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General Discussion / Re: Importance of Dry Fire - What Do You Do?
« on: July 24, 2018, 04:59:45 PM »
For me dry fire practice must be goal oriented. That is to say, by practicing at home what is it that I want to accomplish? I wanted to get gooder at USPSA so I started with the 3 obvious things: draws, reloads, trigger control. I did that almost everyday for 15-20 mins until I saw improvements in my scores. After being satisfied with that I sought out to improve other skills. Specifically minimizing my non-shooting time. I focused heavily on target set-ups and transitions. This consumed more time at home; my dry fire practice was probably 30 mins or so, and as close to everyday as possible. Doing this gave me an additional boost in scores. The last thing I really worked on at home was all the crap no one likes doing, long range, partial shots, unloaded starts, and strong/weak hand only. I did all of that almost everyday for a long time. The work paid off. Been away from competition for awhile, presently I'm slowly getting back into USPSA and I will dry fire for 30-45 mins 3-4 times a week, practicing all the stuff I mentioned above. Ben Steoger's dry fire book is a great resource if you need direction and structure.
