“Trust me you need all the practice you can get.” Lol. Hey we’ve all been there. Took me a while to get my flinch to go away. Just keep on practicing my man you’ll be good!
Had my Sargent do this to me when I was shooting like garbage on a pistol range, as soon as I flinched he was like “Ahhhh” and I was like “ Oh shiiiiiiit” and from then on I just let the gun do the talking. Get that grip so it’s firm, but not so you’re white knuckling, and don’t thrust that finger back, just pull pull pull till it bangs, and remember your marksmanship principles. In no way am I am expert marksman, especially with a pistol, and you may have more or less experience than I do, but for those who are just trying to better every little piece of their firing stance/position, I thought I’d leave a little tidbit. Cheers from Canada
At 15 yards, I had difficulty hitting an IPDA target…the whole thing much less the circle, with my Glock G45. At the closer 7 yard range, most shots were running low left below the circle. I saw this video and at the range last week went through a 150 rounds, alternating live and snap cap rounds (5 live / 4 snap). Initially, My jerking of the gun was obvious. Even the RSO was snickering. However, alternating rounds allowed me to work on steadying the gun starting at 5 yards and then moving out to 15 yards. On Wednesday, I practiced alternating live & dummy rounds again but concentrating on accuracy at 15 yards. Not one round of 50 was below the IPDA circle! Most were in the middle of the circle. I had a few high flyers due to poor sight alignment. It was the most accurate shooting I have done to date! This alternating drill is the best! Thank you TR!!!!
I'm a new shooter, low and left is my error. Once I got my trigger finger situated, I'm almost exactly straight down. I flinch a lot on the first round of any mag, and much less on the remaining rounds, pressing from reset. This drill along with just dry firing at home will probably help a lot. Thanks!
amazing video! I spent about 30 mins doing these drills out on the range and was able to see a huuugggeeeee improvement in my shooting!!! I was even able to make shots 50 yards out with my pistol! Much appreciation to you guys and this channel and looking forward to more videos!
One more drill I'll add is balancing a penny on the front sight. Can be done dry or live fire. With both the goal is to not let the penny fall off before the trigger breaks. With dry fire it shouldn't fall off at all. Helps with flinch, trigger press, and basic grip stability.
Aye, we used to do the same drill, but instead of a penny we used a cartridge case. We would put it right behind the front sight and dry fire until we get it right 20 times in a row without case falling off.
Another Friday, another absolute gem of a video. Been waiting since last Friday for the new video and as usual, I’m not disappointed. One of the best channels on RUclips.
I found myself doing this today. It was my second time at the range. Karl has a way of explaining things that makes it click to me and realize - that is exactly what I was doing.
I've been pulling trigger to rear & letting the shot be a surprise & low & behold no more low left but got some dummy rounds & going to try this next range session. Thanks again Carl. God Bless.
I’m actually excited to try this out. I already know I have a flinch. When I squeeze the trigger, I go so slowly that I can’t predict when the gun is going to actually fire, and my shots are dead on. But when I hurry through the trigger pull, I flinch in predicting the gun going off and my shots pull left. I want that flinch gone asap! Thanks!
Thank you guys!! Finally a video that explains how to get past a flinch after determining you have one. So many others just show "ball and dummy", but offer no tips to correcting flinching. Than you!!
Great advice. If you are alone on a range, load multiple mags with live rounds and snap caps, so you forget which are which to test yourself. Then resume the known round drills shown here.
Yo, Tactical Rifleman, thanks for the ever-valuable information. In a later vid, you should cover your perspective of single-man room clearing. Thanks, keep up the great work.
The long and short of it is: don’t unless you’re okay with probably dying or you’ve got something you’re okay with probably dying to save in one of those rooms. It’s among the absolute most dangerous types of things you can do in the entire realm of combat shooting.
This video reminded me the day of when I first ever fired a live round in my life. Up until then I thought the noise would not scare me because I thought it is not loud at all. (hollywood effect). I flinched the entire first mag load of bullets, then my instructor told me that it is my brain that scares off from the noise. He told me if I convince my brain that the gun is empty and it is not gonna go bang, I will successfully land an accurate shot. I put the gun down, (it was an indoor range), took a breath, released it, then held the gun and took a shot properly. It landed on bullseye. At that time, I realized that the brain has been playing games for me.
Well it’s taken me a few weeks but I’ve finally watched ALL of the TR videos, I think that makes me a fully qualified internet ninja now 😎😉. I’ll be giving you expert advice like some of the other knucklehead ninjas out there, in no time 😂😂
Wow! That’s really impressive. Did you make it all the way through the 35 minute hummer video and the 20 minute water purification video? Glad you like the videos. Thanks for the support!
Tactical Rifleman YES!!! Super impressed you actually drank that crap at the end of one of the water purification ones, man of steel! (But shows you know what you’re talking about ‘cos it obviously tasted better than it looked 😂) Was secretly hoping there was an out take of you falling in the river when you were filling your water bottle though but you walked away with all cool points still in tact 👌🏻😊. The hummer one was a bit of a struggle since it’s way out of the realm of my reality but still cool to see it all. And on a serious note, well frickin done, you are amazing.
I have a fan down under!!! Consider yourself Internet Ninja certified. It was cold as shit when we filmed that water video. I had layers, but my poor film crew are city boys from New York. As cold as my hands were, I felt bad for the guy holding the camera. Off the record, I did almost slip into the river. That would have sucked! Still, it made for a good video. Thanks for the support. Strength & Honor, TR.
2:48 I don't know, but the way he phrased it was pretty funny:) Also, these kinds of videos are amazing. Keep'em coming. It's great seeing instructor actually work out with the student and explain stuff. Thank you for all the drills and tips!
Exactly what fixed mine Karl! Paul Howe turned me on to this. It is the antecdote brother. I fuckin laughed like a madman at the,"he jerked the livin shit out of it", but dude, you know weve all done that shit! Lol. Have a great day buddy, thanks again for all the training!
