Ben Stoeger on the best drill to speed up engagement

Designated Target from Hwansik Kim is the drill being demonstrated.
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[@sizzlechest6070]

Wow, no beard and tattoos, speaking in a normal voice, not a ton of gear. This is my new channel.

[@difficult_aardvark]

He'll also smoke the pants off of all those dudes!

[@joshdennis8841]

This guy will teach you 10000000x more than any “ bro vet “ out there when it comes to practical pistol shooting

[@writingonthewalls9052]

The dudes you see wearing gear are usually POST certified and are also teaching LE. Which is why they wear the gear. If you’re a cop teaching cops how to shoot you should probably be wearing something reminiscent of what your students will be wearing when they get into a gunfight.

[@CollinGravesPersonal]

Stoeger is the man. You’ll learn a ton from him, and he speaks in plain, simple terms. He doesn’t try to look like a badass, which is a welcome change.

[@agunner6262]

What does any of that matter lol

[@seanoneil277]

Being fast vs feeling fast -- applies to all forms of racing, handgun or car or alpine skis. Great stuff, thanks Ben.

[@calebreuter]

Same with combat sports. Feeling fast/powerful vs being relaxed and having great fundamentals.

[@eric_uspsa]

I think people would pay good money to hear this. Great content!

[@richardlindquist5936]

Maybe he could make a living doing this.

[@carlb86]

I'm not sure if my money is any good, but the content was.

[@spirits_]

🤣@@richardlindquist5936

[@aribpm]

With a little more practice he could be really good. Somebody should invite him to a match.

[@AlexanderSotelo]

If he was really smart, he would create a website with more advanced content and maybe even online coaching for a monthly subscription fee.

[@_datapoint]

He says and teaches things that seem obvious to me, but may not be obvious to some. "Being fast" and "feeling fast" is one of those observations.

[@ripdoinksinamish]

“Go at the speed of your eyes” - so helpful.

[@uncleB1972]

Cannot thank you enough for all these videos. Took a class from you in NH a few years ago. I did not belong in the class but the one thing i got from you was you told me to dry fire. I was new to the game so really didn't understand..... I have been dry firing every day and have made some good progress. Thank you.

[@micknelson8991]

WAIT! this is a compliment! Not too many instructors will make a little foo-pah, turn around and stick their tongue at you followed by a correct execution of the drill! 👏👏👏👏 Plenty of my colleague instructors in LE would need to step off to gather their thoughts......👏👏👏👏

[@jaesh9306]

nose touch example is so good

[@den_see]

Excellent video as always. Ben, thank you very very much for sharing .

[@douglasmoore8033]

Came for the instruction and stayed for the comments. 🎉 Win, win

[@ChipSpencer123]

Superb. It’s with the eyes.

[@billyblake4291]

All of your videos are extremely helpful, but this one helped me in a way I didn't know I needed help. Thank you for taking the time to make this content available to all of us!

[@paddypibblet846]

I would have had a GM run instead of an M run in a recent classifier, had I simply heeded this advice. You really do want to focus on a small spot, especially on the "easy" targets. I had to take three make up shots because I disrespected the big bright metal target. Eric Grauffel said this sport is the "art of focus" and he isn't wrong. Great vid Ben.

[@richardlindquist5936]

It’s a little hard to tell distances from the vid. Is closest about 5 yd and the longest about 15?

[@HWG-wm8ld]

Sure

[@pyrofighting10]

Athletes are quick. I’m an Athlete, I’m an Athlete (buzzer goes), I’m slow.

[@richardlindquist5936]

Ha ha! I learned “equal height, equal light” and it ruined me. I’ve had to re learn acceptable sight picture and let it go. This turtle had to replace fins with wheels, and life is much better, with a long way to go but way more fun. Ben’s info is great and I plan on a class when possible.

[@Briathos1]

This is awesome as I am getting into adding dots to pistols. Thankfully I have done enough practice draws that finding the dot hasn’t been an issue so far. Excited to start practicing the transition from target to target.

