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Actually, hitting the paper.
Harvey has hit the proverbial wall in becoming a better pistol shot.
She is also frustrated by me being so much better than her in a casually effortless way.
I don't even think I'm that good, I'm OK.
And it took many long years to get to it.
She was very depressed and down on herself so I said, "let's sit here on the stools behind the range on the other side of the glass."
We sat for a while watching the other people shoot and I say, "you're already better than half the people here."
And she is.
She's getting all her shots on paper. Nearly all of them in the -1 ring of a 75% sized IDPA target at 7 yards.
With an epic flinch while she jerks the trigger no less!
She tends to string vertically with a low bias.
We're working on it. But it doesn't help that she cannot feel her pinkie on her right hand and often cannot feel her ring finger thanks to something pinching in her right elbow.
Her eyes/glasses combination isn't helping. Our last trip to the eye doctor did NOT get us glasses we're happy with at all.
Have you tried a) dry fire at home and b) the Lynn Givens trigger drill? I've used both to cure flinches in shooters, but they both take time to overcome the brain's instincts to flinch.
ReplyDeleteFor those inclined to read some psycho-babble: the frontal cortex controls the decision to shoot and press the trigger. The limbic system goes "explosion near brain box about to happen, ALERT move explosion away" generating a flinch.
To cure the flinch you need some method of teaching the limbic system that the frontal cortex saying "pull the trigger" doesn't automatically equal "explosion near the brain box", which is where the dry fire comes in.
Best,
The Grumpy Scott
She won't set time aside to dry fire. List of excuses, many valid.
DeleteWe're working on it. Slowly.
Eyes are one of the biggest issues. Get her glasses situation resolved and you'll be much further ahead on progress. I can tell you I don't shoot as well as I did years ago just because I don't see as well as I used to. Sadly, due to my Germanic and Nordic ancestry cataracts aren't an if, they're a when. The only upside to that is the lens replacements they do these days are often fantastic. My Dad had good results with his, but my Mom's were truly incredible. She went from barely being able to pass the driving eye test to being able to pass it without glasses. She only needs readers now, which is pretty great for someone who is 85 years old who had needed glasses since the 1950s.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what to do about the nerve issues, but I wonder if there isn't some kinid of treatment that might help. I've always considered things like accupuncture to be sort of snake oil but people I know who I don't consider to be full of BS have told me they've actually had good results. I also don't believe all the claims of things like Chiropracty, but I've found some of their treatments beneficial.
It's also practice, practice, practice and working on technique, which you're already doing.
-swj