First time shooter here and was not expecting the shock wave to the face when I shot for the first time a couple days ago. I left the range wondering if I would ever return. Then I watched this video and the instructors comments from 6:04 - 6:25 resonated with me. As good as an injection of testosterone. I WILL be returning to the range. Thank you and Keith for making this video.
Glad we could help. It is a very fun and valuable hobby. Don't worry, you will get used to the shock wave. I stand near the muzzle of students just to keep my body used to it. Thanks for watching, TR.
Two weeks later I have over 100 rounds under my belt and a brand new Glock purchase. Amazing turnaround thanks to your video. Now to build the skills, which your videos will once again come to the rescue. Already picked up a few things from just watching Keith in this video. Would enjoy seeing Keith in more videos as he looks like a solid shooter.
Finally got around to watch this. Was victim to the flinch as most new shooters but this works well to help adjust. Thanks Fellas keep up this great work for us. We love what you do. Stay safe.
Well done "new shooter" says a lot about a man that will put himself out there like that. I too have been working the same problem for a couple months. Stick with it!
Keith, my Internet Ninja, is actually a great shot. Well, OK, he's a pretty good shot. I needed a demonstrator to "Fake" a Flinch, and Keith volunteered for me. (Thanks Keith!!!) These drills really do help. Thanks for watching. TR.
Pretty good exercise. One thing I do with people is I show them what sight alignment and sight picture looks like, have them line up their first shot, have them hold it, stick my finger into the trigger guard and pull the first round off for them. Every single time, the shot is a good hit. I explain to people "see, you're capable of aiming. Go ahead and shoot a mag and I'll tell you about why some of them were not as good of hits" The follow up discussion is around trigger pull and steady, constant applied pressure. People who flinch are inconsistently pulling the trigger to the rear, they either pull and stop, then pull again, or they do it too fast. It's a mental barrier as you explain here. To help people physically visualize this, as they are shooting I'll put my index finger to their shoulder and demonstrate "steadily increasing pressure". Turns newbies into pretty decent shooters right away. I like this method as well. Good shit, bro.
Good drill. 👍 I like the concept of dissecting each aspect of what it takes to get rounds on target, but one aspect at a time so the shooter can see the issue, correct the issue, then move on to the next skill. (Rather than trying to fix 3 or 4 issues all at the same time).
Almost 30 yrs ago when I first started with handguns, I noticed my BAD flinch when I had a bad primer fail. I then decided to take that dead round and randomly load it in the mag. After doing this for many months I finally got my flinch negated. This training video brought back those "fond" memories.. :)
I like to dry fire my pistol with the laser on and watch the dot on the wall to work on my trigger pull. It worked good for me. Made me realize that when firing my specific pistol, wrapping my finger all the way around the trigger instead of just using the finger tip works better (at least for that pistol).
Timothy Haysley I thought about doing that but I didn't want to spend the money on a Laser and you end up practicing looking at what your hitting instead of front sight like your suppose to. I believe if you are concentrating really hard on the front sight and squeezing the trigger slowly to the back the bullet will go where your aiming. I think that what effects flinching the most is your thinking about the explosion and what your hitting instead of concentrating on that front sight and only thinking about that.
I bought one of those laser cartridges that fits in the chamber and “fires” when you pull the trigger. They give you three deceptively small targets that flash when the laser hits it. Very helpful for me for dry fire practice. Works best with external hammer. The rail mounted ones are good too because obviously you can use those at the range.
Yes, I have seen this at the range a lot when people get a dud round. Even with rifles... I have noticed myself move after I shoot a dud. I never thought it was because I was scared, but maybe holding too tight in anticipation of the round going off. When I dry fire I know for a fact I am far more relaxed and I don't flinch. This is a very informative vid.
Help the evil pistol is gonna get me! Love it. One thing you can tell your students is this flinch can return if you don't practice. Even after you master it.
Nice video to point out the number one problem with inaccurate shooting. I'm on a special response team and I still see the same exact problems at work in training, so it's not just a beginner problem. But yes someone mentioned dry firing at home with the penny drill. Great drill! But dont be scared of the gun. This guy was so scared of the gun he tap racked after firing a live round. Uh oh, brain fart!
Thanks. I really needed this video. And a lot of the comments described me perfectly. I’ve upgraded my trigger and my sights, gotten springs to make my trigger pull lighter but my flinch kills me. Wish I saw this a month ago, I could’ve saved $400 in upgrades. I’m gonna go get my shot right now.
My battle did something similar with me to fix my anticipation with a 40 cal sig p226. He randomly mixed snap caps into the magazine and after 4 mags I was almost as tight a group as he was shooting. It actually works. Lol
another really good drill for working on flinch and doubles as good warm up. load up a full magazine and insert it into your gun and chamber a round and then remove the mag and store it in a pocket or pouch. then fire the chambered round and remain on target. instead of the slide locking to the rear the gun will cycle like normal and the trigger will reset. you then dry fire as a follow up shot, this is generally where youll see the flinch. then repeat. works like a charm and you don't need someone to hide dummy rounds in your mags
Blake, yes, I agree, that is another great drill for fixing a Flinch. This drill I showed is for identifying a flinch. Your drill, among others, are great for fixing a flinch. Thanks for sharing. Strength & Honor, TR.
great video, always like learning new ways to test the flinch. I've been doing stuff like this for years. I usually have a buddy load a snap cap somewhere in a mag for me, and I for him. same type of flinch check, this is cool though, keep up the awesome vids.
This is one of the first things I show new pistol shooters. They get frustrated as hell sometimes but it helps everyone. Experienced shooters benefit also, especially arrogant shooters...
