No matter how times I hear him explain this I still manage to pick up a little something each time and understand that much more. Thanks for all the content!
I did the doubles drill yesterday. My shots were all over the A zone at first. I occluded my red dot with black tape and put a small piece of black tape in the A zone and started over. I hard focused on the black tape on the target and did the doubles drill again. All my shots could fit within the size of a softball at 10 yards while running about 0.17-0.20 spits. Recoil control is visual. It's pretty damn amazing.
My main issue with doubles is grip. The first round of every pair go to the small spot that I'm looking, but the second round will go high about half the time. This is even more the case if my hands are even slightly sweaty outdoors.
@@musicman1eanda I'm right handed. I struggle with my grip too, specifically my left hand due to an injury (loss of strength). I just squeeze as hard as I can with my left hand and then hold the grip only hard enough with my right to keep the gun from moving in my grip during recoil. I found the grip that works for me after testing it at the range (probably a thousand rounds worth of trial/error) with live ammo and them ingrained this grip in my muscle memory in dry fire for about 2 weeks. I know that my grip is pretty good for me, so when my shots go high or really low it's me looking at the dot.
@@billhicks3415 Yeah that's the point that I want to get to. I'm a smaller dude (5ft 6, 130lbs) and sometimes I wonder if my grip strength just isn't high enough because of what I mentioned above and that I feel the gun sliding in my hand sometimes. My left hand palm is usually burning red after a 200rd range session.
@@musicman1eandaI shoot with a local guy that’s small and probably 130 pounds. His arms are so thin. This guy places 1’st very often in the idpa matches I attended even the National ones. No way he has a strong grip strength. Your grip should keep your gun and your hands in sync it won’t ever stop recoil.
@@musicman1eanda Same. This is why I shoot and carry heavier guns. If the gun is too light then it rotates in my left hand no matter how hard I squeeze. I can only dry fire/shoot for about 20-30 minutes a day otherwise my left forearm/hand starts to ache. It's not what I want but hey, just is what it is.
This video is what introduced me to the whole recoil control AND accuracy with your eyes thing. It seems it would be a naturally apparent concept. But when I really paid attention and put it into my practice, the proverbial light bulb turned on! And I got that from a video! Damn sure would love to take his class!
Because of my eyes, even with glasses or contacts I have problems with red dot sights, not as bad with rifles for some reason but terrible with pistol dots. If I dont focus on the dot, it stars out and ruins my focus beyond the dot. But recently I tried a pistol dot that had a red circle reticle with no dot in the center. Now I want one for all my pistols! I can focus down range past the ring without blurring out one or the other. I'm still slower with the optic than Irons but I really like it and will continue to train with it.
To me it's sorta like shooting baskets: your eyes never break focus on the rim; you don't look at your hands or the ball before you release, and you don't look at the ball in flight. Ideally, you just want to see the ball drop into your field of view and swish!
Well Great and great point. I as a former athlete couldn't agree more. Imo former athletes that put in the time and work can be much better shooter because of hand eye Coordinator & the way you explained being key factors.
See this explanation is great, if only you did one like this for grip as well because you have one for stands already. I would probably be a happy camper.😅
I'm glad you don't have a Sig P320 holstered because each time you hold the holster below the muzzle I cringe a little thinking about those little money makers. heh
Hey Ben. Yeah, it’s almost like people are so drawn in and focused on things like hand position that they completely forget why there’re there in the first place. Believe it or not, when this happens to me, I imagine the gun as a toy that shoots out suction cup darts. I take it back to the simplicity and remind myself that it’s a gun, I’m pulling the trigger, and a projectile shoots out. Too much of drawing inward makes one lose sight of the fact that your action is literally shooting something outside of your bubble and to a target.
No matter how times I hear him explain this I still manage to pick up a little something each time and understand that much more. Thanks for all the content!
Yeah dude same!
The wife analogy you used was perfect.
I did the doubles drill yesterday. My shots were all over the A zone at first. I occluded my red dot with black tape and put a small piece of black tape in the A zone and started over. I hard focused on the black tape on the target and did the doubles drill again. All my shots could fit within the size of a softball at 10 yards while running about 0.17-0.20 spits. Recoil control is visual. It's pretty damn amazing.
My main issue with doubles is grip. The first round of every pair go to the small spot that I'm looking, but the second round will go high about half the time. This is even more the case if my hands are even slightly sweaty outdoors.
