blkdragon1212
05-19-2010, 07:46 PM
Just got home from the range. Sharing time with my fiancée' at the range is special. While having her go through her paces, it became apparent to me that she was shooting within the same rhythm, same number of shots, same process. In fact it was because of the way I had been teaching her.
While this is not a bad thing in and of itself, once a person progresses, the instructor should make sure that the number of shots fired should be varied. The armed forces have even gotten away from two to the chest, and one to the head. Now they teach three or four to the chest, and one to the head.
I suggested that she mix up the shot strings, shooting more than the usual one or two. I noticed that she was returning to the high ready after each string. Once I observed this activity, I insisted that she hold the shooting position even after the string was completed, even forcing her to shoot a few more rounds before returning to the ready position.
Later in the session, I had her shoot four or five shots during each string, then she could shoot as few as two, but never one. We have got to get away from the patterns we develop, because the situation should dictate how many rounds fired. It might take several rounds to stop a threat, one, two, or three might not get the job done.
In a real world critical incident, you should only stop shooting when the threat is stopped. We must always make our training realistic, while keeping in mind that we will revert back to that training under stress.
By mixing it up, by changing the number of shots fired, practicing all phases of personal defense. Even the ones not so fun to do, it will better prepare us for that critical incident. Then incident where there are no "second place finishers".
While this is not a bad thing in and of itself, once a person progresses, the instructor should make sure that the number of shots fired should be varied. The armed forces have even gotten away from two to the chest, and one to the head. Now they teach three or four to the chest, and one to the head.
I suggested that she mix up the shot strings, shooting more than the usual one or two. I noticed that she was returning to the high ready after each string. Once I observed this activity, I insisted that she hold the shooting position even after the string was completed, even forcing her to shoot a few more rounds before returning to the ready position.
Later in the session, I had her shoot four or five shots during each string, then she could shoot as few as two, but never one. We have got to get away from the patterns we develop, because the situation should dictate how many rounds fired. It might take several rounds to stop a threat, one, two, or three might not get the job done.
In a real world critical incident, you should only stop shooting when the threat is stopped. We must always make our training realistic, while keeping in mind that we will revert back to that training under stress.
By mixing it up, by changing the number of shots fired, practicing all phases of personal defense. Even the ones not so fun to do, it will better prepare us for that critical incident. Then incident where there are no "second place finishers".