This is gold! I've watched a lot of instructors here in RUclips and Ernest is definitely one of the best. The way he explains things is so simple and clear I get an a-ha moment almost every time. Not only did I learn to hone my shooting technique, but also improve the way I can teach others to improve theirs. Excellent job sir. Thank you.
Just today, I was going to try your 'ball and dummy drill' a few times, ended up running a hundred rounds. Thanks for a simple drill that someone could go out and fiddle with wider fundamentals, on their own and keeping it honest. Much appreciated.
I'm so glad you addressed this Chuck Pressburg made a surefire video about the flinchies that changed my shooting and how to manage the flinchies before that I was all wrapped up in not slapping the trigger and pinning the trigger then resetting. I had almost gave up on pistol shooting entirely and he is right dry fire fry fire dry fire ! And your Left hand is your best friend when you have this affliction!
Awesome video! At this point for me, recoil anticipation is my greatest challenge. I dry fire my G19 with a laser cartridge in the chamber and I have good precision and accuracy, whether sight shooting or point shooting. Replace the laser cartridge with live rounds and I can feel a buildup and release of energy, sometimes before the shot, other times during. Im currently closing in on 10k rounds over 2.5 years. As I progress, the accompanying flinch has diminished quite a lot as my awareness expands, but it’s still something that l continue to work on. When I shoot low and left it’s primarily due to an increase in tension which affects my grip. When I become aware of this, I relax the two bottom fingers and push the back strap of the grip into my thumb with the middle finger, using only modest force. My support hand applies very little grip force, while the arm helps to support the pistol. This technique never fails to improve my groups. At some point, when my awareness expands to the point where I have more control of the muscles of my upper body, I may be able to put the grip in the vice; time will tell.
Very beneficial video Earnest, used it in my practice session today and saw some significant improvement gun handling. Plan to use this information with my Security Team…shot anticipation is a real problem with shooters, myself included. Thanks for sharing your insight…hope to see you in a class one day. Graham, TX
Great tip to pick up the cadence on the ball and dummy drill. Don’t give the brain enough time to realize that the second trigger press is going to be dry. I have a shooter that is really struggling with anticipation, and while ball and dummy drills are definitely helping, I’m going to speed up the reps so that her brain will only have time to focus on sights back on target.
Absolutely outstanding! I’m always looking for ways to help new shooters work through that pre-ignition flinch…cannot wait to try these out; grateful, sir
I’ve taken a basic pistol course and practiced on my own, but I’ve never heard this way of describing what to do with the support hand. I’m looking forward to watching these videos and getting in some more practice.
Awesome instructional LT. I’m shooting a DA/SA. I’m fine with the SA, but with the DA I’m struggling with anticipation. Is it the length of the pull? Any advise.?
I see the need for the ball and dummy drill and dry firing. why the need for the compressed surprise squeeze as fast as one can. would it not be easier to squeeze the gun hard and slap the trigger and learn how not to move the gun?? any help is appreciated as i am new to this! thanks for any help
If you notice, I tell everyone to thumb cock the hammer on DA guns. It would be very difficult to do this correctly with a DA shot and not really the point of the drill.
The gun is always more accurate than the shooter. The average shooter has about seven seconds to hold the gun out and take a shot before the sights start doing that figure 8 motion. 70% of your practice should be dry fire on an empty chamber with a snap cap, whatever makes you feel comfortable. Try fire your gun so that pulling the trigger without the bang and without the recoil becomes muscle memory. It works 100% of the time. It takes about 2000 repetitions for something to become muscle memory depending on the person. If you want to try this for yourself, go to the range with a friend and have have some snap caps with you, which are essentially dummy rounds for people who think that dry fire and garden is bad. One of you loads the other persons, magazine with snap caps randomly placed throughout the magazine. The shooter will not know whether it's a live round in the chamber or a snap cap and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about.
I think if you gave the JR a .44 mag and had him fir off 30 40 rounds then go back to the 9mm he would have no problem and maybe he would trade teh gun in for a 44. I sat that because magnum rounds can get addicting quick.
Awesome seeing instructors showing their experience and helping others achieve higher standards!
Glad you enjoyed it.
This is gold! I've watched a lot of instructors here in RUclips and Ernest is definitely one of the best. The way he explains things is so simple and clear I get an a-ha moment almost every time. Not only did I learn to hone my shooting technique, but also improve the way I can teach others to improve theirs. Excellent job sir. Thank you.
Just today, I was going to try your 'ball and dummy drill' a few times, ended up running a hundred rounds. Thanks for a simple drill that someone could go out and fiddle with wider fundamentals, on their own and keeping it honest. Much appreciated.
I'm so glad you addressed this Chuck Pressburg made a surefire video about the flinchies that changed my shooting and how to manage the flinchies before that I was all wrapped up in not slapping the trigger and pinning the trigger then resetting. I had almost gave up on pistol shooting entirely and he is right dry fire fry fire dry fire ! And your Left hand is your best friend when you have this affliction!
glad you didn't quit!
Awesome video!
At this point for me, recoil anticipation is my greatest challenge.
I dry fire my G19 with a laser cartridge in the chamber and I have good precision and accuracy, whether sight shooting or point shooting. Replace the laser cartridge with live rounds and I can feel a buildup and release of energy, sometimes before the shot, other times during.
