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Slow down turbo. Sounds like you are trying to ha e her go lightspeed before she's ready.
I'd be more focused (as others have said) on all the safety components of handing firearms, and of course, keeping her enjoying the activity or her CPL won't mean a darn thing if she doesn't want to carry and practice. Then accuracy of fire, then speed. Notice I put speed last.
Speed comes with accuracy and proficiency.
Unless she can already hit what she is aiming at reliably without difficulty, ignore the time and focus on hitting a 8 inch pie plate as far as 7 yards until it is boringly easy. Then introduce a time constraint.
Contrary to popular belief, the speed of a draw has nothing to do with hitting a target. It's what the shooter does after the draw that causes the accurate fire. Practicing the draw can be done hundreds of times with the unloaded gun to make it smooth before needing to worry about drawing and firing.
Motivation goes a long way. If you want her to achieve X goal in her shooting skills, you'll need to take a step back and think about what will keep her motivated to do that. A lot of husbands fall into the trap of approaching this wrong, making it not fun for the wife and then it goes up in smoke.
When I taught my fiancé, I focused on keeping every range / gun activity safe and fun. Now she tells me "we haven't gone to
That is my biggest thing, making it fun. I have fun shooting the smallest group that I can and also speed up and practice going fast with my shot timer. But she might not find those things fun. I usually have her attention for about half an hour or 45 minutes before she is "done" with shooting. I don't know of any ways to have fun that someone who doesn't like just shooting would find fun. She is already a good shooter when she takes her time. She is able to keep up with me out to 20 yards on steel with her M&P shield! So that's why I am trying to get her to speed up now.