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One big question shooters always have is "What should I practice?" or "How do I practice?" I train a minimum of twice a week on the range but my goal is 3-4 time weekly. Sometimes the weather isn't cooperatives and other commitments get in the way but I set aside Tuesdays and Thursdays as committed range training days. I have two types of Range Training Session: Drills and Practice Stage sessions. On Tuesdays, I train using drills to focus on specific skills and techniques. On Thursdays, I train using a series of Practice Stages that I created. These Practice Stages allow me to put everything together and recreate what I should expect at matches.
DRILLS TRAINING SESSIONS: I usually conduct 3-5 drills during my Drill Training Sessions. I rotate through all the drills I have and use various drills from books from Saul Kirsch - Perfect Practice - and Ben Stoeger's - Champion Shooting: A Proven Process for Success at Any Level. I carry both books with me in my range bag. I will say that I prefer Saul's book - Perfect Practice and recommend it over Ben's book as Perfect Practice is more comprehensive, covers many more specific skills / techniques and is a well laid out book. I conduct most drills 4-5 times each to ensure that I am developing the skills / techniques properly. It take many repetitions of a drill to become consistent and execute the skills and techniques well and smoothly. I conduct most drills at 75% of my normal speed. I will do a drill at full speed for the last repetition to give me a feel of what it will be like at full speed and to determine my progress. The key point to remember about drills is to rotate through various drills for each training session. Don't always do the same drills and the ones that you are comfortable with. Variety is key to keeping your interest and to truly help you develop your skills and techniques. I find setting targets up just outside the normal distances that you tend to find them at matches is a good idea. Challenging yourself is important. As an example, I tend to use mini poppers the majority of the time and push them out between 12-20m. The result is that the large poppers look huge when I see them in matches and I find it so easy to engage them. As well, my confidence level is very high shooting at mini poppers as a result. I also like to use mini IPSC shaped steel targets. These steel targets provide immediate feedback and are a confidence builder. They are the size of the mini IPSC paper targets. I find mixing IPSC paper targets (large and mini) with the mini IPSC shape steel targets are a great combination providing instant feedback with the steel and receiving good feedback on my actual hits on target and grouping of my shots on the paper targets. Furthermore, using the steel targets cuts down on the use of pasters (patches). I spend more time shooting than patching holes in targets!
PRACTICE STAGES SESSIONS: I created a series of Practice Stages. I will discuss this Practice Stage Training Session in another video.
The video is of one of my Tuesday Drills Training Sessions. It will give you an idea of the targets I use, distances and drills I use. This particular session was somewhat focused on shooting on the move. I have been working on my shooting on the move for the past year and a half. In the video I can see that I have to get my center of gravity lower and work on my footing. Remember while moving forward it is "heel to toe" and moving backwards "toe to heel". Keep your center of gravity low. I didn't set the best example of that in this video. You should be shooting when the one foot is off of the ground as both you and the gun will be at the most stable at that time. If you are good and accurate, you may be able to get two shoots off with every step but the norm would be one shot per step. If you rush the shooting, you will likely not do well shooting while moving. Make sure you pull the trigger before your foot hits the ground otherwise the shock of the foot hitting the ground will be transferred to the gun just as you pull the trigger....that's not good. Lateral movement is tough to master. I'm still not keeping my hips square enough to the targets. I'm working on it. Some days I get it right and other days it's so, so.
Hope this video gives you ideas for how to structure your training and / or ideas of what to do for training while at the range. Make sure you have a plan before you get to the range. Just deciding on the spot what to do will not be very productive and you will likely do the same thing over and over again. Therefore, plan ahead and not when you arrive at the range.
IPSC Quick Tips video series by Shooter's Inc:
- Multiple Box Drill (E6) - [ Ссылка ]
- Drills Training Session #4 (E14) - [ Ссылка ]
