In my last blog, I had discussed the need for diving in deep into the ocean of knowledge. I will give you a real-life example for the need to do this;
Today, one of our Basic Members asked me the following question;
“Sir, my foresight flicks to the left when I dry fire.” To which I said;
“Is your foresight, tilted to the right when you come into the aiming area?”
“No, it flicks to the left, only when I fire the shot.” To which I replied;
“If the foresight flicks to the left when the shot is fired, then your trigger shoe is angled to the right.” After a momentary pause, he replied;
“Yes Sir, it is tilted to the right!” Then I replied;
“Remember, in my Basic Video, I have advised you to place the trigger finger on the trigger shoe, perfectly at a 90 deg. Position. You can only get this correct if your trigger shoe is itself in a 90 deg. Position to the direction of the trigger pull (along with the barrel line).”
In light of the above example, there are four very important points which I wish to draw your attention to;1. A Trial and Error basis shooter may take anything between a day, a week, a year or several years to figure out why this happens (foresight flicking to the left). In the meantime, he is wasting his precious time, money and effort in trying to figure out the answer to the problem.
2. Unable to figure out the reason for the foresight flicking, this young man would have ‘plateaued’ out at a very low score, quite early in his shooting career. Regardless of how hard and how long he may have toiled on the shooting range.
3. Assuming that he eventually figures out the answer, a prolonged period of shooting with a tilted trigger shoe would drill the wrong method of trigger operation in his brain. So, even after the trigger shoe is corrected, due to prolonged shooting with an incorrect technique, the trigger finger WILL reflexively push the trigger shoe in the left direction due to an ingrained wrong habit.
4. Finally and unfortunately, if the shooter cannot find an answer to his problem, he would naturally get frustrated and depressed leading to a POOR SELF IMAGE. He will start thinking incorrectly, that he probably is not good enough, or he just does not have the talent to shoot better.
Imagine the tremendous waste of time, effort and money. But the saddest part of it all, is, that he will even after giving up shooting, will continue thinking that he was a FAILURE!
It is always and usually the micro errors which prevent you from shooting well. That is why you need to DIVE really DEEP to identify where you are going wrong, then figure out the reason and then finally develop the methods for correction.
OR, you get yourself a good Coach.
Today, one of our Basic Members asked me the following question;
“Sir, my foresight flicks to the left when I dry fire.” To which I said;
“Is your foresight, tilted to the right when you come into the aiming area?”
“No, it flicks to the left, only when I fire the shot.” To which I replied;
“If the foresight flicks to the left when the shot is fired, then your trigger shoe is angled to the right.” After a momentary pause, he replied;
“Yes Sir, it is tilted to the right!” Then I replied;
“Remember, in my Basic Video, I have advised you to place the trigger finger on the trigger shoe, perfectly at a 90 deg. Position. You can only get this correct if your trigger shoe is itself in a 90 deg. Position to the direction of the trigger pull (along with the barrel line).”
In light of the above example, there are four very important points which I wish to draw your attention to;1. A Trial and Error basis shooter may take anything between a day, a week, a year or several years to figure out why this happens (foresight flicking to the left). In the meantime, he is wasting his precious time, money and effort in trying to figure out the answer to the problem.
2. Unable to figure out the reason for the foresight flicking, this young man would have ‘plateaued’ out at a very low score, quite early in his shooting career. Regardless of how hard and how long he may have toiled on the shooting range.
3. Assuming that he eventually figures out the answer, a prolonged period of shooting with a tilted trigger shoe would drill the wrong method of trigger operation in his brain. So, even after the trigger shoe is corrected, due to prolonged shooting with an incorrect technique, the trigger finger WILL reflexively push the trigger shoe in the left direction due to an ingrained wrong habit.
4. Finally and unfortunately, if the shooter cannot find an answer to his problem, he would naturally get frustrated and depressed leading to a POOR SELF IMAGE. He will start thinking incorrectly, that he probably is not good enough, or he just does not have the talent to shoot better.
Imagine the tremendous waste of time, effort and money. But the saddest part of it all, is, that he will even after giving up shooting, will continue thinking that he was a FAILURE!
It is always and usually the micro errors which prevent you from shooting well. That is why you need to DIVE really DEEP to identify where you are going wrong, then figure out the reason and then finally develop the methods for correction.
OR, you get yourself a good Coach.
