How often and how do you practice?

[DCF Guns]

We all love taking training classes, but we also know we need to keep the skills we learn in those classes sharp so they'll be ready for use.

I'd love to share some of the drills or techniques we all use to stay sharp.

I like taking a book I haven't read and have little to no interest in to the range and setting a timer for 10-15-20 seconds out. I open the book to a random page and start reading quietly aloud. When the timer goes off I draw and shoot my string. This makes sure my mind is more genuinely surprised at the onset of the incident and I can sharpen my reaction time.

For shooting drills I do everything from point blank to 50 yards, various round counts and movement drills. Some of my favs come from Pat MacNamara, check out his channel for some really entertaining ideas.

What are some of your maintenance activities? [g3]

[275RLTW]

dry fire...lots of it.

[esaabye]

Smallbore, air and scatt plus of course dry fire but then this is not for dynamic stuff.

[Irving]

Just shoot matches really.

[TFOGGER]

I watch a lot of youtube videos and action movies...[Tooth]



http://youtu.be/wdYSB7z7hok

[XJ]

I've had lots of practice looking at empty shelves where ammo used to be available at reasonable prices.

[mcantar18c]

If you're on Facebook, check out SOFlete. They post small workout programs on their page daily, and on the rest days they post drills for the range (because what else are you doing on your rest day?)
It's not a complete program (the workouts nor the shooting drills), but it'll give you some direction.

[dan512]

Dry fire as well as some airsoft (draws,reloads, etc) for around the house and a big book of drills and standards for the range.

[Sticks]

When I had a place to shoot, I would shoot with a buddy so we could push each other to be faster and more accurate than the other.

[Hoser]

What are some of your maintenance activities?

I get out there and shoot just about every weekend. Most of the time it is different matches. Rifle, pistol, shotgun, revolver, smallbore, long range rifle, ect.

Being able to compare your scores against others is a great way to tell how you are doing.

[ChunkyMonkey]

Wish I can go out as much... Need the exercise!!


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[Mick-Boy]

I spend 6 month of any given year in chaotic environments. This occasionally means some rather unforgiving pass/fail tests of my training.

Once a year I attend a two week re-evaluation of marksmanship, CQB, driving, medical, hand-to-hand, and general tactical/decision making skills.

During the ~ 5 months of the year that I'm home and not attending some kind of mandated training/evaluation I PT, box, shoot and try to catch up on all the real life that I missed during the rest of the time.

My shooting is usually focused on basic skills. I'll shoot various quals (Dan512 posted a link to a bunch of drills in another thread) and try and improve any areas that are shown to be lacking. I'd like to shoot more matches but they're usually scheduled during times that I'd rather spend with my family.

[buffalobo]

Really sucks but pretty much just once a month match and once a month hour long range trip.


Am a Daniel Horner fan and practice drills I see him run.

[CHA-LEE]

Dry fire 2-3 times a week + live fire on weekends. I don't really have hard set dry or live fire practice drills. I just pick a skill I am currently sucking at and beat on it until I suck less at it. It's a never ending process of self assessment and focused training on skills that need improved. I also make it a point to take a class or two from others every year to get a fresh set of eyes on what I need to fix.

[CHA-LEE]

I also want to point out that the quality of the training is far more important than the quantity. I will get more out of a solid 10 minutes of highly focused practice with low reps, verses spending an hour doing brain dead repetitions just to go through motions.