More variations on The Partials

Following my original post on Versatile Target Arrays, I received a PM from Eric Stanley on the Benoverse with some up to date notes on the practice array he's currently using.

Eric's full thoughts are over on the DR Performance Shooting main site!

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Dead what???

Why in the world would you want to start doing power lifting exercises? I mean, what in the shooting sports even begins to look like doing a deadlift? A dead what??? A dead back, maybe???

Well, not if you do it with proper form, and an appropriate amount of weight. The picture at the right is me, deadlifting 295#. That's not an extreme amount of weight - the current world record is over three times that (1003#).

But, still, why power lifting, if what you want out of your fitness routine is a lean frame, and a high power to weight ratio? Hmmmm.... hit the DR Performance Shooting main site for the rest of the article!

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No Easy Shots

When do you see the hardest shots? When you arrive at a match, do you feel like the targets suddenly got smaller, or farther away? Does the A-zone look like its about 2" across. What about those tight shots with no-shoots all around? If you've had those sensations, its quite likely that the target arrays you practice are simply too easy...

Hit the DR Performance Shooting site for an introduction to the concept of No Easy Shots....

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Goals: Pathways to your Dreams

Goals. Dreams. Desires. Wants. Needs. Ambitions. What do these words mean to you? In just about anything we do, we all have some ideas about what we want out of it. I'm going to talk about this in the context of shooting, of course - it is a blog about shooting, after all - but these concepts can apply to anything in our lives. I mean anything, from the serious and important (say, career, or parenting), to the trivial and mundane (maybe brushing your teeth...).

So, think about this for a moment - what do you really want out of your shooting? What are you willing to sacrifice to get what you want?

Ok, have you thought about it - I mean, really and honestly thought about it? Then hit the DR Performance Shooting main site, and read on...

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Recommended Reading: Practical Shooting Manual

One of those FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) that seems to pop up on the Benoverse every so often is something to the effect of "I'm a new shooter, what should I read?". Many of us have our favorites, of course - Brian Enos' Practical Shooting: Beyond Fundamentals, for instance, or Saul Kirsch's Thinking Practical Shooting perhaps.

Those books are awesome resources, without any doubt. But both really require some background in the game to use them to the fullest extent. So, if a new shooter isn't going to get the best out of those books until they have a little bit of experience (and their gear squared away, etc), where do you point them? The answer has been with us since 1995 in the form of Matt Burkett's Practical Shooting Manual.

Hit the DR Performance Shooting main site for the full review!

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The trick is not to care...

SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't seen Fight Club and plan to - the article linked here contains some spoilers....

My good friend, and sometimes student, "Calamity Jane" Ball posted a link to an article on http://stronglifts.com earlier today in her Range Diary on the Benoverse. She actually got the link from Derrick "Catfish" Birdsall - another bud of mine.

Not only is it a good, short read that references one of my favorite flicks, but it called to mind a conversation I had with another shooter about the drive to become a GM...

...which you can read on the DR Performance Shooting main site!

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Standards Drills for Practice

What does the word "Standards" make you think of? Torture? Inhuman cruelty? Sadistic match direction? Or, does it inspire thoughts of confidence? Smug satisfaction at free match points? I'll bet its one of the first ones, isn't it?

Why do standards exercises invoke such fear and concern in most people? Hmmmm... Can it be that we've forgotten how to actually SHOOT in the midst of all of our running around and whatnot? I suggest that you lose your fear of standards by facing them in practice. In fact, I have several standards drills that I track progress with that I'll share with you in the full article on the DR Performance Shooting main site!

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