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by Bret P
Thu Jun 05, 2025 3:17 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Scatt training and trigger control
Replies: 14
Views: 2911

Re: Scatt training and trigger control

This is where dry firing is really helpful. Especially if the trigger gets "stuck". That usually means your brain is thinking things aren't "perfect enough" and is fighting the shot. Your finger pulls using "flexor" muscles/tendons, and it un-curls using "extensor...
by Bret P
Fri May 30, 2025 11:51 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Scatt training and trigger control
Replies: 14
Views: 2911

Re: Scatt training and trigger control

Thank you.
Will start on this straight away.

Best wishes

Bret
by Bret P
Fri May 30, 2025 7:30 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Scatt training and trigger control
Replies: 14
Views: 2911

Scatt training and trigger control

Dear all, I've managed to get a Scatt after selling the house and family. Great gadget and has already highlighted a main problem, assuming I have understood it correctly. My aim is generally quite good as indicated by the cross, usually around the 10 area. But the shot tends to be away from the cro...
by Bret P
Thu May 22, 2025 3:41 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: SCATT Trial at ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl
Replies: 13
Views: 3517

Re: SCATT Trial at ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl

Out of interest, what are people's views of SCATT? It's the first time I've heard anyone say they have to adjust every so often so it corresponds to the holes. I'm an okay pistol shooter, I'm improving and want to get to international standard. I'm calling my shots correctly and regularly. I know wh...
by Bret P
Sat May 17, 2025 4:34 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: "Sensive" Trigger Blades for Air Pistol?
Replies: 36
Views: 183366

Re: "Sensive" Trigger Blades for Air Pistol?

The long term goal is to make a good (relatively quick) trigger pull automatic, so I can concentrate on my sight alignment. My new "shot-process-for-geezers" has several aspects: 1) Start with the sights just above the black, and get them all lined up & in sharp focus. 2) Drop smoothl...
by Bret P
Wed May 14, 2025 11:16 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Advice on triggers, the technical aspects
Replies: 2
Views: 1444

Advice on triggers, the technical aspects

Hi all, I was at a pistol training camp last weekend and triggers came up. I have a manual steyr evo 10 sport pistol with a standard curved trigger. One of the coaches advised I should sand down the palm side of the trigger, make it thinner, to help reduce the chances of the trigger finger doing an ...
by Bret P
Sun May 11, 2025 4:11 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: weight lifting shoes for shooting 10M AP
Replies: 20
Views: 58597

Re: weight lifting shoes for shooting 10M AP

I went for weight lifting slippers in the end.
Very thin, very light and only £15.
Not great to wear the whole day but only use for shooting.
by Bret P
Sun May 11, 2025 4:08 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Monthly AP League May 2025
Replies: 10
Views: 3912

Re: Monthly AP League May 2025

535 :-)

Slowly increasing the score.

Evo 10 sport manual.
by Bret P
Mon May 05, 2025 12:37 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Follow through; 1, 2, 3, 4 seconds or longer?
Replies: 2
Views: 2139

Follow through; 1, 2, 3, 4 seconds or longer?

Hi all, Slowly improving my pistol shooting. I've heard follow through is very important. I heard a member from a European team say, "it's all dry fire and follow through". So for the top shooters out there, how long is your follow through? I am trying to length my follow through to about ...
by Bret P
Fri Apr 18, 2025 10:30 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Locking the elbow and coaching 10 meter.
Replies: 31
Views: 20370

Re: Locking the elbow and coaching 10 meter.

[IMG_0431.jpeg People do different stuff. Here’s Moritz Minder many years ago. He set a world record. Lotsa guys tried this, and realized it’s what worked for him. It’s more important to understand that a visual image does not necessarily indicate tension and stress at play. While it is mostly used...
by Bret P
Thu Apr 17, 2025 6:17 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Olympic Rapidfire 2028 LA
Replies: 31
Views: 24049

Re: Olympic Rapidfire 2028 LA

I get that.

So should the final then, just be another 60 shots?

Should there be a final?

Marathon running there is only one race and that's it?
by Bret P
Thu Apr 17, 2025 4:13 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Olympic Rapidfire 2028 LA
Replies: 31
Views: 24049

Re: Olympic Rapidfire 2028 LA

Hi everyone, Lots of comments about pistol being dull and unwatchable to a main stream audience. Well there are lots of dull, dull sports out there, darts, snooker, curling etc etc. What makes it watchable is two people or teams competing directly against one another. Also there are only a few sport...
by Bret P
Mon Apr 07, 2025 11:51 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Locking the elbow and coaching 10 meter.
Replies: 31
Views: 20370

Re: Locking the elbow and coaching 10 meter.

Thank you everyone for your comments on this.
Alot to review and also not to be too paranoid about particular technical view points. Just keep arm straight and comfortable. 👍
by Bret P
Sun Apr 06, 2025 4:33 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Locking the elbow and coaching 10 meter.
Replies: 31
Views: 20370

Re: Locking the elbow and coaching 10 meter.

I know this is an old thread. I've been going through my basic technique and noticed that while my arm was straight, it wasn't stretched out fully or rotated, so that the inner elbow faced the ceiling, and my shoulder rolled down. Raising my pistol has been a challenge but I think I could get used t...
by Bret P
Sat Apr 05, 2025 1:41 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Steyr EVO10E SX
Replies: 11
Views: 12688

Re: Steyr EVO10E SX

I'd love to know what the in built SCATT training is like in the SX.

Hopefully someone will of shot with it.
by Bret P
Tue Apr 01, 2025 1:07 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Monthly AP League March 2025
Replies: 15
Views: 36568

Re: Monthly AP League March 2025

Will give it a go this month.
Thank you
by Bret P
Sun Mar 30, 2025 2:15 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Monthly AP League March 2025
Replies: 15
Views: 36568

Re: Monthly AP League March 2025

526

No idea how you put a picture up on here via you mobile.

Bret
by Bret P
Sun Mar 16, 2025 5:00 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Quite eye training
Replies: 0
Views: 7099

Quite eye training

I've come across a few videos on quite eye training, how increasing you gaze at a set point, e.g. ball, can increase the performance. I then checked out a paper on quite eye training for 10m pistol shooters, but didn't give any exercises to improve this ability. Does anyone know anything about this ...
by Bret P
Tue Mar 11, 2025 10:11 am
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: weight lifting shoes for shooting 10M AP
Replies: 20
Views: 58597

Re: weight lifting shoes for shooting 10M AP

Thank you everyone for you comments and advice. I have tried with no shoes and a seem to be more stable. I don't wear glasses or blinders of any type. To me it would make more sense to use barefoot shoes or even 5 toed shoes as very thin base and feedback from the ground. Weightlifting or shooting s...
by Bret P
Mon Mar 03, 2025 1:48 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: weight lifting shoes for shooting 10M AP
Replies: 20
Views: 58597

Re: weight lifting shoes for shooting 10M AP

I know this is an old thread, but any up to date advice on weightlifting vs pistol shoes. I have noticed that I do sway sometimes and many shots I abandon are due to swaying. If I should get shoes is there a difference between weight lifting shoes or shooting shoes? Is there a sizing protocol? It ap...