[@charlesreeves3426]

The 69 position. Thats is now the official name for that target set-up. Ben is a national treasure.

[@edmontgomery521]

Feeling fast, instead of being fast... brilliant!

[@mousemx1534]

Feeling fast is more important that being fast - Definitely a trap I've fallen into 😞

[@cadidiot_101]

For the USPSA metric targets if I have a target that has an occluded A zone can I just shoot the head A zone or would it be better to go for the small occluded A zone?

[@rS8NkZRu]

"People are more interested in feeling fast than they are in being fast" oof

[@Eric_Nielsen]

Some of the most brilliant shooting instruction I've seen. Do this, and nothing else, and you'll slay at Steel Challenge.

[@echochamber4420]

Do you normally start out with a dry fire? 😂🤣😂

[@johnshipman4906]

bet a bunch of people touched their nose

[@bluyetiinc7553]

And i missed.

[@goneballistic]

this guy is just spitting out a list of all the stuff I do every time I shoot that I should not be doing. Def going to go take a class from this guy. Everything I've tried that he's suggesting on this video has helped in some way

[@SheFires]

Thank you for these suggestions! I plan to watch more of your videos. New sub 🔥

[@pattalbott7572]

Ben, It’s my third year of USPSA, I’d shoot 12-15 ,matches per year, do one level two per year. I have a huge problem with skipping targets during stages. I help setup on my local matches and get stage plans days in advance and don’t have that problem but if I travel and have limited time to plan, I run right past targets. Last match I did it twice, easy stages not high round counts. Please can you share your stage planning/ visualization process. Many thanks in advance.

[@garykleinsteuber4529]

Less Haste, More Speed.

[@1OTDM]

Reminds me of guys who try to speed up their golf clubs by swinging incredibly quickly from the top and end up hitting the ball at a slower club speed.

[@LoBellver]

Thanks for these videos, I'm learning a lot!

Feeling fast versus being fast. Excellent point.

[@AlexanderSotelo]

Ben’s hair makes him look way faster than he is.

[@BenStoeger187]

Your hair makes you look straighter than you are

[@AlexanderSotelo]

@@BenStoeger187 I’m only gay when I have to be.

[@ToddBroyles]

What are your thoughts on the Tanfoglio stock 2 or

[@garyvalenti1019]

This is so helpful....thanks!

[@gair1944]

The "eyes" have it. ...as they say

[@SFL3G]

Excellent video Hoss

[@nathanshoots.c]

This is true. I used this drill and got engaged to my wife in just a few days 😂

[@HWG-wm8ld]

Simp

[@Olivehollow]

So good.

[@bubbabubba7868]

what are the target distances

[@AlexanderSotelo]

Looks to be about 7 up front, 10 to the partial and about 15 to the steel and the back target. In yards, give or take. The distances he used doesn’t really matter. What matters is that you vary the distance between each target so that the transitions are diverse.

[@Tommyramma]

great video! would love to hear thoughts on dot size/style and whether blooming a small dot, like the 2MOA on the 507 comp, is advisable. You see a big dot sooner but blooming can be distracting I feel, but a small dot is harder to find and takes longer to find, especially on fast transitions

[@BenStoeger187]

Oh my god

[@cbrooks2767]

I feel you Ben. There have always been people looking for a hardware solution to a software problem. It will NEVER end.

[@jericosha2842]

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

[@LaPistolerie]

No. If that's your takeaway from this video I suggest you watch again 😂

[@jericosha2842]

@@LaPistolerie i think i made this comment when half asleep lol

[@HWG-wm8ld]

He heard Rob oneil say it in an interview and will repeat it like the rest do.

[@onegudman7]

@jericosha2842 slow is just slow. Smooth and efficient movement is fast. Economy of motion is paramount.

[@jericosha2842]

@@onegudman7 agreed. That's what i meant originally, but it doesn't matter lol

[@ericwerick239]

No questions huh all wickies I'm guessin