Dot Torture drill

[Cerberus Group]

The theme of the classes I present is "Painfully Slow". The subconscious has to be trained properly, and the only way that happens is when things are done slooooow...speed kills.

The subconscious doesn't know if its right or wrong, it just remembers that its been there before, and this is how its always been done. Its the job of the conscious side to teach the sub how to do it properly, that way next time it can be done without thinking about it...aka muscle memory.

Its drills like this that get that all important foundation started.

As it stands, practical for the street...no. But looking what I stated above...yes, a great foundation builder.

My rules for combat shooting;

Speed and accuracy work together, which is to get hit(s) as soon as possible.
Pressing the trigger at the speed needed to control the sights to hit your target is what it's all about.

If the threat is in anyway difficult to hit, you will need to slow down on the trigger and focus more on sight alignment.
If the threat is close and easy to hit, then….....this is no time for a bullseye type group, in fact, you need to be pounding shots into the threat as fast as possible and stop the threat NOW!
Most of the time you will be somewhere between the two above examples.

My rule of thumb for combat shooting;
If your threat is larger than your front sight, better get ta shootin'
If your threat is the same or smaller than your front sight, better get on them sights and fast.

Practice this process slow at first...got to train the brain, speed will come with practice.

Your decision on how fast vs. how slow to press the trigger, how much front sight vs. combat look through and/or body index is based on two things, your perception of the threat situation AND your perception of your skill with your equipment.

If you practice only one trigger press and sight alignment you are a target shooter and not preparing yourself properly for the street, and doing yourself an injustice.
Recognize the need for different levels of trigger press and sight alignment, practice at those levels and in between. In the fight you need the ability to adapt to the situation smoothly not to survive, but to decisively win.

 

[Koda]

The theme of the classes I present is "Painfully Slow". The subconscious has to be trained properly, and the only way that happens is when things are done slooooow...speed kills.

The subconscious doesn't know if its right or wrong, it just remembers that its been there before, and this is how its always been done. Its the job of the conscious side to teach the sub how to do it properly, that way next time it can be done without thinking about it...aka muscle memory.

Its drills like this that get that all important foundation started.

As it stands, practical for the street...no. But looking what I stated above...yes, a great foundation builder.

My rules for combat shooting;

Speed and accuracy work together, which is to get hit(s) as soon as possible.
Pressing the trigger at the speed needed to control the sights to hit your target is what it's all about.

If the threat is in anyway difficult to hit, you will need to slow down on the trigger and focus more on sight alignment.
If the threat is close and easy to hit, then….....this is no time for a bullseye type group, in fact, you need to be pounding shots into the threat as fast as possible and stop the threat NOW!
Most of the time you will be somewhere between the two above examples.

My rule of thumb for combat shooting;
If your threat is larger than your front sight, better get ta shootin'
If your threat is the same or smaller than your front sight, better get on them sights and fast.

Practice this process slow at first...got to train the brain, speed will come with practice.

Your decision on how fast vs. how slow to press the trigger, how much front sight vs. combat look through and/or body index is based on two things, your perception of the threat situation AND your perception of your skill with your equipment.

If you practice only one trigger press and sight alignment you are a target shooter and not preparing yourself properly for the street, and doing yourself an injustice.
Recognize the need for different levels of trigger press and sight alignment, practice at those levels and in between. In the fight you need the ability to adapt to the situation smoothly not to survive, but to decisively win.

I love this, great advice...
I really enjoy training, the DOT drill I'm using exactly as your describing... to build my fundamentals, so I'm excited to hear from a pro I'm doing something right. I am expanding my drills to others to build the other fundamentals too... I start out cold with a first shot drill to gage where I'm at from the last time I went... so to speak. Then do 1 or 2 DOT drills, then move onto other random drills... and now recently Ive been adding movement drills to my routine. I'm looking to find a couple more movement drills but I added a "10rd assault course" Ive really liked that I feel is a good start for intermediate skills.
10 round assault course drill

 

[Cerberus Group]

The best example I give during classes, is when we first drove a stick shift car. How awkward that was, how long it took to get the hang of it. Now we can go down the street looking for an address, while up or down shifting without a thought.

When we first started driving that stick shift car, that was the conscious doing its thing...training the subconscious. Now that we've done it so many times, we don't have to think about it...the subconscious now takes over, and the conscious concerns itself about where we are going...and not running into anything.

We can apply this to most anything we've learned in our lives, our jobs etc.

AKA...Muscle Memory