Can do the same thing with a revolver, mix up live rounds and empty ones. Actually helped me curb my flinching. Started only focusing the trigger pull , then moved to accuracy
Instructor: “All you need is a few ball & dummy rounds and you can fix this at home” I took his advice & let me tell you…. my wife was pissed when the ball round went off while she was watching tv. But I can happily say I didn’t flinch 😁
This is a great drill. In the beginning I was flinching sometimes even when I knew it was a dummy. So I went through the whole shooting session doing live -dummy -live dummy, 100 rounds (200 shots) Few more times I started shooting doing the same thing with one or two magazines and slowly but surely it will "cure" the problem. You can do perfect - zero flinching doing dry firing back at home and you will never solve the problem.
That drill is a reality check , I'll sometime run a dot torture drill with ball and dummy. You can diagnose a flinch and do type 1 malfunction. Thx Carl great stuff
Excellent video great information. I am a new shooter and am experiencing that flinch during live fire at the range, but not during dry fire practice. I will get some dummy rounds next time I am at the range/pro shop and work out that flinch.
I was teaching a new shooter a while back, and she was hitting low left every time. And the more she shot the worse it got. So when she set the weapon down, and asked me to reload the magazines, I loaded one in front of her but left the second empty as she inspected her target, then loaded the empty mag into the weapon. She returned, and I told her to pick up the weapon, and sure enough, gun went click and she jerked the hell out of it! We worked the rest of the afternoon and she improved greatly once we addressed the problem
I tend to flinch at the first shot the rest is fine. 🤣 the recoil is the most notorious in my bad accuracy so I learned to aim a little lower to get the bullet to go where it needs to go.
Last century, in my ninja days, another variation we'd use to check ourselves from time to time was that our buddy would load our mags for us. It would have one dummy loaded randomly. A great way for an experienced shooter to make sure he's not falling back into old/ bad habits.
I got a LOT out of this video. I teach new shooters a fair amount, and I use random ball and dummy, but the alternating ball and dummy is a GREAT idea.
The flinch is the worst of all accuracy problems, for good shooters. In can even show up in bench rest shooting. Especially, with large calibers. You have to get to where you pull the trigger the same way with live rounds, as you do with dry firing. It's very hard to do.
You can work through flinching like this but it will come back as soon as you shoot more rapidly. I got rid of it by learning to consistently call shots. That way you can see the flinch on the sights in real time. When I could SEE the flinch I made the connection with the subconscious mind and stopped flinching.
I've got a little bit of a flich. Started using a penny on the front sight and that helped. Still a little bit of jerk on the first shot but not much afterwards. Will have to work in this drill on my next rang trip.
I was in the army for 4 years so I’ve shot rifles quite a bit and don’t flinch with them. But I’ve recently bought my first pistol and I do flinch quite a bit with it. I’ll be trying these drills next time I’m at the range
Tried this today and i was flinching bad. Six mags laiter and my group was much tighter and the flinch diminished greatly. Plus it's great for reacquiring your sight picture. It even helped me improve my grip. I'll be doing this again for sure. Great stuff guys.
I found chambering a live round then dropping the mag. Shoot that first round and immediately follow up with a dry fire. This helps me with flinching and controlled follow up shots.
Admittedly it's taken me several trips to the range to realize that I have a bad flinch. I don't think I've always had it either. But I'll do the live and dummy round thing, and I still effin flinch on the dummy round haha. But after doing that for about 10 rounds in a row, then I'll shoot again and be dead on. But then it's like I'll get it again by the end of my range session, if I take a 15 minute break while waiting for other guys to shoot. I just need to keep practicing.
I took my wife on a shooting course in Thailand. She seemed to have problems with me teaching her or at that time I wasn't experienced enough to spot her problem. I was thinking someone else teaching might do the trick. It was a beginner pistol course, with 50 rounds of ammo for whole day. To me, it seemed a really small amount, but the ammo cost really a lot over there. Anyway, they really took all the benefit you can get from those 50 rounds. Much of the live fire was exactly this, ball and dummy. My wife has pretty bad flinching problem, so I have to get her back on the range again and concentrate on this.
I found something that works too. I did rapid fire at 7 yards with a .357 mag 3 inch barrel. Six shots and a reload full power rounds. Then I switched back to a glock 19 and the muzzle blast felt insignificant after that. Helps with a bad flinch if you have one.
let me tip my ale to Mr Internet Ninja for not mouthing off at you for busting his balls. great idea tho. I know I need to work on this myself... (thumbs up, yet again!)
Just make sure they have trigger dicipline because i can see some getting use to racking the dummy round out and pulling trigger trying to rack a live round amd hitting hand with slide when trigger pulled on mistake great vid i have did this before and it helps
Good technique for flinch training. The only thing I would add is don't lean forward. That puts a lot of stress on the shoulders and will be very fatiguing over a long practice session. Just draw, raise pistol to the dominant eye using the correct two hand grip and fire.
Aaack you 're giving away all the secrets! Next thing you ll show mental rehearsal, going green, holding exercise, eyes closed dry fire, and rest of Jedi mind tricks
Ok yesterday I shot for the first time ( I deal with a physical disability) . From 25 yards I hit the target 13 out of 50 . The trainer told me that my gun , Glock 48 is too light, I should get a 22. I like this idea of the rounds. I know I need to get a better grip.
Okay, on RUclips everyone's an expert with the subject. I don't mean to be that guy. BUT, 13 out of 50 SUCKS. Your only developing training scars. Not great for your confidence either. Bring it into 5 yards & find out what you're doing wrong. Don't keep shooting the wrong way. .22? Not knowing what your disability is but NOT a good self-defence weapon at all. It will work when it works but 22's are known to malfunction. Plus you need to shoot the guy 22 times. That's why they call it a 22. I have a video on my channel. Take a look will you?
You’ll find your self conscious mind sees “ correct “ 50% of the time and will eventually start doing correct ever with live rounds between the dummies
I learned with the method of letting the gun "scare" me. Meaning I focused on the target and simply pull the trigger not thinking about the trigger brake. Alot of shooters ease on the trigger and start flinching when they think theyre getting close to the brake. Its hard to explain, i just always say let the gun surprise you, youre not trying to surprise the gun.
