Followthrough is often described as the process of holding the trigger to the rear (for some time) after breaking a shot, i.e., it is described as a mechanical process.
Since mechanics are a component of technique and technique is dependent on context, the holding the trigger to the rear for 3 seconds (as described by bullseye shooters at my local club), wasn’t going to work well in the context of IPSC. It would certainly hurt my split times 
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The search for better sighting systems is always on and there are new innovations in sights being marketed constantly.
In the realm of iron sights on a handgun everything from ghost ring sights to shotgun beads has been tried. The interesting thing is that all the top competitive shooters always return to using partridge sights. Continue reading »
This is an instructional video with Todd Jarrett (1996 IPSC world champion) providing information on how to grip a pistol so that you can shoot it accurately and fast. Continue reading »
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 . Continue reading »
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 »