Im currently closing in on 10k rounds over 2.5 years. As I progress, the accompanying flinch has diminished quite a lot as my awareness expands, but it’s still something that l continue to work on.
When I shoot low and left it’s primarily due to an increase in tension which affects my grip. When I become aware of this, I relax the two bottom fingers and push the back strap of the grip into my thumb with the middle finger, using only modest force. My support hand applies very little grip force, while the arm helps to support the pistol.
This technique never fails to improve my groups. At some point, when my awareness expands to the point where I have more control of the muscles of my upper body, I may be able to put the grip in the vice; time will tell.
Thank you for uploading all of these videos! Hope y'all do a class in Hampton roads Virginia one day
you're welcome! We hope you get a lot out of them.
Thank you Ernest for taking the time to make and share these videos! Much appreciated! Love to take your class if you’re ever in New Hampshire 🙏🏻
Very beneficial video Earnest, used it in my practice session today and saw some significant improvement gun handling. Plan to use this information with my Security Team…shot anticipation is a real problem with shooters, myself included. Thanks for sharing your insight…hope to see you in a class one day. Graham, TX
You're welcome!
what a great teacher...what a great guy
Great tip to pick up the cadence on the ball and dummy drill.
Don’t give the brain enough time to realize that the second trigger press is going to be dry.
I have a shooter that is really struggling with anticipation, and while ball and dummy drills are definitely helping, I’m going to speed up the reps so that her brain will only have time to focus on sights back on target.
Thank you so much for your willingness to share and make us all better.
You are so welcome!
Absolutely outstanding! I’m always looking for ways to help new shooters work through that pre-ignition flinch…cannot wait to try these out; grateful, sir
I’m liking these vids, Ernest!
I’ve taken a basic pistol course and practiced on my own, but I’ve never heard this way of describing what to do with the support hand. I’m looking forward to watching these videos and getting in some more practice.
Great training tips and insights, Ernest. Appreciate it. So, gimme and LTT Elite.
As you were.
This is basically all the mistakes that I make very good video as expected 👍
Glad to hear you like it!
Outstanding content
Outstanding drills to enhance our skills - Thanks for sharing!
You bet!
Interesting to see how the mind adapts to recoil. Illustrates the value of dry fire. Thanks
You bet
Such great info..heading out tomorrow am and will try this.
Have fun!
never seen those training techniques before 👍
Thank you, hope it is helpful.
Excellent thanks!
Great video's!
Glad you think so!
very nice!!
Thank you. Very helpful. What an asset
you're welcome!
great vid BTW
Awesome instructional LT. I’m shooting a DA/SA. I’m fine with the SA, but with the DA I’m struggling with anticipation. Is it the length of the pull? Any advise.?
Very good teaching approach 👍
Glad you think so!
Thank you sir!
Great info and training tips. thank you 😊👍
Glad it was helpful!
Good stuff! What is the distance to the target, please?
Usually 4 to 5 yards on a 2" circle.
I see the need for the ball and dummy drill and dry firing. why the need for the compressed surprise squeeze as fast as one can. would it not be easier to squeeze the gun hard and slap the trigger and learn how not to move the gun?? any help is appreciated as i am new to this! thanks for any help
Earnest should do a live stream
Langdon Tactical, For the grouping assessing drill at the start, what distance do you run that at?
About 4 or 5 yards on a two-inch circle.
I'm curious if the students are using Langdon pistols or their own, as everyone seems to have red dots?
They are using their own personal guns. Quite a few of the guns in the class are LTT built guns, but not all of them.
Can you do the up drill with a D/A? Isn’t it bad to stage the D/A pull though?
If you notice, I tell everyone to thumb cock the hammer on DA guns. It would be very difficult to do this correctly with a DA shot and not really the point of the drill.
The gun is always more accurate than the shooter. The average shooter has about seven seconds to hold the gun out and take a shot before the sights start doing that figure 8 motion. 70% of your practice should be dry fire on an empty chamber with a snap cap, whatever makes you feel comfortable. Try fire your gun so that pulling the trigger without the bang and without the recoil becomes muscle memory. It works 100% of the time.
It takes about 2000 repetitions for something to become muscle memory depending on the person. If you want to try this for yourself, go to the range with a friend and have have some snap caps with you, which are essentially dummy rounds for people who think that dry fire and garden is bad. One of you loads the other persons, magazine with snap caps randomly placed throughout the magazine. The shooter will not know whether it's a live round in the chamber or a snap cap and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about.
What range do you suggest running this drill at?
We usually do this at 4 to 5 yards.
knowledge bombs being dropped right here.
What is the distance for the targets? 5 yards?
That is a great place to start!
I think if you gave the JR a .44 mag and had him fir off 30 40 rounds then go back to the 9mm he would have no problem and maybe he would trade teh gun in for a 44. I sat that because magnum rounds can get addicting quick.
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I'm confused how these drills help to reduce shot anticipation?
Watch the whole video.
Get a 357 light revolver and do dozens of ball & dummy.
Would have loved to see one of those dudes on the line whip out a 1301 and just obliterate that #1 dot!
ha! That would have been fun, actually!
Love your channel man!
Reminds me of Tackleberry.
Would love to attend a class....great video....thank you!!