@@musicman1eanda I'm right handed. I struggle with my grip too, specifically my left hand due to an injury (loss of strength). I just squeeze as hard as I can with my left hand and then hold the grip only hard enough with my right to keep the gun from moving in my grip during recoil. I found the grip that works for me after testing it at the range (probably a thousand rounds worth of trial/error) with live ammo and them ingrained this grip in my muscle memory in dry fire for about 2 weeks. I know that my grip is pretty good for me, so when my shots go high or really low it's me looking at the dot.
@@billhicks3415 Yeah that's the point that I want to get to. I'm a smaller dude (5ft 6, 130lbs) and sometimes I wonder if my grip strength just isn't high enough because of what I mentioned above and that I feel the gun sliding in my hand sometimes. My left hand palm is usually burning red after a 200rd range session.
@@musicman1eandaI shoot with a local guy that’s small and probably 130 pounds. His arms are so thin. This guy places 1’st very often in the idpa matches I attended even the National ones. No way he has a strong grip strength. Your grip should keep your gun and your hands in sync it won’t ever stop recoil.
@@musicman1eanda Same. This is why I shoot and carry heavier guns. If the gun is too light then it rotates in my left hand no matter how hard I squeeze. I can only dry fire/shoot for about 20-30 minutes a day otherwise my left forearm/hand starts to ache. It's not what I want but hey, just is what it is.
You keep making sense.
Ben, This is my first-ever comment, after hours of your videos, and I just want to say THANK YOU!!
This video is what introduced me to the whole recoil control AND accuracy with your eyes thing. It seems it would be a naturally apparent concept. But when I really paid attention and put it into my practice, the proverbial light bulb turned on! And I got that from a video! Damn sure would love to take his class!
You are a gifted teacher!
Because of my eyes, even with glasses or contacts I have problems with red dot sights, not as bad with rifles for some reason but terrible with pistol dots. If I dont focus on the dot, it stars out and ruins my focus beyond the dot. But recently I tried a pistol dot that had a red circle reticle with no dot in the center. Now I want one for all my pistols! I can focus down range past the ring without blurring out one or the other. I'm still slower with the optic than Irons but I really like it and will continue to train with it.
Informative, again and again. Thank you! I will crack the red dot brightness down.
The “Scottsdale Chick” reference cracked me up. We have those in South Tampa, too.
Anyway, excellent video for this novice old lady. Thanks, Ben.
I live in Scottsdale and it definitely made me chuckle.
Always a nugget or two that makes it worth watching 👍👍
To me it's sorta like shooting baskets: your eyes never break focus on the rim; you don't look at your hands or the ball before you release, and you don't look at the ball in flight. Ideally, you just want to see the ball drop into your field of view and swish!
Well Great and great point. I as a former athlete couldn't agree more. Imo former athletes that put in the time and work can be much better shooter because of hand eye Coordinator & the way you explained being key factors.
I practise this wife analogy with my shooting team , It was smooth and easy analogy for everyone. Thanks Master and come to Poland again 😉
Great video
Ben is amazing.
Ben’s the best !
Team iron sights checking in.
remoil Boyz use iron sights often. I am with you.
I have found if I just close my eyes and let Jesus take the wheel it improves my times.
Good stuff!
Thank you sir for the information.
That was some good information. Thanks.
Thank you Ben. Your videos are very helpful. 👍👍
Please turn up the audio in post production. He is hard to hear in less than quiet environments. Thank you.
Ha I was thinking how much better this is than usual when folks are shooting in other bays!
@@ScottSeab that we can agree on!
Turn on the subtitles in that situation.
Nice. Real nice.
Aloha from Hawaii's 2A community 🤙🏾
Trick question fuckery love it. Everyone is afraid to say anything lol.
Will this work for irons too?
See this explanation is great, if only you did one like this for grip as well because you have one for stands already. I would probably be a happy camper.😅
100%. You're going to hit what you're looking at... with a gun or with a stick, or with your fingers
I'm glad you don't have a Sig P320 holstered because each time you hold the holster below the muzzle I cringe a little thinking about those little money makers. heh
Hey Ben. Yeah, it’s almost like people are so drawn in and focused on things like hand position that they completely forget why there’re there in the first place.
Believe it or not, when this happens to me, I imagine the gun as a toy that shoots out suction cup darts. I take it back to the simplicity and remind myself that it’s a gun, I’m pulling the trigger, and a projectile shoots out.
Too much of drawing inward makes one lose sight of the fact that your action is literally shooting something outside of your bubble and to a target.