Let the Force be With You

We are still on this Zen stuff with shooting for shooting faster and more accurately.

The video below, How to Shoot a Double Tap by Brian R Wardell, is how to shoot two shots quickly, one after another.  This is important skill to compete in IDPA when you have to quickly take two shots at a target and move on to the next.

(The video is starting where we will be discussion.  You can click later to watch all of it.)

What to watch and learn is how he describes handling the recoil.  Bottom line - don't.  The gun will return naturally to your original shooting position.  In order to do that you have to "let the force be with you."

This is something learned by me about 10 sports ago and many hospital visits.  The sport tool you are using is designed to do most of the work. It is our job to allow it to work naturally.  But sometimes that is not easy. For example when learning how to ski, your brain wants to stay as close to the top of the hill as possible, you lean back on the skis and you fall.  Ouch!

You are fighting your tool.  In order to keep on the skis, you need to trust them and learn forward, down the hill.  "Gravity is your friend," is what my ski instructor kept yelling.  Once you learn that pose, your bottom, head, elbows, ankles, fingers, nose, and legs won't hurt as much.  Trust me.



The gun wants to return to its natural position after the recoil.  Below is a good explanation of this:

Handgun Recoil Control Tips

"At the start, lets define the problem. The concept of recoil control is based on automatic returning of pistol's sights to the target after a shot. It happens by a fast muscle twitch occurring 0,04-0,07 seconds after firing. The key word here is "automatic." This means that it is a reflex and not a deliberate action. You should not think about it, just let it happen."

See, let the force be with you!

The next video goes one step further and show you have to let the gun guide you to the next target. Ya still gotta keep that force thing going.




Part of my shooting homework for this week is to learn how to not think.  Should not be that hard for me!