Here's how I correct the flinch... I get them to stop thinking about what the gun is doing to them and start to get them thinking about what they are supposed to be doing. So I'll tell them: put two on target as quickly as possible. Or, put two on target 1 and 1 on target two. Or, get off the X and then engage target with three. This trains their brain to be focused on the right thing: what they need to accomplish and NOT what is happening to them.
Just brain storming here in response to the Florida incident.. Instructors across America to start a campaign for training school staff pro bono or extreme discounts. Give them the confidence to protect our students. And eliminates gun free zones. Make it a win win deal. Please spread this idea to all your favorite instructors youtube channels & social media platforms. Gun control is not an option. Education is the Answer. Thank you. God bless.
That's a pretty fine idea to be honest. Wanted to do something like that myself. Unfortunately, failed my uni education (mandatory for teachers in CZ) so I won't be the one doing it. I think the majority of the problem is that most of those people either have no interest, or actually have significant fear of firearms. Of course I could say that Faculty of Philosophy (I was an English/History major, but I was... unconventional, with my interest in history of warfare and occasional use of military idioms) is hardly the best example. On the other hand, when half the people going on an excursion to the shooting range (God bless the professor who organized it) are barely interested in the lecture on firearms that was mandatory, you can really see how much interest they really have beyond the fact they need the credits to get their minimum number for getting an academic title. The person next to me even considered Facebook more important than the professor talking about safety. So I'm asking: How many would be willing? And considering I know that university does not always equal COMMON SENSE (or honor... one professor bragged about having been with the infantry, only to slander troops as a whole minutes later. Blue Falcon, I bet.) how many would think "Gun Free Zones" are safer than a holstered weapon? And... I might be able to think of a solution. And that is making such classes required to raise firearm knowledge across the board. If people are required to pass such a course, their knowledge will increase, given they have the right leadership throughout. Only after achieving the first step do I think that offering schools the cancellation of Gun free zones in favor of armed and fully qualified staff would yield any results. Especially in today's "advanced" society.
Wasnt there a bill that got downvoted like a year ago saying pretty much exact same thing? Edit: Florida 2014, damn time flies, there was a bill that got shut down pushing to arm and train veteran and/or teachers to react to armed shooters.
I would like to see the school system put their money where their loud mouth is and pay these guys for some training, or, hire one per school, plain clothes. One fat deputy resource officer is their answer? Pay these guys, we oughta have fuckin control over our tax dollars...
I see what happen from far, I live in Italy, and I can say for sure that less weapon mean more security. In China you can't own a firearm and nobody is shooted. Sorry guys, you have to deal with that, you need firearm possession are been controlled. Sorry for my bad English. This channel is amazing!
One of my friend was shooting 4 inches low-left at 3 yard, with a WC 1911... I've been coaching him for three months now, we meet once two weeks, and now he's shooting about an inch low left with a stock Glock 17. Some progress I guess.
Excellent drill! I have the same dummy rounds and load my mags without looking, putting 2 dummies in with the other rounds. This is also a good drill for clearing FTF or FTE.
“Trust me you need all the practice you can get.” Lol. Hey we’ve all been there. Took me a while to get my flinch to go away. Just keep on practicing my man you’ll be good!
Dude is funny bro😂😂
Had my Sargent do this to me when I was shooting like garbage on a pistol range, as soon as I flinched he was like “Ahhhh” and I was like “ Oh shiiiiiiit” and from then on I just let the gun do the talking. Get that grip so it’s firm, but not so you’re white knuckling, and don’t thrust that finger back, just pull pull pull till it bangs, and remember your marksmanship principles. In no way am I am expert marksman, especially with a pistol, and you may have more or less experience than I do, but for those who are just trying to better every little piece of their firing stance/position, I thought I’d leave a little tidbit.
Cheers from Canada
And don’t anticipate!!!
At 15 yards, I had difficulty hitting an IPDA target…the whole thing much less the circle, with my Glock G45. At the closer 7 yard range, most shots were running low left below the circle. I saw this video and at the range last week went through a 150 rounds, alternating live and snap cap rounds (5 live / 4 snap). Initially, My jerking of the gun was obvious. Even the RSO was snickering. However, alternating rounds allowed me to work on steadying the gun starting at 5 yards and then moving out to 15 yards. On Wednesday, I practiced alternating live & dummy rounds again but concentrating on accuracy at 15 yards. Not one round of 50 was below the IPDA circle! Most were in the middle of the circle. I had a few high flyers due to poor sight alignment. It was the most accurate shooting I have done to date! This alternating drill is the best! Thank you TR!!!!
Glad it worked for you. Thanks for watching. TR
I'm a new shooter, low and left is my error. Once I got my trigger finger situated, I'm almost exactly straight down. I flinch a lot on the first round of any mag, and much less on the remaining rounds, pressing from reset. This drill along with just dry firing at home will probably help a lot. Thanks!
That's an old and very effective drill. We used that when I was in the military... 150 years ago. Good instructive video. Thanks.
Which of the drills shown?
amazing video! I spent about 30 mins doing these drills out on the range and was able to see a huuugggeeeee improvement in my shooting!!! I was even able to make shots 50 yards out with my pistol! Much appreciation to you guys and this channel and looking forward to more videos!
That dude is leaning so far forward Idk how he is still upright and not falling on his face
too much hunching and leaning...he's all tensed up
Concealed carry class taught me to hunch. I cannot shoot hunched at all. I start to shake from the tension.
Recoil...
it's a training scar from firing full auto desert eagles
It's the rigth way to do it.
One more drill I'll add is balancing a penny on the front sight. Can be done dry or live fire. With both the goal is to not let the penny fall off before the trigger breaks. With dry fire it shouldn't fall off at all. Helps with flinch, trigger press, and basic grip stability.
