Hitch's Training Blog

We do not practice accuracy.  All of our practice is speed work.  When you are doing training you should go as fast as you can go comfortably. You are finalizing your draw and the draw you want to finalize is your quickest draw.  Whenever you change your draw, you have to go back and refinalize the new draw.  You do not need the clock to do this. Time does not matter.  You will get quicker and quicker the more you do this. The reason we do not practice accuracy is because it can not be done.  Accuracy comes from a finalized draw and shooting from the subconscious.  Shooting the same each and every time without thinking. If you try to hit the target or hit a specific location on the target, you are shooting from the frontal lobe. That slows you down and causes you to miss.  "Any thought changes the expert into a novice." The Sports Gene. We want to finalize our draw to the extend that we will hit the same location in same time with every shot....

Here is a list of Alleluia Shooters on this session: Paul Nicolas             a/k/a     Lazuras Allen Bauer Lewis Berman Nicholas Vincze Dan White Rick Mcanally          a/k/a Whiplash                                                                    (Multiple Champion) Dee Qualls                a/k/a Possum Dennis Diaz              a/k/a No Daisy                                   a/...

If you watch a professional golfer you will notice that their routine is the same on every shot. That is because to be on the circuit they must be mentally tough.  When they approach a shot they evaluate the shot. They look at the lie, distance, wind and make a decision on their shot selecting a club. Once they make their decision they commit to it completely. They then go through the same physical routine before each shot.  Most then do a waggle.  A waggle is a meaningless movement that serves as a signal to their mind and body that they are ready to go. They then hit the shot.  This is all about mental toughness. We are professional athletes.  We need to do the same.  We need to evaluate the shot. Make a decision. Committed to it completely. Do our waggle, then make the shot.  To be competitive, you need to develop a mental routine, a physical routine, and a waggle.  It is all about mental toughness, not accuracy.  I will give you such a ...

I write this post to encourage you to persevere with the system. If you do you will become a tough gunfighter.  Saturday the  Rio Salado Vaqueros held their club match at Pioneer. It was a tough field with many State and Territorial Champions, Mag 7 shooters, and CFDA Top Guns in attendance. I started slow hitting only 50% for a gunfighter rating (GR) of 1.05 against a shooter I normally handle easily and lost the match.  That caused a doubt in my mind and I hit only 20%, GR .75, in the second match losing again.  I then got back to the system and shot with a gunfighter rating of 1.35 the rest of the day winning the next 5 matches. For the shoot-offs I was seeded  6th.  If I had shot just average in the first two matches, I would have won with ease and been seeded 1st. The shooter I lost to in the first match was seeded 8th and I hand judged him in the shoot-offs. I noted he had shot 56 rounds for the day. I shot 35 rounds for 9 matches. He is a good sh...

I tried to entice my eldest daughter back into fast draw saying I could make her into a champion in 20 weeks but so far she has not accepted the challenge.  Here is the training program. This is based on the Alleluia Competition and Training System. The system is progressive.  During each 50 shot training session you should improve from the beginning to the end, likewise during an event you will improve during the day and if the event is multi day you should improve with each day because if you shoot as you train, it is progressive, you will get better. The script:  Dry fire : I suggest that you dry fire at least 20 draws 3 days a week.  I suggest you do this up against a wall with your shooting toe against the wall.  This will prevent you from poking or flailing.  I assume you have a draw now, but if you do not, let me know and I will walk you through the locked elbow draw.  There is a post on my main training blog, ShadyMtnTips.blogspot.com, on...