do Jason Falla's Foxtrot drill as part of dry fire practice.
I figured it was a good drill that gave me dry fires, malfunction clearances, and reloads all in one drill.

Here is some dude doing the drill.


Now check out what I do during this course of fire.




I don't do that Foxtrot drill anymore.

At one point in time I felt the need to insert a magazine, then tap it once or twice more. This is so hard to break it's not even funny.

If you were doing this drill for a tap, rack, bang scenario, I like to load dummy round/snap caps into my mag.  That way when shooting, you get a feel for the malfunction as it happens.

The key to any training is reacting correctly to the correct stimuli. As an instructor I don't know why some trainers don't get it and teach weird shit. The inverse is how students can't see some of the nonsense that gets taught. Good luck and keep training. Remember practice doesn't make perfect, practice makes permanent. Perfect practice makes perfect.

If you are doing a drill, specifically malfunction clearance, for time then the focus should be on 1 task and making it efficient. Putting multiple malfunction clearances into a timed drill is just a parlor trick and has very little practicality.