Posted: 8/23/2007 5:18:55 PM EDT
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A few things I observe in my classes. Trigger jerking (flinching) is an almost universal fault. I do not think that used to be the case (or maybe I just did not know enough to notice) Most of the shooters that take one of my classes jerk the trigger so bad they cannot shoot a group. Sometimes I think that most of the current shooters "grew up" since action shooting was invented and more effort was put into shooting fast instead of shooting accurately like in bullseye. Follow through seems to be a lost concept. I don't think it is covered at many schools or by many trainers (the Rogers Shooting School is a notable exception) When a shooter somehow figures out what pulling the trigger straight to the rear with out disturbing the sight picture feels like and what follow through look like, it is like a light bulb turned on. 90% of shooting is trigger manipulation once you learn that simple concept shooting well becomes easy. Learning trigger manipulation is very difficult. I always tell shooters to dry fire, practice with ball and dummy and to shoot dots. Shooting well did not come easy for me as I'm cross eyed dominate but I still remember the day in practice when I finally figured out what trigger and follow through was all about. any way enough rambling for now. For you'all in North Georgia feel free to contact me if you want to practice with me at my range. Mike |
I think it's partly due to the fact that we live in the age of the hi cap magazine. Sometimes I think if people could figure out a way to conceal a belt fed weapon, only then would they be truly happy.
If you ask someone who hasn't had formal training to break down and verbalize the fundamental components of marksmanship, most couldn't. These are the same folks who wouldn't attend a training class if their life depended on it.
You can correct a student over and over and over but until they somehow actually "internalize" what they're doing wrong, they'll keep screwing up one or more of the many steps in the marksmanship sequence. But it is truly something to witness that moment in time when they finally "get it". And you know it's not just dumb luck or a fluke because they can then perform repeatedly. It's one of the most gratifying moments for the instructor.
Allot of students come to class wanting to be taught all the HSLD / SWAT / NINJA techniques. What they don't understand is that stuff is mostly fiction and as you've indicated, 90% of the ball game is trigger press. |
So true. I feel lucky that my classes are sold out almost every time. I keep the 1/2 day classes affordable ($25) so that people that would not or could not normally afford a class can get some training and at least see what is possible Mike |