Overview - The Alleluia Competition and Training System
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 this draw. (Deliberate Practice Framework, June 23, 2016)
If you want, you can also dry fire into a mirror so you can see your draw. Bear in mind that we are finalizing our draws. Until you have a finalized draw you will not be competitive. If you change your draw you have to start over in the finalization process. I am starting anew trying to find that 75 milliseconds so I will be going through the same process.
Bucket Work: I suggest that you do bucket work three days a week, 50 rounds per session. You need a target medium on which you can see every hit. This is important because "We do not practice missing!" Cardboard works wells. There is somewhere on my main blog, fastdraw.blogspot.com, a description of building a target stand. (Target Progression II, August 27, 2014, see also prior Target Progression I, early August 2014.)
Shoot from 5 feet. Up close is important because if you see every shot, your mind and body, will move the hits into the target zone with no effort on your part. You want it to happen without any conscious effort. You want the changes to be small increments. That is what you need.
You need to determine your target zone. You do this by measurement. Measure your muzzle height of your finalized draw. Subtract that from 47 inches divide by 15 and you have the distance your wax must travel upward each foot from the target. Multiple that times 5 and add it to your muzzle height and you have the center height of your target zone at five feet. Now draw two lines on your target one 2 1/2 inches above and one 2 1/2 inches below center. That is your target zone. That is the same as a 15 inch target at 15 feet.
Now at 5 feet draw and fire five rounds. Note how many are in the target zone. Don't worry about right or left, we are primarily concerned with elevation.
You will find that you start your session at maybe 30 or 40% in the target zone but will end the session at 80-100% in the target zone. That is because the mind and body will move the hits into the target zone in small increments without any effort on your part. You are chunking data.
If you are spraying wax everywhere, that tells you that you are not near finalizing your draw or that you are changing your draw trying to hit the target. Never ever change your draw to hit. If you do you will be hopeless lost. We do not change our draw to find the target, except the subconscious changes that our mind and body do for us without effort, we change our alignment prior to the set command.
I sometimes have my youth and/or new shooters draw, fire, reholster, draw, fire, reholster as rapidly as possible for five shots. This prevents thinking and helps finalize the draw and chunking data without the mind getting in the way. Funny story, I once had Dismal, age 9, do this with Holli Day. Dismal had five in the zone before Doc finished readjusting her holster for her second shot.
Note all of this work is without a timer. You don't need it. Chasing the clock actually slows your progress down. We are finalizing our draws and chunking data. "Automation and chunking progress together on the way to expertise."
Walking to the Light: Walking the hits to the light is not about accuracy, although it will lead you to 80%, it is about mental toughness. I will post on it later. You have enough to get you started for about 4 weeks. There will be a test to see how you doing then.
Looking for cites I went back through fastdraw.blogspot.com. Boy, there is a lot of good stuff there that predates the training blog. I will try and give you cites back to some of the best posts as we progress.
"Put the fear of Alleluia in 'em! We don't practice missing!"
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 this draw. (Deliberate Practice Framework, June 23, 2016)
If you want, you can also dry fire into a mirror so you can see your draw. Bear in mind that we are finalizing our draws. Until you have a finalized draw you will not be competitive. If you change your draw you have to start over in the finalization process. I am starting anew trying to find that 75 milliseconds so I will be going through the same process.
Bucket Work: I suggest that you do bucket work three days a week, 50 rounds per session. You need a target medium on which you can see every hit. This is important because "We do not practice missing!" Cardboard works wells. There is somewhere on my main blog, fastdraw.blogspot.com, a description of building a target stand. (Target Progression II, August 27, 2014, see also prior Target Progression I, early August 2014.)
Shoot from 5 feet. Up close is important because if you see every shot, your mind and body, will move the hits into the target zone with no effort on your part. You want it to happen without any conscious effort. You want the changes to be small increments. That is what you need.
You need to determine your target zone. You do this by measurement. Measure your muzzle height of your finalized draw. Subtract that from 47 inches divide by 15 and you have the distance your wax must travel upward each foot from the target. Multiple that times 5 and add it to your muzzle height and you have the center height of your target zone at five feet. Now draw two lines on your target one 2 1/2 inches above and one 2 1/2 inches below center. That is your target zone. That is the same as a 15 inch target at 15 feet.
Now at 5 feet draw and fire five rounds. Note how many are in the target zone. Don't worry about right or left, we are primarily concerned with elevation.
You will find that you start your session at maybe 30 or 40% in the target zone but will end the session at 80-100% in the target zone. That is because the mind and body will move the hits into the target zone in small increments without any effort on your part. You are chunking data.
If you are spraying wax everywhere, that tells you that you are not near finalizing your draw or that you are changing your draw trying to hit the target. Never ever change your draw to hit. If you do you will be hopeless lost. We do not change our draw to find the target, except the subconscious changes that our mind and body do for us without effort, we change our alignment prior to the set command.
I sometimes have my youth and/or new shooters draw, fire, reholster, draw, fire, reholster as rapidly as possible for five shots. This prevents thinking and helps finalize the draw and chunking data without the mind getting in the way. Funny story, I once had Dismal, age 9, do this with Holli Day. Dismal had five in the zone before Doc finished readjusting her holster for her second shot.
Note all of this work is without a timer. You don't need it. Chasing the clock actually slows your progress down. We are finalizing our draws and chunking data. "Automation and chunking progress together on the way to expertise."
Walking to the Light: Walking the hits to the light is not about accuracy, although it will lead you to 80%, it is about mental toughness. I will post on it later. You have enough to get you started for about 4 weeks. There will be a test to see how you doing then.
Looking for cites I went back through fastdraw.blogspot.com. Boy, there is a lot of good stuff there that predates the training blog. I will try and give you cites back to some of the best posts as we progress.
"Put the fear of Alleluia in 'em! We don't practice missing!"
Could you explain why we place draw height in the formula? I thought the "angle" is auto factored in and is a constant ,as you get closer the plate gets lower, regardless of your draw height?? Gun4hire
ReplyDeleteTarget height will be different for every shooter depending on their muzzle height. If your target height is either too high or too low you will be training to miss high or low. The lower your stance is the more important target height is. See my June 16, 2016 post on ShadyMtnTips.blogspot.com. The target height of 47 inches for 15 feet was determined using Cal's muzzle height.
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