I came to pistol shooting from a smallbore prone background where all of the shots had to be a ten. I switched to free pistol because it was the closest to slow fire prone shooting. I started in 1994 and had no coach. I wish I could have had all the information on here when I first started. I'm trying to unlearn center hold and get rid of the crisp trigger. I'm getting the hang of it and am still impressed when I get inside tens at 50 ft. using area aim.
In the past, I shot for score in every competition. That is how my technique is ultimately measured, however most of the threads on here talk about technique only and don't look at score. I understand not to get hung up on score during the match, but getting tens is my goal even though I realize the ten ring is too small to hit every time. Then, in the Jan/Feb. issue of USA Shooting News, there was an article from a series written by JP O'Conner titled "Put the Cork in the Bottle". I have attached the article which the author allows according to what I read about his other articles.
He describes several drills that are performance oriented. These drills seem to contradict information I have studied on Target Talk. I like what he suggests.
What are your thoughts?
Thanks!
Ben
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I just read this thread and thought I would update the link to the article.
http://www.pilkguns.com/jparticles/OTFL ... Bottle.pdf
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