Re: Using Toes to Push Prone w/ Pod Claws
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lowlight</div><div class="ubbcode-body">people with disabilities or otherwise have to start with some basic understandings...
<span style="color: #FF0000"> Everyone has to start with basics, that was my point. When you have a disability or limitation, what works for you may not work for them. You have to find what works for them and build it into their basics.</span>
first, there are shooting disciplines that will not be as limiting to someone with a disability, however tactical shooting is not one of them. Tactical shooting implies something different from say, F Class, one thing, Time and Opportunity, you don't always get that when you start down the tactical road, so you should consider something with more time and opportunity to fine tune positions and problems. Tactical shooting is about engaging the target right the fuck now, repeatedly. So if you can't work to that means you need to consider other forms.
<span style="color: #FF0000"> Tactical shooting is nothing more then applying marksmanship skills with employment and tactics. Stress induced environments and added variables will always put more factors into your shooting ability, however the ability to align the sights and move the trigger is the “basic” key needed.
I agree that there are major differences, however we all start somewhere and its always the basics (learning to get behind the rifle and build a solid position).
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second, when seeking out professional instruction they need to be forward up front about the disabilities or be willing to work through them as many can, however I will say that most don't even begin to try. They pay thousands of dollars for a trip to a facility only to do it their way from the start, then blame everything on their disability, some of which really, aren't near as limiting as others. The issue is in the "trying"... now some people want to be forced out of the box, and made to try, others aren't even going to be bothered. Something I never quite understood.
<span style="color: #FF0000"> Spot on! A disability is not a crutch and should not be treated as such. That is why a good trainer/ coach will understand how to work a shooter with problems into a consistent position. If someone wants to pay me to listen them complain about a disability in shooting, no problem. If you want to pay me to show you how work through or around your disability, no problem (flexibility at its best
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if you're gonna blame a rifle for jumping off target you should at least be educated in the fact, rifles only react a certain way, they are an "If & Then" operation. "If" you do this - "Then" this will happen _____ . It's not as if the rifles decide on their own to fuck the shooter and throw rounds out of the black. Its the arrogance of their owners who are unwilling to accept responsibility for their actions, not saying anyone in this thread is doing that, only that is what we see.
<span style="color: #FF0000"> Right on, man up and own your round strike. Call it! If you can call it, it ant a fuck up, it’s just a bad shot… Accept it, we are human and nobody is perfect! </span>
Many people are not objective in their shooting, its that simple.
There are always exceptions to every rule and thanks to trading off and indexing many people can learn to overcome disabilities with a rifle. You trade off a poor body position with a better trigger, stuff like that. The fundamentals always apply and you can't use a small problem like some bum ankles as an excuse. <span style="font-weight: bold">From the waist down there should be no tension regardless of the discipline and even if your feet are not as flat as they could be, it's still not a reason to be applying forced forward tensions on the bipod or stock. </span>
<span style="color: #FF0000">I have to disagree with you not everyone can shoot that way and not everyone who is a “shooter” shoots that way. As I said before these are “techniques” and not the only way to do things. More then one way to skin a cat and all that stuff… </span>
It's great to have hobbies, but there are certain factors around any hobby that must be understood. You don't become a runner with bad knees you consider bicycling, stuff like that.
<span style="color: #FF0000">A very valid point! Good post! </span>
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We all have to remember where we come from and who we are… Not everyone is going to be a top 10% shooter, but if we blew everyone off with a limitation or issue, nobody would ever make it past basics…
Very good points LL!
I still stand by my original recommendations…