Looking for a coach.

[conradin]

I am looking for a coach, an I live in Oakland, CA (San Francisco Bay Area) for kk gewehr or AR (match long arms). My main concern is posture (NPA). I don't want to be to be too concerned about pulling the trigger right now.

Please send me recommendation to me HERE on this thread, and any contact info. I will contact that person privately. Also please send me info on a fair price using the PM.

Experience with old heavy kk gewehr is ideal. Also please notice that I have no intention to compete. I just want to be confident enough to plink around in my club private unofficial matches.

[conradin]

A coach who is familiar with teaching a left handed shooter will be ideal.

[bluetentacle]

I am looking for a coach, an I live in Oakland, CA (San Francisco Bay Area) for kk gewehr or AR (match long arms). My main concern is posture (NPA). I don't want to be to be too concerned about pulling the trigger right now.

I suggest that you leave the lesson plan to the coach.

Looking for a coach is a good idea, but just as important is being "coachable"--that is, having the humility to discard your preconceived notions and do exactly as the coach tells you. From your mass of posts, it seems to me that you really need to work on this. It's the source of much of the negativity you have encountered on this forum.

[Rover]

"preconceived notions"?

He claims to have read every single post in the "Search" function. He has apparently picked out every single nugget of useless trivia and taken it to heart, ignoring the very heart of the game.

Boy, get your new glasses (what do you mean, you haven't done it yet!?), and fit your grips. All the rest is sight alignment and trigger squeeze.

Forget every single thing you THINK you know or think you NEED to know.

Stop cluttering up the site with this BS and go dry fire.

[conradin]

My post/internet personality is vastly different from real life, as do a lot of people.

[conradin]

On second thoughts, please just PM me about recommendation. Please state that I shoot left handed.

[Pat McCoy]

You may have more success finding a good rifle Instructor, to help you learn the basics. Check with your state shooting association. There are more instructors than coaches in the country.

I am basing this on your statement that you have no desire to compete, and that the basic difference between instructors and coaches is the competition.

Instructors help you learn the basics of shooting, while coaches work with shooters over the long term to raise their levels of ability as shown in competition results.

[David Levene]

If you do manage to find a coach/instructor the I suggest you remember some advice given to you (by someone else) many weeks ago.

"Your ears work better when your mouth is closed"

[conradin]

Will try David.

[bdutton]

Try emailing: coaching@nrahq.org with your question.

While the nra coaching email address is more about finding opportunities to find a coaches course, they may know how to find a coach in your area for you.

[bluetentacle]

The Appleseed Project is an excellent way of learning the basics of positional shooting. That's how I started my journey to HP HM classification and a DR badge.

You do need a repeater (10/22 is the most popular choice), and they spend most of their time in prone. But the fundamentals of shooting are the same in all positions, and they do a very good job of pounding those into you.

It's one of those rare things in life that are both cheap AND high-quality. It's worth a look.

You should be able to find an event reasonably close to you:

http://www.appleseedinfo.org/search-sta ... California