My [SECOND] FIRST USPSA Match
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 12 авг 2021
- Last weekend I did my second first USPSA match, watch this weeks video to see how it went and hear my thoughts on the process!
I’m excited to share that Big Tex Ordnance is now a financial supporter of Armed and Styled! Big Tex offers high quality holsters, lights, EDC gear, accessories, and everything else you'd want for your EDC and range setup. If you have been looking for a way to support my current and future content, and you happen to be making some upcoming purchases please consider doing that through my affiliate link: linktr.ee/ArmedandStyled
I always tell new people at our maches your objective for today is just to finish the match anything more than that you get is a bonus
My local match members can't understand why I keep coming back. I'm terrible but it is a lot of fun. They all try to improve but I just enjoy doing it.
You will improve. Keep up the great work!
Crawl, walk, run and a healthy dose of confidence and drive is always good. There’s always a rabbit to chase, even if it’s just past you.
1. Incredibly empowering to face down your demons and overcome them. Hell yeah!
2. So glad to see more defenders shooting competitively! Your skill explodes with such activities. Bravo!
First match tomorrow and found this.
Love the approach/ attitude/ advice. Thanks!!!
Great work Tessah ! Keep it up !! As long as you are having fun nothing else matters. Don't over think it.
Yay! So fun to see!! It’s so much fun!
Great job!!!! you're out there learning, experiencing, and having a great time. proud of you. Keep up the great posts
I smiled when you knocked those last two plates on the Texas Star on back-to-back shots. 🙌
Great thoughts about mental and emotional self-talk and feedback. The mental/emotional aspect of the game is HUGE.
When you were talking about how you could see yourself and your brain processing information, I was thinking, “Yes! That’s one of the big benefits of USPSA (and similar) competitive shooting…is training your brain to process things better with a gun in your hand while helping push your shooting to a more subconscious level.”
Way to tear it up! I look forward to seeing more matches from you!
Great video and excellent channel. Keep up what you are doing and your channel will keep growing.
This looks fun! I'm going to have to try it!
Was definitely a positive to learn what our weaknesses are and ways to improve
Love the work you’re doing with the channel. It’s been great for getting more range time with the wife.
Well done - the shooting, analyzing, mental prep, explaining. Anxiously awaiting more.
You lookin good and your mentality is perfect it will get you where your trying to go.
It’s ok if you suck a little, the important thing is you testing yourself, learning your weaknesses, then working on fixing those. Do an After Action Report. Perform, analyze, train on weak skills, then perform again, then repeat.
Congratulations! I just shot my first 2 USPSA matches over the last 2 months and had a blast! Just like you, I recognized my problems in the first match and was able to rectify them in my second. I'm now addicted to the fun and can't wait for my next match!
This was great encouragement for me working up the courage, money and time to join a USPSA match. I will get there!
My daughter will grow up to be a petit woman and I hope she will be awesome like you!
Great breakdown of how we build up to get ready for these matches. Just having an indoor range can limit our training and ability to grow past draw, load, and limited targets. Thank you for sharing and be safe.
This was awesome! I can honestly say I have never shot in any competition yet, however there are some things that you have mentioned that I am also working on such as shooting on the move, reloading on the move and shooting in different positions. Look for those videos soon👍 Keep rockin it👊
You’re subtle sarcasm and sense of irony gets me right in the funny bone😂
Also I need the permission to give myself grace. This is only my second competition, and I feel like I NEED to win. This is a time to learn and get better!
R.E. no negative self talk, that's absolutely the way to approach competition. Great to see someone highlighting this. (I don't do USPSA, or moving, or pistol even, but it's the same mental)
Can try reading a copy of the book "Inner Game of Tennis", it really explains the mental game
Most importantly, I wish you well. Safety and success. For myself, I have seen many videos and have attended matches to observe and see what it's all about. Some people will say, "just go out and have fun." Others will say, "if you're losing and calling it fun then you're wrong." I was on the fence about this before (mainly due to time and money limitations, obviously!), but now I'm really not eager to compete. Not the friendly environment that people speak of.
