feel like i need to clarify what you just witnessed was absolute hot garbage guys please
don't shoot pistols like that we're talking all month about fundamentals we're getting stuff out
on our youtube channel our instagram channel and the reality is there's a lot of stuff that goes
into shooting a pistol well so we've been focusing on things like trigger press a good grip on the
pistol sight alignment sight picture breaking the trigger without moving that sight picture
all the basic fundamentals one of the things that i think people tend to overthink or either under
think or just have no idea what they're doing is proper pistol shooting stance and we don't have to
overthink this we think of things like anything athletic think of any sport say someone's about
to get running they're about to go do something like what do they do what is their stance like
as humans we have a natural ability to be able to take off and sprint so when we're shooting
guns the way i like to think about it is i want to prepare myself for movement i'm not talking
tactics i'm not talking about anything i want my body to be a shock absorber i want to have
a stable platform but one that's not rigid i don't want to be like getting kicked
back with recoil i want my arms to be shock absorbers what my knees my legs my hips to be
shock absorbers and if i position myself properly i'm gonna make the other fundamentals like grip
trigger press sight alignment a lot better so let me show you guys what my shooting position
looks like i've got my pistol got a good grip i'm on the range i want to shoot some targets
shoot some fundamentals what you'll notice is my left foot is a little bit forward i don't
like to shoot like this i don't like to stand with both my feet together because it's just not
a good platform i think it was one of my friends mick carrie trainer if you're not
following his youtube channel i'm pretty sure he did this in one of the classes i was in with him
where he had somebody stand like this and you just kind of nudge them you just nudge them he'll push
on you a little bit and what you'll realize is with both my feet together if you would come to
me and just push me lightly i'm going to stumble i'm going to fall back the gun is pushing you
i mean i'm shooting at 45 here nobody should shoot 45 anymore i mean like do people actually
shoot this anymore but i got a glock 21 sf it was a police trade-in i don't even have a holster for
this thing but i thought it would be awesome for that little goofy intro and it does also show
exaggerated recoil versus a nine millimeter it doesn't matter what pistol you're shooting though
you should have a good position a good platform a good base to be shooting off of because you have
a force that is exerting back upon you so when i'm standing like this and trying to shoot i got
my knees buckled out or whatever i've got a force that's trying to make me go the opposite direction
this is physics guys you guys learned this in high school you should know about this so i try
to get in more of an athletic position i just have a good stance like i'm ready to take off and run
but it's comfortable notice how i'm not like super tense i don't have my arms locked out
and elbows locked out i don't have the gun like this i'm trying to like i don't know what this
would be called but i'm not doing this this isn't what i'm doing nice comfortable stance
i bring the gun to my eyes everything's lined up i could shoot i could transition i could move i
could do the things that i need to do and i think that oftentimes i don't know if it's just garbage
hollywood crap or whatever the rare times that i show up on a range i always inevitably see
that one guy that's got that temple index and he's like teacupping it and he's just like
he's tense i'm like there's nothing that we do well in my opinion where we're locked and rigid
and you could argue there's a time and place and i will admit that i'm not talking absolutes here
you could make an argument for whatever you want i'm trying to help new shooters
so definitely take this into consideration when you're getting out you're learning those basics
get that grip down have a good grip on your pistol make sure you're learning that sight
picture good trigger press without moving that sight picture and then when we start getting
into the shooting and we get into shooting stance just be natural do what your body naturally does
and then also one thing you can do film yourself have a buddy hold a cell phone you record it or he
records it she records it whatever watch it back and look at what you look like do you look like
someone who has an athletic position who can run a gun who can shoot and be able to move
walk around on the range engage targets are you stable if one of your friends would come up to
you obviously without the handgun in your hand and you're stable like that and they push on
you are you in a good position these are super simple things that you can do to prep yourself
for more success on the range so you can learn better and ultimately get more
out of every single range day i hope that helps you guys out if you like this if you disagree
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