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http://gunnuts.net/2011/02/03/what-makes-good-practice/
Excellent article by Shelley.
In this article she discusses what most novice shooters miss and that's that practice doesn't always help you improve your skills. For example, say I wanted to take up knitting. Just grabbing a needle and some yarn and going at it wouldn't do me much good. I could probably throw a stitch but it wouldn't be good and I likely wouldn't ever improve enough to make anything I would be happy with without proper instruction and at least some supervision initially. The key to learning, in my mind, is proper instruction and feedback followed by practice, practice, practice. Practice before you learn the proper technique only reinforces bad habits, some of which are much harder to fix than to learn correctly from the beginning.
Grabbing a gun, some ammo, and paper targets and hitting the range on your own is much the same as my knitting example. You might get used to the recoil and figure out how you need to hold your sights to get on "target" but your overall shooting won't improve by leaps and bounds. It ABSOLUTELY won't make you a better gun fighter. (Note the difference between being a good "shooter" and a good "gun fighter". That's another post for another day.)
Note in the first paragraph I said "novice" shooters and not "new" shooters. The majority of folks that own firearms (and even shoot with some frequency) have had them for years and years but never really advance beyond "novice". I attribute this to lack of proper training.
Side Note: In the article Shelley directs folks to http://pistol-training.com/ . I will be attending a Todd Louis Green's 2-day Aim Fast, Hit Fast class in early March. I can't wait. A couple of other GLOCK.Pro members are also signed up.
Excellent article by Shelley.
In this article she discusses what most novice shooters miss and that's that practice doesn't always help you improve your skills. For example, say I wanted to take up knitting. Just grabbing a needle and some yarn and going at it wouldn't do me much good. I could probably throw a stitch but it wouldn't be good and I likely wouldn't ever improve enough to make anything I would be happy with without proper instruction and at least some supervision initially. The key to learning, in my mind, is proper instruction and feedback followed by practice, practice, practice. Practice before you learn the proper technique only reinforces bad habits, some of which are much harder to fix than to learn correctly from the beginning.
Grabbing a gun, some ammo, and paper targets and hitting the range on your own is much the same as my knitting example. You might get used to the recoil and figure out how you need to hold your sights to get on "target" but your overall shooting won't improve by leaps and bounds. It ABSOLUTELY won't make you a better gun fighter. (Note the difference between being a good "shooter" and a good "gun fighter". That's another post for another day.)
Note in the first paragraph I said "novice" shooters and not "new" shooters. The majority of folks that own firearms (and even shoot with some frequency) have had them for years and years but never really advance beyond "novice". I attribute this to lack of proper training.
Side Note: In the article Shelley directs folks to http://pistol-training.com/ . I will be attending a Todd Louis Green's 2-day Aim Fast, Hit Fast class in early March. I can't wait. A couple of other GLOCK.Pro members are also signed up.