Seth Rich how does it not fall off with live fire.?
Amael Rivera It doesn't fall off before the trigger breaks. It still falls off when the gun fires.
yeeaah, how bout you just practice it with dry fire....
Great drill, I used it for my shooters.
Aye, we used to do the same drill, but instead of a penny we used a cartridge case. We would put it right behind the front sight and dry fire until we get it right 20 times in a row without case falling off.
Another Friday, another absolute gem of a video. Been waiting since last Friday for the new video and as usual, I’m not disappointed. One of the best channels on RUclips.
Thanks for the kind words. Strength & Honor, TR.
I look forward to all of his videos too..
Fridays my day
I found myself doing this today. It was my second time at the range. Karl has a way of explaining things that makes it click to me and realize - that is exactly what I was doing.
I've been pulling trigger to rear & letting the shot be a surprise & low & behold no more low left but got some dummy rounds & going to try this next range session. Thanks again Carl. God Bless.
Thanks for the video. And thank you to the Shooter for his big courage to be in the video and look imperfect!
“Keep shootin’ you need all the practice you can get.” The guy talking is a savage 😂
I’m actually excited to try this out. I already know I have a flinch. When I squeeze the trigger, I go so slowly that I can’t predict when the gun is going to actually fire, and my shots are dead on. But when I hurry through the trigger pull, I flinch in predicting the gun going off and my shots pull left. I want that flinch gone asap! Thanks!
Thank you guys!! Finally a video that explains how to get past a flinch after determining you have one. So many others just show "ball and dummy", but offer no tips to correcting flinching. Than you!!
Great advice. If you are alone on a range, load multiple mags with live rounds and snap caps, so you forget which are which to test yourself. Then resume the known round drills shown here.
Yo, Tactical Rifleman, thanks for the ever-valuable information. In a later vid, you should cover your perspective of single-man room clearing. Thanks, keep up the great work.
+1
Nature's queef, really? Hilarious. Great name.
The long and short of it is: don’t unless you’re okay with probably dying or you’ve got something you’re okay with probably dying to save in one of those rooms.
It’s among the absolute most dangerous types of things you can do in the entire realm of combat shooting.
^what this guy said^
Single-man room clearing is a shit sammich bro. Only gamers love that.
This video reminded me the day of when I first ever fired a live round in my life. Up until then I thought the noise would not scare me because I thought it is not loud at all. (hollywood effect). I flinched the entire first mag load of bullets, then my instructor told me that it is my brain that scares off from the noise. He told me if I convince my brain that the gun is empty and it is not gonna go bang, I will successfully land an accurate shot. I put the gun down, (it was an indoor range), took a breath, released it, then held the gun and took a shot properly. It landed on bullseye. At that time, I realized that the brain has been playing games for me.
Well it’s taken me a few weeks but I’ve finally watched ALL of the TR videos, I think that makes me a fully qualified internet ninja now 😎😉. I’ll be giving you expert advice like some of the other knucklehead ninjas out there, in no time 😂😂
Wow! That’s really impressive. Did you make it all the way through the 35 minute hummer video and the 20 minute water purification video? Glad you like the videos. Thanks for the support!
Tactical Rifleman YES!!! Super impressed you actually drank that crap at the end of one of the water purification ones, man of steel! (But shows you know what you’re talking about ‘cos it obviously tasted better than it looked 😂) Was secretly hoping there was an out take of you falling in the river when you were filling your water bottle though but you walked away with all cool points still in tact 👌🏻😊. The hummer one was a bit of a struggle since it’s way out of the realm of my reality but still cool to see it all. And on a serious note, well frickin done, you are amazing.
I have a fan down under!!! Consider yourself Internet Ninja certified. It was cold as shit when we filmed that water video. I had layers, but my poor film crew are city boys from New York. As cold as my hands were, I felt bad for the guy holding the camera. Off the record, I did almost slip into the river. That would have sucked! Still, it made for a good video. Thanks for the support. Strength & Honor, TR.
Aussie aussie aussie!!!
2:48 I don't know, but the way he phrased it was pretty funny:)
Also, these kinds of videos are amazing. Keep'em coming. It's great seeing instructor actually work out with the student and explain stuff.
Thank you for all the drills and tips!
*"He jerked the living sh*t out of that one"*
Exactly what fixed mine Karl! Paul Howe turned me on to this. It is the antecdote brother. I fuckin laughed like a madman at the,"he jerked the livin shit out of it", but dude, you know weve all done that shit! Lol. Have a great day buddy, thanks again for all the training!
First time shooter here and was not expecting the shock wave to the face when I shot for the first time a couple days ago. I left the range wondering if I would ever return. Then I watched this video and the instructors comments from 6:04 - 6:25 resonated with me. As good as an injection of testosterone. I WILL be returning to the range. Thank you and Keith for making this video.
Glad we could help. It is a very fun and valuable hobby. Don't worry, you will get used to the shock wave. I stand near the muzzle of students just to keep my body used to it. Thanks for watching, TR.
Two weeks later I have over 100 rounds under my belt and a brand new Glock purchase. Amazing turnaround thanks to your video. Now to build the skills, which your videos will once again come to the rescue. Already picked up a few things from just watching Keith in this video. Would enjoy seeing Keith in more videos as he looks like a solid shooter.
@@TacticalRifleman that’s sign of recoil junkie withdrawal symptoms! 😂
This is the best RUclips channel about tactical and training.
Thanks
Finally got around to watch this. Was victim to the flinch as most new shooters but this works well to help adjust. Thanks Fellas keep up this great work for us. We love what you do. Stay safe.
Well done "new shooter" says a lot about a man that will put himself out there like that. I too have been working the same problem for a couple months. Stick with it!
Keith, my Internet Ninja, is actually a great shot. Well, OK, he's a pretty good shot. I needed a demonstrator to "Fake" a Flinch, and Keith volunteered for me. (Thanks Keith!!!) These drills really do help. Thanks for watching. TR.