I took my first combat pistol class a month ago. I took my first rifle and pistol class this weekend. I am glad I went to both.
Good work, my first (and subsequent) competitions I was stupid nervous. Did okay but nerves really got me the first couple times
Great hearing about your psychological and technical development. I was telling myself, doing poorly the first time could actually be good because it will make it easier to outdo myself the next time. Heh
Well done, keep at it!
I know I'm a year late, but I just saw your video. Nice job. Overcoming trepidation about going to a match is a big deal for a lot of people. I can't tell you how many people are intimidated as heck to go put themselves out there in a competition environment. As you saw, it isn't like a cut throat things where everyone is looking to knock you down, denigrate your skills, or just beat you at all costs. There are all sorts of people at matches at all different skill levels, ages, etc. Only a few of them are actually seriously trying to win the match. Everyone else goals ranging from hanging out with buddies, to having a more interesting range session, to improving a specific skill, just doing better than last time, etc. Again, congrats and kudos for doing this.
That’s impressive. I’ve shot USPSA a few times. They are tough abs can easily be overwhelming. I say well done!
Also, I recommend IDPA for new competition shooters.
Thanks! IDPA doesn't allow me to train from the set up that I carry in, so USPSA made a lot more sense to me :)
@@tessahbooth A year later IDPA does allow appendix and red dots, though the closest club to me does not allow appendix. But that’s the local club, not IDPA. IDPA has a process for not allowing appendix. Default is allowed.
Great improvement! Thanks for sharing your experience!
Awesome!
Don’t worry you’ll get em next time!
This is easily my favorite RUclips video so far this year. So many GunTubers would never make a video like this. Even fewer would admit to it being a first for them... Not a single one would admit any "mikes" in a match, ever!
I have nothing but praise for you. It is awesome and you even mentioning calling your shots (that you even know what that is shows a dedication few have) is brilliant!!! Analyzing your game footage is incredibly helpful, too. Well done, well done, well done and more well done!
WOW! I'm so glad you enjoy watching my videos. Thank you for your kind words and your support!
Awesome
Thank you for the great feedback. I am considering doing a match. Appreciate your willingness to share your experience
I am not good either but I continue to learn a lot of useful information from all the U-Tube videos, yes the old saying go fast don't suck is a long way off.
I feel your pain.
Let my head get the best of me at my first Match. About to shoot my second first .
I’ve seen other M/GM fish for the dot on that reload to weak hand transfer into the last box.
One suggestion: visualization. At times in the match it appears you spent time thinking about what to do next -- where to go, which targets to engage. That's normal when starting USPSA. During the walk-through you should determine your stage plane. Your stage plan consists of where you will start, the order of target engagement, and when you will reload. Once you have your stage plan, then start silently visualizing your stage plan over and over again. Instead of spending the time chatting with your squad mates, spend your time visualizing your stage plan. This visualization will save you time on the stage.
Next, you need to work on your target transitions. Once you break your last shot on a target, you need to SNAP your gun to the next target. You lost multiple seconds with leisurely transitions. Your visualization will help in that you won't have to think about which target is next -- you will know where you are transitioning to. You can practice transitions by setting up two targets in a bay with a 60 degree arc between them. Two shots on one target, then snap your transition to the other target.
The great thing about competition is that our desire to do well drives us to train more. Those skills allow us to do the gun handling without thinking about it.
Once you have stage plan visualization and transitions in hand, the next big thing will be movement. That is where you can gain a lot of time, but moving efficiently in and out of positions is hard, so realize you will have a long way to go there.
You will experience buzzer-induced amnesia at times. That is, you thought you had your stage plan all worked out, but the buzzer goes off and the wheels fall of the wagon. That happens early on and don't be hard on yourself. The other big mental challenge is to put your prior stage in a box. If you have a bad stage or a bad shot, don't obsess about it while at the match. Focus on the next shot, the next stage, not the past, which you can't change. After the match, you can critique your performance to figure out the gaps in your skills and where you need to train, but while at the match focus on the present, not the past.
