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Zee
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Teaching the next generation.
Zee
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Took the boy to the range today for his second time EVER shooting a pistol and FIRST time drawing from a holster. 
Point 4
He listened well and with only a few tweaks..........became scary.
We worked on safety and fundamentals of the 4 Point Draw today. Just fundamentals and accuracy.
I’m a proud father.
And the results of fundamentals.
That’s 200 rounds of .22 lr right there!!!
Here are screen shots of his draw video.
Here are screen shots of his draw video.
Point 1
Point 2
Point 3
Point 4
Return to holster.
As a comparison, the far left silhouette belongs to an adult I was working with today as well. 😳
In fairness, he was shooting a .40 S&W while my boy used a .22 lr. But..........fundamentals is fundamentals.
In fairness, he was shooting a .40 S&W while my boy used a .22 lr. But..........fundamentals is fundamentals.
The boy has skilz waiting to be refined and he is decades ahead of me in opportunity.
It’s good to be a father.
"To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
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Well done to you both.
While my boy enjoys shooting now and then. My daughter was more like your boy. She even impressed the FBI instructor.
"If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again! -- Mark Twain
For shooters having that problem, we slow to a crawl. Crawl, walk, jog, run.
Zero and reset drill - draw a small circle or dot on the target. Have the shooter go through the draw and align sights on the dot. On command, fire one round at the dot and HOLD THE TRIGGER ALL THE WAY BACK, realigning sights on the dot and holding there. From that point on, each command means SLOWLY release the trigger until reset is reached, then SLWOLY press the trigger to fire the 1 round commanded, holding the trigger to the rear again and realigning sights on target. Repeat. A lot. Once we have a zero and good understanding of trigger reset, we move on..
Next, new small dot to aim at. Shooter draws and aims. With their finger in register, I come up and pull the trigger for them, slowly. No anticipation of the shot there. Learn how that feels. Move on...
Ball and dummy drills, trigger controlled backward and forward. Identify front sight movement on every dummy round. Then come up with a game or two. Competition drives a lot of guys to do better. Pick up pace as ability improves.
Just thinking “out loud.”