May 23
Shooters who come to IPSC from other accuracy focussed disciplines always look for the perfect sight picture.
Calling the shot with a perfect sight picture is indeed an important skill, however at speed, a perfect sight picture is rarely possible or necessary. Movement also complicates the process of getting a perfect sight picture.
In IPSC, given the size of the A zone, the range of sight pictures that would yield an acceptable shot (A zone hit) on the target is relatively large. The important thing to remember is that you only need to hit the A zone, not the actual A 
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May 21
There is a lot of debate as to whether to shoot with both eyes open, or just one. I thought the consensus was to use both eyes if you were capable of doing so. In fact some people have gone to the extent of obscuring the view of the non-dominant eye partially and keeping both eyes open.
Based on the above, I had been diligently training to use both eyes under all circumstances. I had good success with shorter distances, but was still having issues (target ghosting etc.) at distances > 25 yards.
Listening to a conversation between Angus Hobdell and Matt Burkett changed all that and opened the topic up again. Continue reading »
May 15
There is a lot of discussion on where to focus while shooting. The classical instructional model stresses focus on the front sight only. Brian Enos covers 5 types of focus in his book Practical Shooting – Beyond Fundamentals.
Included below is a posting by Ron Avery on the Brian Enos forum that goes beyond treating focus points as discrete entities. Continue reading »
May 09
Calling the shot is critical skills in accurate shooting at speed and refers to the skill of knowing exactly where the bullet is going to hit at the instant the shot breaks, before it gets to the target.
It is important to note that the call is simply visual awareness. Calling the shot tells you where the bullet went at the moment the shot broke and has nothing to do with where you wanted the shot to go.
This point is key. Continue reading »
Apr 30
The following is extracted from various posts by Brian Enos on his forum covering techniques for mastering Fundamental #3.
It’s important to understand the difference between Sight Alignment and Sight Picture since it is critical to understanding the post below.
The greatest obstacle in shooting a pistol accurately offhand is produced by the movement of the gun in the hand (wobble) combined with the movement of the wobble on the target (hold). These all too observable visual inputs distract us from what is important, the aforementioned third fundamental of shooting – releasing the shot without disturbing the gun’s hold. Continue reading »