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Discussion: Are Cheap Skills Worth Learning?

JMHO, more train like Seal team six is going to call and ask for a helping hand. :rolleyes: "Professional shooters, instructors, and high-level competitors all converge on the same definition of skill: on-demand performance." Okay yet most of us are not in these categories. We are carpenters, truck drivers, electricians, doctors, lawyers (YUK), butchers, bakers, candlestick makers and have lives outside of the gun. Even first responders are not professional shooters. 99% have other professional responsibilities other than dropping the hammer. "High speed low drag" training is great. If someone has the opportunity grab it. However, every little bit is a plus. Instead of looking down our nose at shooters that don't meet our perceived standards of acceptability maybe just maybe we should encourage them to keep doing what they can and not turn them off so we can pat ourselves on the back.
 
I run a course of fire for myself and my posse on a weekly basis. I have the luxury of my own range and the time to practice. We stress fundamentals-speed comes with practice. Over the years I have learned that if I go more than 2 weeks without practice, my scores start to drop off. These are perishable skills. If you can't go shoot, dry fire at home helps a lot to maintain an edge.
 
Blah, blah, blah. It is all well and good to run your drills, go to your shooting matches and run all the Dynamic courses your heart desires. Fact of the matter is, unless you are running courses and drills with moving, thinking targets that fire back at you, you are not totally prepared for when that happens. Running predetermined courses and patterns does not simulate anything even close to that. Like Tyson said: "Everybody has a plan....until they get punched in the mouth". Want to train and prepare? First prepare your mind. heart and soul for what you will have to do should you be in that situation. Mental and emotional preparation will be key. Sgt. York didn't go through all those drills and training. He was a good ole' boy from Tennessee who grew up with a rifle in his hands and knew how to use it better than the Army taught him. And single handedly gathering 35 machine guns, killing 25 German soldiers and capturing 132 prisoners. And he wasn't a "professional shooter". Most of us working class stiffs don't have the time and money for all of that. We have more important priorities in our lives. We do the best we can and pray we never have to. But you can bet that if we are, we are not going to be thinking about which course we ran that best applies to that situation. We will just do what needs to be done, without all those fancy split times
 
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