Jun 07
The Wall Drill is an interesting dry fire drill I ran into today.
The Drill proceeds as follows:
- Stand in front of a plain wall, preferably white or another light neutral color.
- Present the pistol so that you’re in your natural stance with the muzzle of the gun approximately 2 inches from the wall
- Focus on the front sight as you dry fire
Since there is nothing else to focus on, you’re pretty much forced to focus on the front sight and sight alignment.
This should create the important subconscious link between the trigger pull and a crystal clear sight picture.
I’m not sure this is a replacement for dry fire with visualization, but it is probably a complement for it.
May 30
Followthrough is often described as the process of holding the trigger to the rear (for some time) after breaking a shot, i.e., it is described as a mechanical process.
Since mechanics are a component of technique and technique is dependent on context, the holding the trigger to the rear for 3 seconds (as described by bullseye shooters at my local club), wasn’t going to work well in the context of IPSC. It would certainly hurt my split times 
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May 28
The search for better sighting systems is always on and there are new innovations in sights being marketed constantly.
In the realm of iron sights on a handgun everything from ghost ring sights to shotgun beads has been tried. The interesting thing is that all the top competitive shooters always return to using partridge sights. Continue reading »
May 25
This is an instructional video with Todd Jarrett (1996 IPSC world champion) providing information on how to grip a pistol so that you can shoot it accurately and fast. Continue reading »
May 23
Shooters who come to IPSC from other accuracy focussed disciplines always look for the perfect sight picture.
Calling the shot with a perfect sight picture is indeed an important skill, however at speed, a perfect sight picture is rarely possible or necessary. Movement also complicates the process of getting a perfect sight picture.
In IPSC, given the size of the A zone, the range of sight pictures that would yield an acceptable shot (A zone hit) on the target is relatively large. The important thing to remember is that you only need to hit the A zone, not the actual A . Continue reading »
