Videos tagged with Cold Shooting

This video addresses performance anxiety and adrenaline control in competitive shooting. The instructor emphasizes that stress doesn't disappear with more training but can be managed by inducing it during practice. Key techniques include starting training with the most complex tasks, taking cold shooting very seriously as a skill assessment, and utilizing a training partner for accountability.

This video addresses how to redirect firearms practice when experiencing a plateau in progress. The instructor, Joel Park, suggests reducing match frequency to increase live-fire training, introducing novel drills, and maintaining a mindset of perpetual dissatisfaction to drive incremental improvements. He emphasizes the importance of documenting progress through benchmarks and understanding that improvement can be granular and occur over longer periods.

This video, featuring Ben Stoeger, challenges the common notion that speed and accuracy are opposing forces in shooting. Stoeger argues that they are complementary skills that can be developed in tandem through proper training. He emphasizes focusing on efficient execution, pushing limits during practice to diagnose issues, and maintaining an aggressive shooting demeanor to improve both speed and accuracy simultaneously. The advice is geared towards intermediate to advanced shooters looking to optimize their performance.

This video addresses the common disconnect between firearm practice performance and match results. It emphasizes simulating match pressure and accountability during practice through techniques like cold shooting, training with a partner, scoring aggregates, and video analysis. The instructor advises finishing repetitions regardless of errors and maintaining a consistent mental program during competitions.

This video by Joel Park explains how to improve 'on-demand' or 'cold' firearm performance, which refers to the effectiveness of your first shots. It emphasizes having foundational skills, understanding personal tendencies (like over-aiming or lack of discipline), and programming actionable mental cues to execute consistently. The advice focuses on positive, proactive instructions rather than negative commands, and treating initial repetitions as your current performance baseline.

This video emphasizes the importance of assessing 'cold shooting' performance at the start of each range day. Instructor Joel Park suggests performing a standard drill or scenario without warm-up to establish a baseline of your current skill level. He advocates for minimal preparation, focusing on a few dry draws and trigger presses before executing the drill multiple times and scoring the results to identify areas for improvement.

This video details the 'Man Card' drill, a performance standard focused on first-round accountability for both rifle and pistol, designed to be shot cold. The drill emphasizes sound fundamentals under pressure, simulating stress to reveal shooter weaknesses. It involves precise shooting at C-zone sized targets at 25 yards with specific par times for various stages, including transitions from rifle to pistol. The drill uses a par-timer, one full pistol magazine, one full rifle magazine, and one empty rifle magazine for transitions. Failure occurs with any shots outside the C-zone or exceeding par times. The description encourages viewers to attend a course to test their skills.