Pretty good exercise. One thing I do with people is I show them what sight alignment and sight picture looks like, have them line up their first shot, have them hold it, stick my finger into the trigger guard and pull the first round off for them. Every single time, the shot is a good hit. I explain to people "see, you're capable of aiming. Go ahead and shoot a mag and I'll tell you about why some of them were not as good of hits"
The follow up discussion is around trigger pull and steady, constant applied pressure. People who flinch are inconsistently pulling the trigger to the rear, they either pull and stop, then pull again, or they do it too fast. It's a mental barrier as you explain here. To help people physically visualize this, as they are shooting I'll put my index finger to their shoulder and demonstrate "steadily increasing pressure".
Turns newbies into pretty decent shooters right away.
I like this method as well. Good shit, bro.
As a LE instructor this by far was the best video on identifying and fixing BANG Anxiety !!!
Glad it helped. Thanks for watching, TR
Good drill. 👍 I like the concept of dissecting each aspect of what it takes to get rounds on target, but one aspect at a time so the shooter can see the issue, correct the issue, then move on to the next skill. (Rather than trying to fix 3 or 4 issues all at the same time).
Almost 30 yrs ago when I first started with handguns, I noticed my BAD flinch when I had a bad primer fail. I then decided to take that dead round and randomly load it in the mag. After doing this for many months I finally got my flinch negated.
This training video brought back those "fond" memories.. :)
Amen
I like to dry fire my pistol with the laser on and watch the dot on the wall to work on my trigger pull. It worked good for me. Made me realize that when firing my specific pistol, wrapping my finger all the way around the trigger instead of just using the finger tip works better (at least for that pistol).
Timothy Haysley I thought about doing that but I didn't want to spend the money on a Laser and you end up practicing looking at what your hitting instead of front sight like your suppose to. I believe if you are concentrating really hard on the front sight and squeezing the trigger slowly to the back the bullet will go where your aiming. I think that what effects flinching the most is your thinking about the explosion and what your hitting instead of concentrating on that front sight and only thinking about that.
I bought one of those laser cartridges that fits in the chamber and “fires” when you pull the trigger. They give you three deceptively small targets that flash when the laser hits it. Very helpful for me for dry fire practice. Works best with external hammer.
The rail mounted ones are good too because obviously you can use those at the range.
Yes, I have seen this at the range a lot when people get a dud round. Even with rifles... I have noticed myself move after I shoot a dud. I never thought it was because I was scared, but maybe holding too tight in anticipation of the round going off. When I dry fire I know for a fact I am far more relaxed and I don't flinch. This is a very informative vid.
Glad you liked it. Please help us share it. We put out a new video every Friday. Thanks for watching. Strength & Honor, TR.
Help the evil pistol is gonna get me! Love it. One thing you can tell your students is this flinch can return if you don't practice. Even after you master it.
Amen
Great drill
Great commentary
Keep them coming.
Nice video to point out the number one problem with inaccurate shooting. I'm on a special response team and I still see the same exact problems at work in training, so it's not just a beginner problem. But yes someone mentioned dry firing at home with the penny drill. Great drill! But dont be scared of the gun. This guy was so scared of the gun he tap racked after firing a live round. Uh oh, brain fart!
Excellent EXCELLENT! I use this with my students too. Most students will swear they are not flinching until they hit that dummy round.
Thanks. I really needed this video. And a lot of the comments described me perfectly. I’ve upgraded my trigger and my sights, gotten springs to make my trigger pull lighter but my flinch kills me. Wish I saw this a month ago, I could’ve saved $400 in upgrades. I’m gonna go get my shot right now.
Glad to help
My battle did something similar with me to fix my anticipation with a 40 cal sig p226. He randomly mixed snap caps into the magazine and after 4 mags I was almost as tight a group as he was shooting. It actually works. Lol
another really good drill for working on flinch and doubles as good warm up. load up a full magazine and insert it into your gun and chamber a round and then remove the mag and store it in a pocket or pouch. then fire the chambered round and remain on target. instead of the slide locking to the rear the gun will cycle like normal and the trigger will reset. you then dry fire as a follow up shot, this is generally where youll see the flinch. then repeat. works like a charm and you don't need someone to hide dummy rounds in your mags
Blake, yes, I agree, that is another great drill for fixing a Flinch. This drill I showed is for identifying a flinch. Your drill, among others, are great for fixing a flinch. Thanks for sharing. Strength & Honor, TR.
such a under rated channel
You just became my new favorite channel. Time for an 8 hour tac binge.
great video, always like learning new ways to test the flinch. I've been doing stuff like this for years. I usually have a buddy load a snap cap somewhere in a mag for me, and I for him. same type of flinch check, this is cool though, keep up the awesome vids.
This is one of the first things I show new pistol shooters. They get frustrated as hell sometimes but it helps everyone. Experienced shooters benefit also, especially arrogant shooters...
Can do the same thing with a revolver, mix up live rounds and empty ones. Actually helped me curb my flinching. Started only focusing the trigger pull , then moved to accuracy
Awsome video!!! Very useful info, most videos just show how to identified a flinch. A big thank you for showing how to fix it too.
"You need all the practice you can get" Dont hold back.
This dude is hilarious. I like his style but I did learn a lot. Thank you, for the tutorial.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Instructor: “All you need is a few ball & dummy rounds and you can fix this at home”
I took his advice & let me tell you…. my wife was pissed when the ball round went off while she was watching tv. But I can happily say I didn’t flinch 😁
This is a great drill. In the beginning I was flinching sometimes even when I knew it was a dummy. So I went through the whole shooting session doing live -dummy -live dummy, 100 rounds (200 shots) Few more times I started shooting doing the same thing with one or two magazines and slowly but surely it will "cure" the problem.
