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[@zen-Tii]

I was at the range yesterday practicing missing slower.😆

[@gunpolygamist]

THAT IS HILARIOUS 😂

[@tonycolca2241]

Cool comment!

[@silentcalibre1085]

so freaking real it took me 250 rounds to put on through the x on the target

[@angelvelik]

I do need the accept that the sight will float around on the more challenging shots! Thank you for the insight Ben, super useful :) Also, great image and sound quality on this one!! Looks very pro, thanks again!

[@clutchshot3306]

Same. Looking back now, I notice that ,perfection, slows me down. I need to accept "good enough" and break the shot.

[@fwoodbridge]

Ben is spitting gold, and has been for a while. What a gent. Thanks, Ben.

[@LVbibby]

Thanks for all the information and videos!

[@tripleog9557]

Omg you just described my flaws perfectly… I do exactly to the word what u said… I just feel I’m not good enough to come take your class… I shoot at least once a week and dry fire (need to do way more) also but sometimes I just suck… hope I don’t get in a gun fight with a pistol cuz damn… I shoot my stocked weapons like a champ ,so I guess I need help… thank u for the content in dynamite 🧨

[@drdan9158]

Ben, how do we prevent predictive shooting drills from becoming our normal cadence instead of relying on vision driving the shooting.

[@joie0]

Obviously Im not Ben, but heres my swing at this. Short answer: Confirmation drill. Long answer: I think confirmation drill combined with doubles would show you the result you're looking for. I wouldn't chase the split time as a metric to memorize and use for shooting stages. My thought is, learn the minimum confirmation needed for said target and then shoot how you practice(d) that level of confirmation. Kinda long answer and Im just a B shooter so be careful taking advice from people like me.

[@_johnm]

@@joie0 Also: vary the distances and speed with both of those and do multi-distance drills like Accelerator and MXAD.

[@ferretgt500]

@BenStoeger187 Are there any disadvantages to always using an occluded red dot sight? Why don't manufacturers make red dots with occlusion standard? Although occlusion can cause parallax at longer ranges for rifles, the advantages seem to outweigh the drawbacks for pistols.

[@TheSafkan]

Aimpoint's came with a blacked out front lens cover for this reason. They always thought the Binden aiming method (essentially occluded shooting) was the way to use red dots. It is how they were designed to be used, just not a lot of end users have been taught it and practiced it enough where it becomes as natural as aiming non occluded.

[@InkwellFoto]

When you say, shoot a group like that, what does that look like to determine if you should shoot faster? Is all A zone all it takes to spped up? Just want to say thank you for even giving us a glimpse at what you teach in class. This has been widly helpful to me

[@juank32alejandria]

very interesting!!!!👍👍👍, it really breaks myths and goes against the logic and vices instilled by other instructors

[@just9911]

Any grip advice for someone with massive hands (my work gloves are XXL)? I don’t think I’ve ever had a pistol where I had empty space on the grip for the palm/heel of my support hand to make contact with the pistol. Granted, as a result of my bear paws I don’t really have any issue with recoil control and through practice I’m able to get a consistent grip & presentation with the pistol. I’m more thinking that I’m leaving something on the table when it comes to driving the gun from target to target.

[@onpsxmember]

I had a really dogsh...bad day at the range. Recoil feeling a lot more flippy, shots of others get in my head. What is wrong. Stance, why does my grip suck, pulling shots straight down. Could be the 4:18 issue. Either relaxing too much and then over compensating and brooding over stance & grip again. How does one avoid that coming back around?

[@JustinV911]

When it’s mentioned about doubles/predictive shooting not being an engagement strategy how does this play out? My thought is through practice and training predictive shooting is the goal? And then further and further as skill builds or i’m misunderstanding (which is a big possibility)

[@MatthewC176]

Hey Ben, would you say the key to getting faster is this: Shoot/train at a speed that is faster than your Maximum comfortable speed where most of your reps are still good but not so fast that you’re just training bad reps that way over time the good reps become more common until that becomes your new baseline allowing you to train a little faster again? And if true, what percent of reps need to be good in your experience for positive growth?

[@lordhellfire153]

Same % of reps you'd need to go from curling 25lbs for a warmup to 45lbs for a warmup.

[@Rubeless]

Your idea seems like it would work. Everyone is different. Don’t focus on mistakes and get frustrated. I return to a good pace when I make a mistake and gradually speed up.

[@MatthewC176]

@@Rubeless scientifically it’s all about attaching a positive reaction to a good rep That builds good muscle memory In some of bens videos doing dry fire he practically cusses himself out on bad reps and always says “good” for good ones, making sure there’s a clear difference and giving his brain the proper feedback for growth while also getting good practice identifying the difference between good and bad reps which is the most important part of this process That’s at least what I’m getting

[@tonycolca2241]

The interesting thing is people advertise lasers flashlights night sights. In reality when s happens the first reaction is get the gun out and fire everything else isnt there.

[@hopewilliams6705]

If I slow down I always fuckin shoot worse and I didn't understand it for a long time.

[@ShooterSway]

Unconscious shooting is dangerous 😂

[@josephvalinski849]

Unrelated question. I’m new to your channel so sorry if you’ve already talked about this, but I see you use the Glock 34 with a red dot. Do you find the longer barrel/slide advantageous even when using a dot? I’ve always heard of people using it for the longer sight radius.

[@TimDegnan]

@Ben Stoeger, question on aiming/spot placement for training. Since the carboard target does not have a heart is there scoring based reason for placing the spot in the upper portion of the A zone? (i.e. most people push the gun down so bad shots are more likely to score) Or is it that people are presupposed to shooting "upper thoracic, center mass, kinesthetic dynamically..."

[@BenStoeger187]

Both justifications are good ones for looking higher up than center on the a zone

[@clutchshot3306]

Thanks Ben for that insight! It may seem simple, but info like that for us noobs is gold!

[@YVK_]

@ 1:17 predictive shooting....is not a good engagement strategy. A number of strong shooters advocate little to no predictive shooting in matches. A potential gain of 0.05 sec doesn’t compute against a risk of C/D hits or worse. Comments?

[@joie0]

Which shooters? No offense but I watch a ton of match footage from top level shooters and I don't see the top level guys taking .3-.4 splits on wide open targets. In open division, it seems like everything is a .18-.22 split or faster.

[@BenStoeger187]

This was being packaged not necessarily for USPSA. Tons of predictive shooting in USPSA if you want to win… not the way I tell cops or soldiers they need to shoot. Not the way I make new shooters shoot when doing it for score.

[@JimyoVibration]

@@BenStoeger187​​⁠predictive shooting can win a match, predictive shooting can save your life, some predictive shooting can land you in prison. Context is everything. Someone will always take your comment out of its packaging and try to hand it back to you.

[@SkepticalTiger]

I once met a tough guy at a competition. Tattoos, muscles, angry look, the full nine yards. Told me he could shoot good and he could shoot fast, but he couldn't shoot fast and good. Blurted out, "Sounds like you can't shoot good then." Guy looked ready to punch me out.

[@CA.0verview]

I then would of followed by tell him “getting touch there bud “

[@buddymax4809]

Post physique, jealous tiger

[@juandager5220]

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