That's interesting, and well said. I'm just beginning, and will be shooting my 2nd competition this weekend. I'm looking forward to it. I suck, but that's ok. I had far less experience than anyone else I was shooting with at my first match, and I didn't DQ, or come in last so I was happy with that. On another note, I think the second half of your last paragraph isn't just good shooting advice, it's good life advice.
Dope
I've never done this but I don't see any negatives. Competition helps one to see their weak points so they can improve. There is no need for one to mentally beat for working on improvement.
Good stuff, I've been wanting to get into competitive shooting. I have a glock 43x but I really want a langdon tactical beretta 92 to compete with.
Best Regards.
Good for you. You did better than I can.
Did my first SASS event in January, very 🤣 n but I'm also very slow
Try doing all your dry fire weak hand only. Weak hand will become a non issue.
You got to shoot with my friends Don, Diana, Derek and Tony. Come back out again!
I sure did! We really enjoyed shooting with them. We’ve since moved across the country though, so shooting in the New Mexico area probably won’t be an option anymore 😕
@@tessahbooth well if you both are ever in the area, you are always welcome to shoot with us again! Be safe over there!
I have always tried to pay less attention to my standing compared to all the other participants, and more to my standing vs my standing the last time I competed.
Yep! I'm not a terribly competitive person, so it helps me to focus on my own process rather than others :)
One thing that will shave off a couple seconds is to get an OWB holster. Looks like you're shooting from a CCW holster, which is gonna add a lot of time.
2nd thing is to hustle up from position to position but take your time shooting.
For what you do/make vids on, I'd recommend IDPA. You have to defeat clothes and stuff there.
I’m carrying IWB because that’s how I carry my gun. Unfortunately IDPA has rules that don’t allow me to train with my concealed carry set up.
The star is not easy
You week hand shooting was better as you shot. Great attitude on your first (second) match and coming out of the match. Keep working on improving is my mind set when shooting matches.
Your video inspires me. I have a nice high quality gun with iron sights and have no plan to ever shoot red dot. My reason -- my carry gun is iron sights and my range gun is the identical gun with a slightly longer barrel. I like this arrangement because I know the operation and controls are identical and make my range time skills immediately apply to my carry gun. BUT since I shoot with iron sights, my performance at a USPSA match would be pitiful. How far away was your Texas Star? I think I'd empty a full magazine or two on a Texas Star that far away. THANK YOU for sharing your private thoughts and experiences on your "First USPSA match".
You would be competing with those who had the same sighting system as you. So you wouldn’t be measured against those with optics.
@@tessahbooth I'm not so much worried about fair competition as the total embarrassment of a pitiful performance in front of a crowd of people. I shoot steel plates almost every week at my club at a distance of 7 yards. Your distance to the Texas Star looked much farther than 7 yards. A USPSA course of fire set up for red dot guns would be an extreme challenge for most iron sight shooters... unless the course had two different tracks. Again, THANK YOU for sharing your video. It gives me hope that maybe someday I'll be good enough to try USPSA.
Your first goal in a match is to be safe. Second should be not to finish last. Third have fun and make friends. Fourth measure your skills.
Keep up the good work. Your channel will continue to grow. We need more ladies doing good content without trying to put sex appeal on it and just keeping it tasteful
How does a city person with only regular ranges around them best prepare for such an event?
Dry Fire. You can improve so much with just dry fire. Trigger control, grip, index, transitions, gun handling, etc.
Sorry for dumb question. So uspsa allow appendix draw? What devision is that? I only shot idpa so... i didn't know such division existed
Yep USPSA allows appendix carry, and I believe IDPA is in the process of implementing that now as well :)
@@tessahbooth thank you!
delta,alfa,bravo,charlie,beta,Romeio? Thanks, I think I will maybe just set up the same thing in my yard, it will save me the $40 membership I just paid and travel cost. Please keep posting to help me figure out to set my ranges. At 31,000 members at $40 each ya think for 1.2 million they could spend more on setting up better ranges. Fuck sake 2 k at the local home depo would be enough to surpass what I just saw.
