Hey guys Chris Sajnog author of how to shoot like a Navy SEAL and today I
wanted to do something a little different and answer the top three
questions that I've received on my website so if you have a question that
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alright question number one the number one question that I've received over the
last few weeks and it's it's very common is if I wear glasses
should I be training wearing my glasses and it's a great question because of
course if you know you think if you train with glasses on and if you're in a
life-or-death situation you know a high-stress situation you need to use
your weapon and you've been training using glasses and then you don't have
them well you know that you might think that you would not be able to shoot the
same but what you want to do is you actually do want to wear any
prescription lenses that you have when you train and here's why when you are
training what you're doing is you are building muscle memory you're building
those neural pathways and you want to be able to make them perfect every single
time so I always like to you know sometimes
take things to an extreme to see how it shakes out there so in this example if
you were to think you know what if I had to shoot one day if I was blind or if I
had to shoot in complete darkness you know would you want to practice that
whole time in complete darkness and the answer would be no you would want to
build a perfect muscle memory so when it was dark your body and every nerve in
your body knew exactly what you wanted to do and you would do it perfectly
every single time so if you wear glasses prescription glasses I wear prescription
glasses and I use them every time I shoot I suggest that you do the same all
right question number two comes from my video about how to cure flinching and
very popular question goes something like my instructor said that I can just
use snap caps or or put empty brass casings into my magazine and this will
be a quicker way to cure me from flinching or anticipation why can't I
just do this well you know it's a great question because you know it that is a
range trick you know an outdated range trick that I used to use it as an
instructor myself but with the new rules of marksmanship
that I teach I'm really teaching a more advanced way a quicker way to to get to
where you want to go and in this case it fits curing flinching I just asked you
know asked that instructor what you're actually doing when you use a snap cap
or when you put a dry casing into your magazine and I'll tell you you know he's
either going to make something up because he doesn't actually know how it
works but if he does give you the answer the correct answer is you are actually
dry firing I mean think about it you've got live round live round live round and
then you put in a snap cap or an empty casing and now you do a dry fire you do
one dry fire iteration now if one dry fire iteration cures you that's great
but you know I've never seen that happen because when we use them on the range we
use it more of it as a diagnosis tool to find out if you are flinching or
anticipating and if you are then you need to go back and do some dry weapons
training like I recommend in the new rules of marksmanship you know saying
that a snap cap or you know anything like that is going to cure flinching or
anticipation would be like saying a thermometer is going to cure you from
having a fever and that's just not the case as I'm sure you know so if you do
know that you're flinching or anticipating you've already got it
diagnosed I really suggest you just follow the new rules of marksmanship and
practice properly practice dry weapons manipulation create a perfect neural
pathway and then when you go back to the range you'll be able to shoot without
anticipating so go ahead and try it out and let me know what you think
all right so question number three our final question for today is how can I
use the new rules of marksmanship with shooting a rifle or a carbine and
surprisingly you know I've had a lot of people ask this question and it honestly
leaves me dumbfounded so I'm actually I wrote down
the new rules so I can make sure I go over each one to make sure that I can
explain how the new rules of marksmanship can be applied not just to
the pistol but also to rifle or carbine alright so the first one the first rule
in the new rules of marksmanship is to train your mind and then your body will
follow so you know in the first new rule you're training your mind you're you're
coming up with why you're training you're doing meditation visualization
and positive you know having a positive mindset when you shoot so right there I
can't really see how it wouldn't apply to a rifle or a carbine or how even it
would be specific to a pistol so let's go on to number two number two is to
plan out your training in detail so in planning in that whole planning process
you know I use the GPS model to plan you know you want to gather your information
come up with your plan and then start training once again nothing about any
weapons system in here not a pistol not a carbine not a rifle so once again very
easy transfer over to a carbine or a rifle or even a bazooka
alright number three learn to focus so focusing on your front sight focusing on
your training you know just focus on anything you do whatever you focus on is
what's you know it's what you're going to get so I guess you could just focus
on your rifle or your carbine to be able to incorporate that into your rifle or
carbine training
alright number five is what you're what you're doing with number five dry
weapons training is your really training without stress so in the same way you
could train without stress with a pistol you can train without stress with a
carbine or rifle so once again it has nothing to do with any weapon system
it's not mentioned anywhere in in the rules anywhere that it has anything to
do with a specific weapon system alright number six is use deliberate practice or
deliberate training techniques so whatever you're working on you want to
really use all the other new rules and Marchman ship to come up with how you're
going to train and then deliberate practice is really breaking things down
into small little chunks and working them repeatedly over and over so it's
really just not going to the range to shoot it's doing something whatever it
is to become a better shooter and then the final one is to have a constant
feedback loop so as you're training you want to continually practice over and
over to become a better shooter you know you don't want to keep making mistakes
after mistake and then realize you know a day a week a month later that you've
been making mistakes so it's just getting that constant feedback to make
sure you're improving as fast as possible so again this is a you know a
really common question surprisingly because the new rules of marksmanship I
specifically wrote them to have nothing to do with any weapon system and so you
can use them with a pistol with a carbine with a rifle with a shotgun with
bow and arrow and I've actually had some business leaders approached me and asked
me to put together a course on the new rules just specifically to training
their employees so it's really you know can be used for any type of training so
don't get hung up on it's you know this weapon system war or anyone it has to do
in this case just with marksmanship of any weapon or just training to get
better with any weapon system so that's it if
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until next time keep paving your path to perfection