exercises to control wobbling on sighting

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wondering if anyone has a good read or video on holding your sights more consistent.to keep the wobbling down, I have a friend starting out, and couldnt find anything other than breathing practices . I mentioned the grip and the pull back on your left arm and push forward on the right as well.
 
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It extends all the way to your core. A tree wobbling at the trunk will have shaky branches.

Try some arm hauls. Hold a weight at waist level and then bring it up straight out in front of you.

Other than that, breathing exercises can be very useful. Just as importantly are ways of staying calm. The guy with the strongest arms who should be able to hold a 16 pound rifle steady might still shake like a leaf if he's all excited and jittery. Center yourself, just go through your environment and pick five things you can feel, and then five that you can smell, and five that you can hear, and so forth.
 
Practice dry firing with a laser. The laser makes it easy to measure and adjust your wobble.

Also a little exercice of forearms, and triceps and shoulders doesnt hurt.
 
Breathing is only part of it. If he's a desk worker and in relatively poor physical condition the deck is stacked against him.

I know that since I've retired and don't ride my bicycle to work every day that my shooting accuracy has fallen off a hair. And muscle tone is why. I'm still active but not as aerobically fit since most of the stuff has been house renos for the past 4 years. It's good workout for reach and mobility and even load carrying. But poor for aerobic conditioning.

Part of it is to hold the gun firmly but without a death grip. Get him to ease up a little at a time between shots until the gun moves from the shot. Then go back two or three increments so the gun is held with control but without undue strain. The proper grip ends up being much like a firm but friendly handshake.
 
Wow, where to start. Background, I'm an overweight desk jockey, with a serious case of arthritis, in my back, hips, knees, and ankles.

1) If you're still shooting Weaver, or Modified Weaver, the '80's called and it wants it's gun/holster/shooting style back. Using a modern shooting style, "push/pull" is not possible because your hands are on opposite sides of the gun, where they belong, according to the laws of physics.
2) Look up the Todd Jarrett YouTube video on how to hold a handgun, or look for Phaseline Green's videos on pistol shooting - I'm pretty sure Earl has a how to hold/aim video. Travis Haley explains it well in the Magpul Video
3) I can't say this enough....stop using the Weaver, it just causes issues - wait until you try shooting on the move, (virtually impossible) in Weaver.
4) Dry Fire - go to pistol-training dot com and look up the "wall drill" in the drills section, practice it until you get it right.
5) I'm living proof that physical condition is no block to accuracy, I'm lucky to still be walking, and I can shoot with reasonable accuracy.
 
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There are hundreds of books published in various languages all over the world that explain and introduce sport to new shooters.
Basics, technique, training, food, clothing and hundreds of other aspects of target shooting. Personal predisposition being #1 step.
 
Like shooting a bow on a 1 inche square at 30 yards, you can't stop the wobbling.

But you can control when the trigger break.

That is the secret. Learn when the shot breaks and arrange yourself to make it happens when the front sight is in the bullseye.

Focus and I really mean it.

FOCUS ON and only ON the front sight. Trust you body to make it happen.

Front sight, front sight, front sight...

That is where your mind should be.

Mush
 
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