I only shoot IDPA. The scoring of the USPSA scoring system is unusual with the use of letters. What does alpha, bravo, charlie, delta shot score as for calculating? IDPA just uses numbers from 0 seconds to 5 seconds added to your raw shooting time.
IDPA doesn’t allow me to work with my everyday carry set up, so USPSA is the natural choice for me 😊
@@tessahbooth IDPA rules can be very particular. Lots of first time IDPA shooters bring a push lock holster like the Blackhawk Sherpa. No can do on any holster that can your trigger finger can be around the trigger when drawing. No appendix carry, no shoulder holsters, no small of the back holsters due to the 180° rule. Even the cant of the a strong side holster is a consideration. The distance from the hip to the grip of the pistol is measured at sanctioned matches. Women can have more distance. Weight of pistol and a power factor of the ammo can be a problem at sanctioned matches. Club matches that are not sanctioned allow for relaxed rules. Strong side holsters only in IDPA. Which I prefer anyway. One type of pistol are the micro pistols such as the KelTek P-3-AT. A great little BUG pistol for concealed carry. But those sights are useless for distances over 12 feet. Sometimes a target distance in IDPA can be 40 feet away.
Been trying to understand the A, B, C, D zone thing used in USPSA. Seems like A = 0, B = 1, C = 2, D = 3 are seconds added to the actual shooting time.
Have you shot a Steel Challenge event? Steel Challenge is drag racing with guns. No cover garment, no movement outside of the box. Just shoot five steel plates as fast as you can. Most people use .22LR pistols. Need only five magazines with ten rounds each per stage. The fastest times can be 2 seconds. If you do a Steel Challenge. Try out a McFadden "Ultimate Loader" to load the .22LR magazines. Insert the magazine, shake the loader a few time and your done.
@@whomagoose6897 Yep, the rules in IDPA sort of defeat the purpose of competition for me personally. I really only participate in competition to get time in with my concealed carry gun under pressure, and for my defensive purposes, I really only care about A zone, maybe B zone hits.
Maybe some day I'll get into competition for the competitive side of it, but right now it's much more of a training/measuring tool than anything else.
Were you shooting your G48 here?
Yep! G48 with shield mags, holoson 507k all from my Enigma!
How safe do you feel uspsa is?
I think the sport itself is designed in such a way that it can be done very safely. It’s the shooter and RO’s with poor discretion that can make it unsafe.
Where’s was the match?
This one was in Alamogordo, NM.
"Second first" is a little confusing! Possibly you could say "first completed" USPSA? Cool video though! I've been trying to get the nerves to try one myself
With all due respect too you see if you can find a well trained retired or currently employed law enforcement officer who is currently working as a range officer.
When you carry for self defense presentation of the weapon and neutralizing the threat's, speed and accurate placement is everything.
I, was taught by a former law enforcement officer who is a friend of my husband's.
My husband is required to be armed while working.
Thanks for sharing your videos 😃👌
I’ve been spending time with some awesome instructors including Chuck Haggard, John Johnston, Chris Cypert, Melody Lauer, AJ Zito, Riley Bowman, and Tim Herron. Some are prior law enforcement, some are not, but all of them are phenomenal instructors 😊 I can always appreciate encouraging training, but I will say that there is a lot more that comes into play when looking for a good instructor than prior or current law enforcement experience, especially for the private citizen.
You're correct in the average person can learn a lot from no certified law enforcement instructor's.
I'm looking at it from a different perspective. I, don't really like to comment on public forum's.
My husband and I enjoy your videos 😃.
I, was respectfully sharing lessons I've learned and how the average person is grossly unprepared for a violent confrontation.
Thanks for sharing your videos and comments.😃
Good video, also Pretty but your eyes are too small so it looks a little off. 🧐
Jeez, what an awful thing to say to someone.