You can do perfect - zero flinching doing dry firing back at home and you will never solve the problem.
Awesome drill that actually works, no internet ninja stuff. Thanks Karl!
That drill is a reality check , I'll sometime run a dot torture drill with ball and dummy. You can diagnose a flinch and do type 1 malfunction. Thx Carl great stuff
I'm finally getting better, more accurate. Thanks Karl
I love your channel. The episodes are perfectly done to fit just enough detail into a brief time and the tips are great.
This video is the absolute place to start with shooters , excellent .
Thanks for watching, TR
Excellent video great information. I am a new shooter and am experiencing that flinch during live fire at the range, but not during dry fire practice. I will get some dummy rounds next time I am at the range/pro shop and work out that flinch.
Great explanation on how to correct flinching and twitching
I was teaching a new shooter a while back, and she was hitting low left every time. And the more she shot the worse it got. So when she set the weapon down, and asked me to reload the magazines, I loaded one in front of her but left the second empty as she inspected her target, then loaded the empty mag into the weapon. She returned, and I told her to pick up the weapon, and sure enough, gun went click and she jerked the hell out of it! We worked the rest of the afternoon and she improved greatly once we addressed the problem
Very common problem. However, once they recognize it for what it is, it is often easy to fix. Thanks for watching, TR
I tend to flinch at the first shot the rest is fine. 🤣 the recoil is the most notorious in my bad accuracy so I learned to aim a little lower to get the bullet to go where it needs to go.
Youre not taking the slack out of the trigger on the first shot. I fight the same issue
Thanks for the tips Karl. Right on time. Noticed a flintch the more I work on the shot timer so this is on time. Rakkasan!
Thanks for watching, TR
Last century, in my ninja days, another variation we'd use to check ourselves from time to time was that our buddy would load our mags for us. It would have one dummy loaded randomly. A great way for an experienced shooter to make sure he's not falling back into old/ bad habits.
I got a LOT out of this video. I teach new shooters a fair amount, and I use random ball and dummy, but the alternating ball and dummy is a GREAT idea.
Glad we could help. TR
The flinch is the worst of all accuracy problems, for good shooters. In can even show up in bench rest shooting. Especially, with large calibers. You have to get to where you pull the trigger the same way with live rounds, as you do with dry firing. It's very hard to do.
You can work through flinching like this but it will come back as soon as you shoot more rapidly. I got rid of it by learning to consistently call shots. That way you can see the flinch on the sights in real time. When I could SEE the flinch I made the connection with the subconscious mind and stopped flinching.
I've got a little bit of a flich. Started using a penny on the front sight and that helped. Still a little bit of jerk on the first shot but not much afterwards. Will have to work in this drill on my next rang trip.
Hope it helps
I was in the army for 4 years so I’ve shot rifles quite a bit and don’t flinch with them. But I’ve recently bought my first pistol and I do flinch quite a bit with it. I’ll be trying these drills next time I’m at the range
Thanks for watching, TR
Tried this today and i was flinching bad. Six mags laiter and my group was much tighter and the flinch diminished greatly. Plus it's great for reacquiring your sight picture. It even helped me improve my grip. I'll be doing this again for sure. Great stuff guys.
Glad you liked it. We put out a new video every Friday. So, subscribe and don't miss out. Thanks for watching. Strength & Honor, TR.
I found chambering a live round then dropping the mag. Shoot that first round and immediately follow up with a dry fire. This helps me with flinching and controlled follow up shots.
“Keep shooting, you need all the practice you can get!” 😂 …don’t we all, lol…
Admittedly it's taken me several trips to the range to realize that I have a bad flinch. I don't think I've always had it either. But I'll do the live and dummy round thing, and I still effin flinch on the dummy round haha. But after doing that for about 10 rounds in a row, then I'll shoot again and be dead on. But then it's like I'll get it again by the end of my range session, if I take a 15 minute break while waiting for other guys to shoot. I just need to keep practicing.
I think there's flinching and anticipating/correcting for recoil, and they are different problems with different solutions. Yours may be the latter.
I enjoy watching these over again. Thanks for sharing...
Glad you like them!
I'v been trying to correct my flinch for some time. Very informative video so keep 'em coming!
Tried this today and it worked like a champ!
Glad we could help. Thanks for watching, TR
As a lifetime shooter and relatively new firearm instructor thank you
I took my wife on a shooting course in Thailand. She seemed to have problems with me teaching her or at that time I wasn't experienced enough to spot her problem. I was thinking someone else teaching might do the trick.
It was a beginner pistol course, with 50 rounds of ammo for whole day. To me, it seemed a really small amount, but the ammo cost really a lot over there. Anyway, they really took all the benefit you can get from those 50 rounds. Much of the live fire was exactly this, ball and dummy. My wife has pretty bad flinching problem, so I have to get her back on the range again and concentrate on this.
I know I'm late to comment over here, but that's 'cause I'm binge watching all your videos now!
Wow, you have a busy day ahead of you. Thanks for taking the time to watch them. Strength and Honor, TR
i had this problem in the range! Laterally, it was ok but vertically... I always shot down. Thanks for the advices!
Glad it helped. Thanks for watching, TR
Thank you Karl! This internet ninja definitely needs this video and drills. :D
I was sleepy and misread the thumbnail for "Best drills for shooting with French"
Honestly I did to.
Good video for beginners. Thank you.
I found something that works too. I did rapid fire at 7 yards with a .357 mag 3 inch barrel. Six shots and a reload full power rounds. Then I switched back to a glock 19 and the muzzle blast felt insignificant after that. Helps with a bad flinch if you have one.
Solid idea. Thanks for sharing. TR
I did the same thing , I tried this in my backyard. Thank you great video!!!!👍
Glad it helped. TR
He literally looks at the open chamber ever time. Lol. Awesome drill
let me tip my ale to Mr Internet Ninja for not mouthing off at you for busting his balls.
great idea tho. I know I need to work on this myself...
