Comments on: Diagnosing Shooters

By: Christian

Christian — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:29:49 +0000

Thank you Todd! I’ll continue to practice dry firing and the ball and dummy drill. Even with the ball and dummy I find myself anticipating. Mentally I need to work on it.

Thanks again and great source of information in this site.

Christian

By: ToddG

ToddG — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:27:32 +0000

Christian -- The traditional starting point is the ball & dummy drill. Really, any drill that involves you consciously pulling the trigger and focusing on that without thinking about controlling recoil will help.

By: Christian

Christian — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:49:25 +0000

Hello Todd,

Great article about which I have a question:

“Have more than one fix. Plenty of people anticipate recoil, and there are a few very common techniques and drills to overcome that problem.”

I find myself is this very boat often. I dry fire regularly and have no problems but when shooting I’ll find myself anticipating the recoil frequently. Would you point me to some of the mentioned techniques to help overcome it? Thank you very much for your help.

Chrisitan

By: ToddG

ToddG — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:33:53 +0000

Tim — Thanks for the kudos. Teaching is a lot like shooting … you may always remember the basics but to be at your best you need to practice regularly.

By: Timothy Slemp

Timothy Slemp — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:22:48 +0000

Todd, I frequent your website from time to time. This is among the best articles and observations you’ve posted.

As an instructor, I know these are easy mistakes to make, especially when one is not in practice or has infrequent student contact, like me.

Well done.

Tim

By: ToddG

ToddG — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:55:30 +0000

X -- Thanks. We're always interested in your thoughts!

By: Xavier

Xavier — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:30:01 +0000

Excellent stuff Todd!

By: Rob E

Rob E — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:18:44 +0000

Excellent article again Todd. I was recently on a “teach the teacher” course for work and found that a number of the things our instructor brought up transfer over well to teaching people how to shoot. Probably the number one thing I came away with “repeat what you are teaching”, not just a couple times, but 3 or 4 times. Not the same way each time either, but making the same point multiple times with slight variations will make it stick in a students head. Thinking back, I realized you did just that on AFHF up here in Abby.

By: ToddG

ToddG — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:13:41 +0000

Jack L — Any time, dude.

By: Jack L

Jack L — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:26:59 +0000

Todd-
Great write-up. I too have seen good shooters that were less than competant instructors/coaches.

I have a class that sounds almost identical to this, but if you don’t mind I would like to supplement the class with this info, giving you credit of course. I like to let people know that my classes aren’t “Jack’s path to tactical enlightenment”, but rather the cumulative experience of successful shooters and trainers.