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Shooting is a skill, and to keep it one needs practice. Repetitive instruction builds the skills you need for shooting quickly and accurately. Different drills are used to develop different skills.
Shooting practice allows a shooter to have a better conceptual understanding of such things as: stance, shot placement, trigger control, movement, and sight alignment. Shooting drills also lets new shooters see how they’re handling/manipulating their firearm. Doing shooting drills such as those performed by Spotter Up writer Jon allows new shooters to track their shooting progress over time as they shoot.
Shooters build up their upper body strength, balance and coordination, confidence and a litany of other things beneficial to the mind and body. Here are a few of his drills:
Want to spice up your reload drill? Add an visual obstruction and/or movement to it. This is me doing it pretty well with a @sigsauerinc MPX that I had only been playing with that morning. Give it a try with rifle, pistol or SMG. ?????
A little moving and shooting while transitioning targets. Notice that I don’t hunch forward or walk funny when moving and shooting. You don’t need to be a cat to walk while shooting guns. Just walk and let your arms stabilize the gun.
Working some mid to close to mid to far transitions with an obstacle and footwork today! This exercise I learned a long time ago from @frankproctorshooting so many small things being worked at once.
Modified Xbox drill under night vision. This drill during the day is difficult for most. This exercise works so many skills and can be made even more difficult. Give it a try. Lots of fun even when your buddies aren’t paying attention and you have to work around them. ?
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