(thumbs up, yet again!)
Just make sure they have trigger dicipline because i can see some getting use to racking the dummy round out and pulling trigger trying to rack a live round amd hitting hand with slide when trigger pulled on mistake great vid i have did this before and it helps
Good technique for flinch training. The only thing I would add is don't lean forward. That puts a lot of stress on the shoulders and will be very fatiguing over a long practice session. Just draw, raise pistol to the dominant eye using the correct two hand grip and fire.
Aaack you 're giving away all the secrets!
Next thing you ll show mental rehearsal, going green, holding exercise, eyes closed dry fire, and rest of Jedi mind tricks
Thank you for all your awesome helpful videos. This video is solid gold. Thank you, sir!
This guy reminds me of bully beat down lol I died laughing while learning 👍🏼
Ok yesterday I shot for the first time ( I deal with a physical disability) . From 25 yards I hit the target 13 out of 50 . The trainer told me that my gun , Glock 48 is too light, I should get a 22. I like this idea of the rounds. I know I need to get a better grip.
Yep, get a gun that fits properly in your hand. TR
Okay, on RUclips everyone's an expert with the subject. I don't mean to be that guy. BUT, 13 out of 50 SUCKS. Your only developing training scars. Not great for your confidence either. Bring it into 5 yards & find out what you're doing wrong. Don't keep shooting the wrong way. .22? Not knowing what your disability is but NOT a good self-defence weapon at all. It will work when it works but 22's are known to malfunction. Plus you need to shoot the guy 22 times. That's why they call it a 22. I have a video on my channel. Take a look will you?
Cool idea on knowing the 2nd is a dummy to teach yourself. I'd done random rounds to catch the flinch and want to try knowing when they're coming.
You’ll find your self conscious mind sees “ correct “ 50% of the time and will eventually start doing correct ever with live rounds between the dummies
That’s not a jerk down; it’s an attempt to stop recoil. But the explanation of shock wave is real good.
Awesome video on practicing shooting
I learned with the method of letting the gun "scare" me. Meaning I focused on the target and simply pull the trigger not thinking about the trigger brake. Alot of shooters ease on the trigger and start flinching when they think theyre getting close to the brake. Its hard to explain, i just always say let the gun surprise you, youre not trying to surprise the gun.
Flinching is a natural response to recoil anticipation and lack of practice. The best way to get over it is to practice, and then practice some more.
Here's how I correct the flinch... I get them to stop thinking about what the gun is doing to them and start to get them thinking about what they are supposed to be doing.
So I'll tell them: put two on target as quickly as possible. Or, put two on target 1 and 1 on target two. Or, get off the X and then engage target with three.
This trains their brain to be focused on the right thing: what they need to accomplish and NOT what is happening to them.
Absolutely right.
I hope this helps me! Ammo is too expensive to be flinching like I do lol
Just brain storming here in response to the Florida incident.. Instructors across America to start a campaign for training school staff pro bono or extreme discounts. Give them the confidence to protect our students. And eliminates gun free zones. Make it a win win deal. Please spread this idea to all your favorite instructors youtube channels & social media platforms. Gun control is not an option. Education is the Answer. Thank you. God bless.
Amen. I will gladly teach all LE and key school staff (local to me) for free. They are the ones protecting my family. Who wouldn't want to do that?
That's a pretty fine idea to be honest. Wanted to do something like that myself. Unfortunately, failed my uni education (mandatory for teachers in CZ) so I won't be the one doing it.
I think the majority of the problem is that most of those people either have no interest, or actually have significant fear of firearms. Of course I could say that Faculty of Philosophy (I was an English/History major, but I was... unconventional, with my interest in history of warfare and occasional use of military idioms) is hardly the best example. On the other hand, when half the people going on an excursion to the shooting range (God bless the professor who organized it) are barely interested in the lecture on firearms that was mandatory, you can really see how much interest they really have beyond the fact they need the credits to get their minimum number for getting an academic title. The person next to me even considered Facebook more important than the professor talking about safety.
So I'm asking: How many would be willing? And considering I know that university does not always equal COMMON SENSE (or honor... one professor bragged about having been with the infantry, only to slander troops as a whole minutes later. Blue Falcon, I bet.) how many would think "Gun Free Zones" are safer than a holstered weapon?
And... I might be able to think of a solution. And that is making such classes required to raise firearm knowledge across the board. If people are required to pass such a course, their knowledge will increase, given they have the right leadership throughout. Only after achieving the first step do I think that offering schools the cancellation of Gun free zones in favor of armed and fully qualified staff would yield any results. Especially in today's "advanced" society.
Wasnt there a bill that got downvoted like a year ago saying pretty much exact same thing?
Edit: Florida 2014, damn time flies, there was a bill that got shut down pushing to arm and train veteran and/or teachers to react to armed shooters.
I would like to see the school system put their money where their loud mouth is and pay these guys for some training, or, hire one per school, plain clothes. One fat deputy resource officer is their answer? Pay these guys, we oughta have fuckin control over our tax dollars...
I see what happen from far, I live in Italy, and I can say for sure that less weapon mean more security. In China you can't own a firearm and nobody is shooted.
Sorry guys, you have to deal with that, you need firearm possession are been controlled. Sorry for my bad English.
This channel is amazing!
Hahahaha hilarious “ok see that he jerked the living 😄!”
Outstanding instructor
Thanks for watching, TR
One of my friend was shooting 4 inches low-left at 3 yard, with a WC 1911... I've been coaching him for three months now, we meet once two weeks, and now he's shooting about an inch low left with a stock Glock 17. Some progress I guess.
Excellent drill! I have the same dummy rounds and load my mags without looking, putting 2 dummies in with the other rounds. This is also a good drill for clearing FTF or FTE.
Yeah the shockwave threw me off at first I don't mind the noise or recoil, the issue is we are programmed to avoid explosions