I only shoot groups when working up a load or checking if my barrel is still shooting. Other than that I firmly believe shooting groups is a waste of time for the type of competitions I shoot, PRS, long range steel..... mostly one shot at a target hit or miss, next target. Shooting dot drills I feel is a much better way to get better at point of aim, point of impact consistency. When I first tried a dot drill several years ago, I thought that should be easy, I got me a one of those sub moa rifles. First time trying a dot drill, 15 1" dots from 100yds, don't remember how many I hit, not many, it was humbling. After that first attempt, shot countless dot drills, see my scores go up at local matches. I do 20 shot dot drills at 100yds with my center fire bolt rilfe, 50yds for my 22. My rifle and I get up and down between every shot, I'm re-establishing everything, cheek pressure, bipod loading..... Two years ago had my first precision AR built, not sure how many 20 shot 1" drills at 100yds I did before I finally cleaned one, it was a lot.

Start out by shooting X size dot, when you can clean it or get 18/20 go to a smaller dots. As Tim mentioned dry-firing, practice dry firing at a single dot, getting up and down between.

I very much enjoy helping new shooters, pay back for everyone who has helped me. Last summer I met two green as could be bolt rifle shooters at my local range. They asked me about how I practice, I went over dot drills, why, how.... One of them took it to heart, the other with the nicer rifle/scope kept on doing his thing shooting groups. Shot with them both at a steel match in Rifle, Co. Dot drill spanked group shooter. Group shooter was convinced scope was not tracking, gotta be the gear right! Group shooter could not maintain point of aim/point of impact.

In general the biggest thing I see new and guys who been shooting for years is poor trigger control. When I first started shooting Hoser's prairie dog match, that is one thing I pay attention to with the better shooters, Hoser, Brian W, Fritz, James V, Chuck W.... how long they stayed on their triggers, follow though. I was taught a trigger drill by a local Palma shooter, sure it's nothing new. Start to slowly put pressure on the trigger and say out loud or to myself, pressure, pressure......trigger breaks, hold trigger to the back and say pressure, pressure, pressure three times, release. Staying on the target the whole time. I've done that drill dry-firing about a billion times.