- Feb 4, 2013
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Yeah, I'll have to disagree with your statement.
Are you a certified instructor? In anything?
Yeah, I'll have to disagree with your statement.
Are you a certified instructor? In anything?
Are you a certified instructor? In anything?
Nope. why do you ask?
You don't mean to say that someone who takes a 2 day NRA basic pistol instructor course is certainly more certified than someone who has 20 years experience in a field that is centered around shooting a pistol, do you?
hey now... took mine in a day.
You're a quick learner You also have shooting experience
Someone with ZERO experience can become "certified".
You're a quick learner You also have shooting experience
Someone with ZERO experience can become "certified".
True - I see it in the world of Information Technology too. I've worked with "certified" folks who didn't know jack about how to fix or work on anything, and it was those of us with years of experience who wound up shouldering the burden of the work.You're a quick learner You also have shooting experience
Someone with ZERO experience can become "certified".
Either one would be a good option IMO - Instructor or experienced shooter.
Certifications are nice, but don't always mean that the person holding them is a great shot themselves.
Good example of that, the MD HQL Instructor live fire exam. One of our resident IP Instructors scored a 249 out of 250 on it. I did the same course of fire under the same conditions, scored a 249 out of 250. Have ZERO certifications or formal training.
Dry firing on a blank wall at home with no target is a excellent way to fix a lot of problems for the following reasons:
1. It helps you to concentrate on the sight alignment and see what mistakes you are making. You will be able to try different gripping of the gun, stance, finger placement on the trigger, and how much pressure to apply and how fast to squeeze the trigger. Modifying any or all of the above can improve the end result of perfecting a perfect sight alignment the moment the hammer falls. Everybody is different, you get to see what works best for you.
2. It helps cure flinching. The only way you can see what mistakes you are making is to keep your eyes open the moment the hammers falls. Dry firing trains your mind to keep your eyes open during live firing to take a mental snap shot picture of sight alignment the moment the hammer falls and helps train your mind to ignore the noise of the shot that causes flinching.
3. You learn when the trigger will drop the hammer during actual firing of live ammo. I do not like a surprise shot, but I like being surprised that my eyes stayed open and took a mental snap shot picture of the sight alignment. A surprise shot to me means my eyes were open and not because I didn't know when the hammer would fall.
When you get proficient at doing the above it will help you to be able to call your shots without being able to see the bullet holes. When you can call your shots you will better at correcting mistakes by yourself.
don't have to be a sharpshooter to be a good instructor.
Very true.
A good instructor (IMO), shouldn't be worried about showing their own skill, but observing the student and assessing the student's strengths/weaknesses.
ETA: That's why I couldn't be an instructor, kind of a dick at times. Probably just leave this in front of the student and go have a smoke.
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