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I think he is right. Guys that do a lot of practical shooting are able to let the shooting part of the equation “run in the background”. I have never been in a dynamic shoothouse and definitely haven’t been in a 2 way real fight but if your lizard brain can run the gun handling program leaving your thinking brain to work the problem I see that as the way.
Excellent takeWhen we lived in Idaho, I was a match director for 3 gun for several years. Some people would do a walk through of the stage and then as the RO follow them as the RO, would see some do things that made no sense at all in terms of shooting positions, distances to shoot from, etc. Make some changes to what is 'normal' in a stage and some shooters cannot function.
Most interesting thing I ever saw was when my oldest son and I set up a 'shoot house' using black plastic sheeting. It was a handgun only stage for the first run, then a rifle only stage, so no gun transition needed. Shooters were told that they were to engage targets as they saw them. We had static targets, no shoots, some partially hidden by cover and then a drop target (about 1.5 seconds of visibility) and swinging target coming out from behind cover. These were activated by a plate you stepped on. We were very clear that if you told others about the set up of the shoot house, you would be DQ'd.
As RO, I went through the shoot house with every shooter. What I found very interesting is that some shooters, who were generally very good at managing a stage when they could do a walk through first, had almost no clue what to do when they didn't know where targets were. One very good shooter asked me during the stage, do I shoot that target pointing at a IPSC target. My response was shoot the targets you can see. He shot from less than 10 feet away and missed the target completely. He was really rattled.
Best part was we moved and changed up targets between the stages. We removed the scoring target from the dropper and put up a no shoot. Probably 60% of the shooter shot the target as soon as it was turning, thus loosing points for shooting a no shoot. Best response was from a shooter who shot the no shoot, turned around and said "You bastards". I was laughing so hard a that.
Understand that people claim competitive shooting doesn't reflect real life situations but it sure does show what happens when they are affected by just the pressure of being on a timer.
So THAT'S where the SONIC logo comes from. Makes sense now.
When we lived in Idaho, I was a match director for 3 gun for several years. Some people would do a walk through of the stage and then as the RO follow them as the RO, would see some do things that made no sense at all in terms of shooting positions, distances to shoot from, etc. Make some changes to what is 'normal' in a stage and some shooters cannot function.
Most interesting thing I ever saw was when my oldest son and I set up a 'shoot house' using black plastic sheeting. It was a handgun only stage for the first run, then a rifle only stage, so no gun transition needed. Shooters were told that they were to engage targets as they saw them. We had static targets, no shoots, some partially hidden by cover and then a drop target (about 1.5 seconds of visibility) and swinging target coming out from behind cover. These were activated by a plate you stepped on. We were very clear that if you told others about the set up of the shoot house, you would be DQ'd.
As RO, I went through the shoot house with every shooter. What I found very interesting is that some shooters, who were generally very good at managing a stage when they could do a walk through first, had almost no clue what to do when they didn't know where targets were. One very good shooter asked me during the stage, do I shoot that target pointing at a IPSC target. My response was shoot the targets you can see. He shot from less than 10 feet away and missed the target completely. He was really rattled.
Best part was we moved and changed up targets between the stages. We removed the scoring target from the dropper and put up a no shoot. Probably 60% of the shooter shot the target as soon as it was turning, thus loosing points for shooting a no shoot. Best response was from a shooter who shot the no shoot, turned around and said "You bastards". I was laughing so hard a that.
Understand that people claim competitive shooting doesn't reflect real life situations but it sure does show what happens when they are affected by just the pressure of being on a timer.
I've seen lots without a timer.I’ve seen all kinds of stupidity while holding a timer.
I've seen lots without a timer.
Never pass out first! I passed out first during a night of drinking games early on in my time in the Corps and thought the massive hangover was my only problem as I stood in company formation the next morning... I grew increasingly concerned as I kept hearing stifled laughter from the ranks behind me. Turns out my buddies had sharpied an impressive cock-n-balls on the back of my head and it was peeking out from under my cover. Took a while to live that one down.At a graduation party after my junior year, we were pretty trashed and my buddy was leaving to Japan for a cultural wrestling exchange… we got pretty artsy with his face after he passed out, but the giant cock n balls on his back was the piece d’resistance that he didn’t know about until in a foreign locker room…
This guy knows!!Turbo up pipes while your in there ......
Pass out first and someone packs your ears with peanut butter spread...... can't use Q tips as the ear canal is full. Can't hear anything. Peanut butter has so much oil it's damn near waterproof.Never pass out first! I passed out first during a night of drinking games early on in my time in the Corps and thought the massive hangover was my only problem as I stood in company formation the next morning... I grew increasingly concerned as I kept hearing stifled laughter from the ranks behind me. Turns out my buddies had sharpied an impressive cock-n-balls on the back of my head and it was peeking out from under my cover. Took a while to live that one down.