When you are coming up with a stage plan, does it include a plan for what an acceptable sight picture is on each target, or is figuring out what you need to see something that just happens as you are shooting the stage?
When you are coming up with a stage plan, does it include a plan for what an acceptable sight picture is on each target, or is figuring out what you need to see something that just happens as you are shooting the stage?
This past week in practice I spent the majority of my time trying to see what I need to see to hit the target.
Preplanning 'what you need to see' is what I was thinking about when I started this thread.
Seems like if I sort of just shoot I can: Miss steel because I am aiming at the white thing instead of the center of the white thing, do the same with paper, go into bullseye mode on the whole stage and waste a whole lot of time on close and easy targets.
I don’t think it can hurt at all to visualize that kind of detail during your walk through. I just seem to lose it once I’m on the run.
One of Ben Stogers drills that I like a lot is accelerator. A paper target at close (4-7yrd) medium (10–13yrd) and far (25~yrd). Two shots on each and change up the order in which they are engaged some. This has helped me see what an acceptable sight picture is at match distances and speed looks and feels like. It’s helped with my shot calling as well.
"Fist in brown, hammer down.." - Aron Bright to Jake Martens circa 2007
"If you are getting me drawers, make sure they are black only" - Jake Martens to wife before Xmas, yearly"Yellow in front, brown in back" - Mom circa late 50's.
Preplanning 'what you need to see' is what I was thinking about when I started this thread.
Seems like if I sort of just shoot I can: Miss steel because I am aiming at the white thing instead of the center of the white thing, do the same with paper, go into bullseye mode on the whole stage and waste a whole lot of time on close and easy targets.
Apreciate all responses. Need to think more about stability. Am going to play with trying to add a sight picture plan and see what happens.
I think your question is more along the lines of do you pre-plan or want to program in targets that are going to require a different sight picture
i.e. A close open target that you are going to get a “flash sight” picture and transition into a longer shot that you need to “pre-plan” or remember to “aim” a little harder on.
It could be going from a close open target into a hard cover or no shoot target, or a wide transition into an open target that is going from 3yards to 30 yards.
Yes, I do, same as I try to plan targets that I will take on the move or coming into or out of a position.