Posted: 11/23/2009 6:15:20 PM EDT
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I was wondering which part of your body moves when you transition from one target to another.
Obviously your head would move first when acquiring the target but body mechanics wise where do you move from when you drive the barrel from target to target? What do you notice when you do this? Do you feel tightness in your fore arm from moving with the hand first? Do you turn using your shoulders? or hips? NOTE: As an exercise, test it out and notice what body part your attention goes to |
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Keep your midsection tense and snap to each target while still maintaining control of your upper body. Basically, I find that flexing my torso helps very much in controlling the transitions from target to target and minimizes over swaying.
I was also in marching band for my high school life and this made the horn moves and 90 degree snaps much easier 
Yes, I was and still am a band nerd, but if it helped me, it can help you! |
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The core moves the upper body in the direction of the next target after the eyes have aquiered. if you Blade (shoulders) to shoot then you loose all recoil control.
Just keep in mind that you want to stay presented, or as the old saying "keep your plates toward the target" which means having to use your core to turn. The tank analagy used above is good: when you think about a tank turrent the whole turrent moves not just the barrel. Now when you start to get over rotated and the "plates can no longer be presented, then is when you would have to shift the feet slightly. (for the average shooter this should be accomplished shooting 90 degrees to the left and right. More than 90 the feet come in. |