Violently shove yourself out of your comfort zone
Mar 25, 2024 19:10:04 GMT -5
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Post by 1ST IN on Mar 25, 2024 19:10:04 GMT -5
Pistol Cold Drills
Cold drills are a cold pressure test of combined hard skills, not tactics.
Since these are EDC focused, doing one dry draw forfeits the drill.
No warmups, no dry draws at all.
Just hang the target and run it.
Things I'm paying attention to:
- Vision piece:
- Target focused not dot focused. Consistent return of the dot to my focal point. Predictable behavior of the gun.
- Locking on to a focal point as I'm coming into position.
- Minimum confirmation level necessary for size, distance and precision needed for target.
- Two hands on gun for short bursts, strong hand only for longer sprints.
- Enter/Exit in a solid stance, ready to move again, efficiency of movement, no unnecessary steps.
- Getting gun up as I'm coming into position. Always trying to shoot sooner and aggressively rather than overconfirming sights and shooting faster(catch up).
- Keeping grip pressure consistent, again looking for consistent return. Predictable behavior of the gun.
- Fast aggressive movement between cones.
- Hardcover and partials(no shoots)for added challenge.
- HF scored so it forces speed and acceptable accuracy.
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HAS
-HARD SKILL DEVELOPMENT
-PERFORMANCE VALUE
-DEFENSIVE UTILITY
Stop practicing as if you're dictating the parameters of the fight. The "slow down and get your hits" nonsense is poison and ruining your development.
Speed and distance almost immediately reveal your shooting deficiencies.
Allow yourself mistakes and use the target as a diagnostic tool that is showing you what you need to fix at speed.
The goal is to overdevelop my hard skills to the highest level possible, gain consistency and repeatability for on demand performance under stress. Then I can input those skills into any context I need.
Cold drills are a cold pressure test of combined hard skills, not tactics.
Since these are EDC focused, doing one dry draw forfeits the drill.
No warmups, no dry draws at all.
Just hang the target and run it.
Things I'm paying attention to:
- Vision piece:
- Target focused not dot focused. Consistent return of the dot to my focal point. Predictable behavior of the gun.
- Locking on to a focal point as I'm coming into position.
- Minimum confirmation level necessary for size, distance and precision needed for target.
- Two hands on gun for short bursts, strong hand only for longer sprints.
- Enter/Exit in a solid stance, ready to move again, efficiency of movement, no unnecessary steps.
- Getting gun up as I'm coming into position. Always trying to shoot sooner and aggressively rather than overconfirming sights and shooting faster(catch up).
- Keeping grip pressure consistent, again looking for consistent return. Predictable behavior of the gun.
- Fast aggressive movement between cones.
- Hardcover and partials(no shoots)for added challenge.
- HF scored so it forces speed and acceptable accuracy.
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HAS
-HARD SKILL DEVELOPMENT
-PERFORMANCE VALUE
-DEFENSIVE UTILITY
Stop practicing as if you're dictating the parameters of the fight. The "slow down and get your hits" nonsense is poison and ruining your development.
Speed and distance almost immediately reveal your shooting deficiencies.
Allow yourself mistakes and use the target as a diagnostic tool that is showing you what you need to fix at speed.
The goal is to overdevelop my hard skills to the highest level possible, gain consistency and repeatability for on demand performance under stress. Then I can input those skills into any context I need.