IPSC Quick Tips - Drills Training Session #3 (E13)

Don't forget to LIKE, COMMENT and SUBSCRIBE! Thanks and checkout my other videos!! As I had a training partner during this training session, I kept my on-video comments very short as I wanted to be respectful of my partner. His shooting time is as important as mine. So, I hope that the following comments will makeup for my very short on-video comments. I use two drills for the practice session: Accelerator and Box Movement Drills. The Accelerator Drill is a very good drill to help you learn to control your shooting / triggering speed. Many of us don't adjust our shooting speed considering the distance of targets or the difficulty of the shot. Once we start shooting fast, we continue at that same speed throughout the stage. This costs many shooters a lot of points as they end up getting many more Charlies and Deltas than they'd like or worst, misses and / or penalty targets! Learning to adjust you shooting / triggering speed is very important and the Accelerator Drill can help. All you need is three targets and place them at 10yds, 15yds and 20yds. If you are an experienced and accurate shooter, you can challenge yourself a little more by placing the targets at 12yds, 18yds and 25yds (or meters). The Rule of Thumb is to shoot distant targets first in a target array. As distant targets are more challenging and require more concentration, your triggering speed should be slower on these targets than the closer ones. That should increase your chances of better hits at the distant targets. Most people find it easier to shoot slow and increase their speed rather than shooting fast and trying to slow down. I practice the drill going both ways: far to near and near to far. It takes more concentration and discipline to shoot fast and slow down. I think it is important for a shooter to be able to go both ways just like it is important to be able to shoot a left to right and right to left. I want to be flexible and have the confidence to go both ways no matter. Practice the drill at first starting at the High Ready and afterwards from the Draw if you want to add a little more complexity to the drill. Remember that this is a drill and not a race. Concentrate on what the aim is of the drill....controlling your shooting / triggering speed adjust to the distance of the targets. Make your hits count! You are working on technique so start slow and work you way to faster speeds. The Box Movement Drill is one that I learned from Eric Grauffel while taking one of his courses. It was great to have him, a true World Champion, as an instructor. This drill is simple to setup. You need 4 shooting boxes and about 6-8 target stands. The targets need only to be between 10-12yds (meters) aways from each of their respective shooting boxes. If you are an experienced and accurate shooter, you can use mini IPSC and partial targets to add more challenge if you like. As well, you can start at the High Ready and / or from the Draw. Each time you conduct the drill, start from a different box and also do the drill clockwise and counter-clockwise. This drill is all about movement, watching your muzzle direction, moving backward with your gun (trailer the gun and over the shoulder), working on entering and exiting the boxes, mag change on the move, and position setup as you are about to engage each target. Take you time shooting and make all your hits count. Move as fast as you want between shooting boxes but control your shooting speed and shoot no faster than what will allow you to get Alphas!! With the Box Movement Drill, watch the direction of your muzzle. This drill is excellent as is the Multiple Box Drill (see my other video on this drill) to learning how to move in all directions with your gun safety and effectively in order to achieve the fastest possible engagement times on targets. There are two fast and safe ways to move backwards with your gun: trailering and over the opposite shoulder. You must learn to recognize which technique is best depending on which way you will be turning to engage a target while running backwards / up range as you enter your shooting position. I will likely make a video explaining when to use each technique. I like to use a timer for all drills so to get used to the timer and my reaction to the BEEP. But, you don't have to as this does add another level of challenge / stress to the drill which you may not want right away. It is important that you recognize and accept your level of skill / experience. Shoot to your level and don't try to copy a more experienced shooter's speed. Drills are meant to develop your skills and techniques so take your time and concentrate on all your movements and shooting! Do it correctly each time! Don't say "Oh, that was good enough" as it isn't "good enough" if it was not correctly done! You are setting yourself up for failure. Music is Destructoid by MK2. Thanks for the great sound track!