Practice makes Permanent
You've probably heard many times that practice makes perfect. However that's not necessarily true. What practice does, through repetition, is to make what you're practicing more readily available to you in your subconscious. If you’re practicing that right things and you’re practicing them correctly, you can then be achieving improvements through practice.
Is there such a thing as “perfection” in shooting? I would submit to you that there is no such thing. You show me a great group and I’ll show you someone else’s group that’s better. You show me some fast shooting and I guarantee you someone is faster than you. Rather than going after perfection, seek excellence, seek improvement in your abilities. In our firearms training, at My Own Defender LLC, we focus on exactly that. Each shooter is given person feedback throughout each class so that they can focus on improving their abilities.
As shooters make progress and increase both their abilities and confidence, it’s a smart idea to test those skills. One way to test abilities is to shoot prescribed shooting standards. We have developed some shooting targets that you can download here so that you can test YOUR skills. These targets are free and downloadable from our online store. In addition to these 4 shooting tests we have 4 standards for our MOD family. The standards can be shot in class for an opportunity to win a MOD coveted, numbered, challenge coin.
So, get to work! Practice regularly and seek training as much as possible. As you get better, use these free downloadable shooting targets to test your skills. Enjoy!