Sight Picture

Scotti Files: Week 2; Session 2: Setting up and shooting.

September 27th, 2011
Week two, training  fourth training session overall!  This training first addresses movement where Scotti trains decelerating into position and breaks a shot as soon as possible.  this
 

Scotti Files: Week 1; Session 2; Drill 2; Video 4 Shooting on Move --> Back to Trigger Control Work

September 6th, 2011
This final video circles back to the underlieing skill set to train in this drill, trigger control.  The skill sets trained are:
  1. Shooting on Move
    1. Training to pull trigger on mid stride.
  2. Trigger Control:
    1. Shooting on the move disturbs sight picture so trigger control has to be exercised on demand (with a short window to break the shot).
  3. Knowing limitations of natural point of aim and when to transition to using more sights and trigger.

This video touches upon the concept that mastering the transition from using natural point of aim to sights and trigger is a 1000 mile journey.  It takes a lot of reps.  The good news is thought the repetitions can very fun and not expensive.

 

Scotti Files: Week 1; Session 2; Drill 2; Video 3 Both Eyes Open

September 6th, 2011
Now we get into the action.  The last video introduced the drill, now let her roll!  As predicted Scotti was a little bit undisciplined with her muzzle awareness, nothing too bad but still, it needs to be pointed out.  This video demonstrates:
  1. Safety!
    1. Teach muzzle awareness to new shooters.  Don't sweep others or themselves.
    2. Get finger off of trigger and indexed on frame when not engaging targets
    3. Make new shooters aware when they screw up the above two rules.  Get away from just shooting behind a table.
  2. Shooting with bothe eyes open.
    1. Getting both eyes open and start training to hit the correct target when shooting with both eyes open.
    2.  
Shooting both eyes open is not easy at first.  It takes time and  a lot of reps to get the eyes working right!
 

Scotti Files: Week 1; Session 2; Drill 2; Video 2 Shooting on Move, I Mean Trigger Control Work and Safety

September 5th, 2011
Now we get into the action.  The last video introduced the drill, now let her roll!  As predicted Scotti was a little bit undisciplined with her muzzle awareness, nothing too bad but still, it needs to be pointed out.  This video demonstrates:
  1. Safety!
    1. Teach muzzle awareness to new shooters
    2. Get finger off of trigger and indexed on frame when not engaging targets
    3. Make new shooters aware when they screw up the above two rules, if they have attitude, crush them.
  2. Trigger Control:
    1. Shooting on the move disturbs sight picture so trigger control has to be exercised on demand (with a short window to break the shot).
We generally introduce breaking the shot mid-stride, but introducing this advanced technique can be info overload.  I threw it in but in hindsight, I could have left this out and introduced it later.  It didn't seem to screw her up to bad though.
 

Scotti Files: Week 1; Session 2; Drill 2; Video 1 Shooting on Move, I Mean Trigger Control Work

September 5th, 2011
So its day 2 with a beginner.  Of course I want to hit the fundamentals hard core, so what do we jump into?  Shooting on the move.  This may sound strange, but after working heavy on grip and stance (by pretending to work on draw), shooting on the move really works trigger control.  Training points in the video are:
  1. Safety!
    1. Teach muzzle awareness to new shooters
    2. Get finger off of trigger and indexed on frame when not engaging targets
    3. Make new shooters aware when they screw up the above two rules, if they have attitude, crush them.
  2. Trigger Control:
    1. Shooting on the move disturbs sight picture so trigger control has to be exercised on demand (with a short window to break the shot).
Ironically, we don't really care about shooting on the move.  The drill is just a conduit for grinding in muzzle awareness, trigger finger safety discipline and trigger mechanics/control.
 
Trigger control is one of the most difficult fundamentals to master.  Trigger control is basically pressing the trigger straight rearward (and a little bit up since the triggers pivot about a pin for non 1911s) and not disturbing the sights. Once we feel good about ourselves in slow controlled fire, when the heat turns up and we have to break the trigger on demand, mechanics go to heck.  
 
When we shoot on the move, there is inherent sight disturbance.  When the sights get on target (particular at further shots) there is a brief window to break the shot.  Therefore, real trigger control is being able to break the shot on demand with quality of movement.  Sounds simple but difficult to master.
 
With Scotti we through her in the thick of it and trained shooting on the move for two purposes 1)  to observe her trigger mechanics and 2) get her muzzle aware and her finger off of the trigger when not engaging targets.  Honestly, the SiRT is awesome for these drills.  The green laser sweep tells a us a lot as to what the trigger is doing and because the SIRTs are inert (can not fire a round), we feel comfortable going down range from another shooter.  Unfortunately, Scotti was using a SIRT Trainer with red shot indicating lasers.  Although we could see her hits, the film did not pick them up.
 

Overview of Eight Fundamentals with Drills Using the SIRT with Instructor Heckens

September 3rd, 2011

This series of videos show the various drills where the SIRT Training Pistol is utilized to help coach the 8 fundamentals.  Below is a sample training video of the sight alignment and the shooting off the reset, but click the title or here to see the entire collection of concise, to the point, useful videos.

These draft training videos get to the substance quick and cover:

  1. Stance 
  2. Grip
  3. Sight Alignment
  4. Sight Picture
  5. Breathing
  6. Trigger Control
  7. Follow Through
  8. Recovery

...click to see all videos…

NLT Performance SIRTification Course

July 27th, 2011

NLT Performance conducted its first SIRTification course 7/16- 7/18. The course filled to capacity with a short two week notice. The 16 trainers that attended were a fantastic group. The course consisted of a first day of lecture and practical exercises. The second day followed up on the range with live fire.
Although the course is geared for instructors, the information is valuable for any shooter. We received fantastic feedback from the course participants. The next course is at the NLT Facility and NLT range on 8/13 and we are signing up trainers to sponsor a courses at their location. The second video is a final test on day two. All the shooters had a blast finishing this stage. This is a 500 m run with targets along the way. The test is not previewed by the shooter. The student holsters the pistol between shooting positions. The Top Shooter was George Williams of CuttingEdgeTraining.org.
This video is courtesy of Butch Sapp of http://www.arrestling.com/index.htm

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Impromptu Training on Fundamentals 2 of 3

July 25th, 2011

Training a Beginner 2 of 3:
Officer Derrick Dotson, (creator of Dotson Drill) trained NLT's marketing representative, Caesar, on the fundamentals. We captured this on film and cut it up. Sometimes natural impromptu instruction is the most fluid and beneficial.
In these 3 videos, Derrick walks Caesar through sight alignment and draw.

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