SSV Group Tactical Pistol - March 14/15, 2014

[merl]

So for the facebook impaired, any contact/location info available?

[SamuraiCO]

Looking forward to the class Sat. If others from here please introduce yourselves to me. I'll be driving the black Tundra.

[def90]

Looking forward to the class Sat. If others from here please introduce yourselves to me. I'll be driving the black Tundra.

I'll be in a yellow jeep wrangler

[Wulf202]

Green f250

[MAP]

I have a white Hyundai Santa Fe

Mike

[OtterbatHellcat]

The dude with the blue Explorer.... I didn't check in here last night.

Less wind tomorrow, brothers. Cool meeting you guys today, see ya in the morning. ETA: Chris

Thanks, Coach.

[SamuraiCO]

Great day today. We had to fight wind and cold but everyone learned some good skills for a solid foundation with our pistols.

[Wulf202]

Nice to meet everyone. Sorry I wont be back for the decent weather. Life gets in the way.

[hatidua]

I should do this class twice a year....maybe three times.

Thank you to Kelly and everyone else involved [not-worthy]

[hurley842002]

I really need to do some pistol classes, quarterly quals and the little bit of shooting I get to do on my own just isn't enough.

[Sawin]

It was a great 2 days of trigger time and solid training for a very good price. I will definitely recommend this class to a few friends who I think are capable/trained enough to do it safely. It was great to meet everyone and see Mike, Chris, and Kelly again.

[OtterbatHellcat]

I'm very happy with what I learned, and took away from the two day class. Kelly is a very good instructor, I will enroll for classes by him again.

Really cool to meet all of you that attended. Thanks, Coach.........and thanks everyone, great experience.

[kwando]

What was the #1 take away? Please list your experience as well so it helps others that are interested in future classes.

[hatidua]

What was the #1 take away? Please list your experience as well so it helps others that are interested in future classes.

It's difficult (for me) to distill 16+ hours of instruction into a short forum post. To grossly summarize, for me: structure of process + adhering to demonstrated technique = results. -I'd take it again next weekend if it was offered.

[OtterbatHellcat]

It's difficult (for me) to distill 16+ hours of instruction into a short forum post. To grossly summarize, for me: structure of process + adhering to demonstrated technique = results.

This, Kwando.

There isn't a #1 thing, it's a full spectrum of procedural technique that you need to adapt to. All the small parts of it add up into the big picture, and it all relates to one another for a more complete mindset. It's intensive, and cerebral as much as physical.

[SamuraiCO]

Fun time, challenging and we all learned a lot. We have proven techniques that we can practice on and off the range. Kelly knows his stuff, is tuff when he has to be because of the consequences otherwise. He would quickly diagnose when a shooter was having problems so we could move forward correct technique and not waste our time. I was most thankful that this training fits so well with my Krav training. I will not have to learn two techniques for each discipline.

Will definately take his classes again. Thank you all again and to Kelly volunteering your time for us.

[def90]

I'm fairly new to taking my handgun shooting seriously and I already know what my problems are such as maintaining front sight focus and so on. What I took away from the class is a set of standardized shooting skills/exercises (CSAT) that were developed by someone with real world experience, that incorporate real world movements/skills that are needed and leave out the fluff, and that I can work on and measure my own progress against. Each of these exercises have time standards associated with them so with a shot timer I can sit at home and dry fire them all I want and then move to a range to verify that they are translating to real world shooting as well.

Great/fun class, I highly recommend it to anyone that has already had some basic training with drawing, mag changes and so on and is familiar with their handgun. Pretty much anyone can benefit from this class and the exercises but it is fast paced and if you do not already have some experience with drawing and so on you may be left behind or you may become frustrated.

Kelly has a great teaching style as well, don't let the bad shots get to you, move on and make the next one better.

Chad

[OtterbatHellcat]

Nice to meet everyone. Sorry I wont be back for the decent weather. Life gets in the way.

Thanks for your help on Saturday, hope your life stuff worked out okay.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Did my dry fire practice tonight,.....hope you fellers did too.

[SamuraiCO]

Last couple of thoughts. When we were getting our certificates I asked if the others were using for some credentialing to build on. The best answer was it would go a long way in showing you took enough interest to learn more about proper handling and use of your pistol if you ever had to use for self defense. I never thought of that I was just interested in the process of getting better shooting my pistol. It was an excellent point that I thought needed to be shared.

Secondly coach would ask what we took away. Thinking over the last couple of days for me it was safety. I have a set process for my shotgun use when I upland hunt. I specifically bought a over/under for the added safety factor. I can break it to keep safe and ease of visual for chamber empty or not. Loading is last after I get vest on, get dogs out and ready, pull gun, lock truck, secure keys, then load but still broke open. Once our groups starts out I can close with safety on. When point called or my dogs get birdy I can prepare mindset and get ready with good foot position. Doesn't always work out but I don't snap safety until I have identified target and am shouldering my shotgun.

With my 1911 I have to instill that same discipline and coach reminded me more than once. For me it will be the most important lesson.

Thanks again for everyones support and comradery.

[MAP]

Did my dry fire practice tonight,.....hope you fellers did too.

Did some live fire with the family on Monday!

Mike

[Sawin]

Fun story - I was getting sick Friday last week, and the weather Saturday evidently exacerbated it quite a bit... Sunday was nice, but I still went home exhausted. Well, come Monday I was completely full of phlegm from head to lungs... went to the doctor. They said I had a sinus infection that was migrating to my lungs and approaching pneumonia. Fun stuff. A couple prescriptions and 2 hours later, I was home chilling on the couch. Same thing Tuesday, no work, just the couch.... well until 2:30 when I was feeling better and restless. Needless to say, I went to my teams private range for an hour and had a merry time.

I'll have a nice new shot timer by this time next week too :).

[Wulf202]

Thanks for your help on Saturday, hope your life stuff worked out okay.anytime. it went fine thanks. The girlfriends birthday with family got moved to sunday.

[OtterbatHellcat]

What was the #1 take away? Please list your experience as well so it helps others that are interested in future classes.

Kwando, I was looking through here today, and realized you might have been asking what our experience level was before taking the class?

[OtterbatHellcat]

Did some live fire with the family on Monday!

Mike

Nice !!

The kid at work is looking forward to me showing him what we did in class, and I'm excited to pass it on to him, as well as maintain my own learning/practice makes permanent studying. Further, it is my desire to reconstruct the "wall with the holes in it" to help us learn and maintain that specific skill set.....as well as the standards in live fire. A timer would be nice item to have in the range bag now.

Bummer ya got the Goo going on, Sawin, get better bro.

Keep practicing the dry fire stuff you guys, my triangle is getting better (among other things), and the front sight isn't dipping or porpoising as much now... :)

[OtterbatHellcat]

Thank you, Coach.....that is very helpful.