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where do you place your non-shooting hand?
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:56 pm
by miamicdc
Just curious where do most people in this forum place their non-shooting hand?
Assume you are right handed shooter, do you place your left hand
a) in your side pant pocket?
b) on your belt?
c) if b, left of center
d) center
e) right of center
If you place it on your belt, do you
a) thumb hook on belt
b) 4 fingers inside belt
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:58 am
by David Levene
d), with the a) variant (thumb hooked on the belt buckle).
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:19 am
by ken4all
I do 'a'
Of course with different trousers you can have different height en depth of pockets. That's why I always use the same kind of trousers (I have a few of them of course). My opinion is to try to always have the same position and feeling.
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:47 am
by RobStubbs
David Levene wrote:d), with the a) variant (thumb hooked on the belt buckle).
As per David, and as was advised by the coach.
Consistency and comfort are important but the arm position can increase stability.
On thing I find with pockets is that they are often in slightly different places and worse, I find my hand gets real sweaty. You can just hook your thumb over the pocket, keeping the hand outside.
Rob.
Non shooting hand position
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:05 pm
by 2650 Plus
With me its " A " with the arm completely relaxed. The non shooting arm and hand is essential to achieving a proper grip and that is all I use it for. Good Shooting Bill Horton
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:07 pm
by Rover
I go with "d" or "e" and "a" or "b", depending on how fat I am that day.
I find that using this setup keeps my arm from flapping in the breeze.
(Yes, DL, it's a joke.)
The top International shooters I've seen do it this way. The 2700 (3 gun) shooters have a lot more variations, some quite comical.
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:35 pm
by luftskytter as
A, with the thumb outside
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 5:19 pm
by joecon
I started with A, but found it not to be natural/ comfortable, after a time moved to d-a, again here found hand position too high when using pants belt, so now I wear a separate belt (textile & breathable) solely for the purpose of getting a lower centre hand position. Also; this allows consistent hand position with different pants & even a tracksuit. I suppose a lot depends on the physique of the individual, & what is required to get a comfortable & consistant position. Joe.
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:51 am
by Nev C
Thumb hook on belt.