What is the best excercise to improve your shooting with a pistol?
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Core stability exercises are the most effective exercises related to shooting, but especially to hand gun shooting. Development of the musculature that stabilizes posture, stabilizes the shooting platform.
Core stability exercises are basically those exercises which utilize the postural musculature and require the execution of balance at the same time. One legged squats and V-flexor crunches are a couple of exercises. A wobble-board is one tool, as is the large exerecise ball. These tools are added to standard resistive exercises like arm curls or situps to add a balance component..... try throwing darts off of a wobble board before you try shooting off of one.
And of course there is the isometric exercise of holding the shooting position for many minutes with 2X the weight of the pistol you will use, to build exertional stamina for the shooting position.
Core stability exercises are basically those exercises which utilize the postural musculature and require the execution of balance at the same time. One legged squats and V-flexor crunches are a couple of exercises. A wobble-board is one tool, as is the large exerecise ball. These tools are added to standard resistive exercises like arm curls or situps to add a balance component..... try throwing darts off of a wobble board before you try shooting off of one.
And of course there is the isometric exercise of holding the shooting position for many minutes with 2X the weight of the pistol you will use, to build exertional stamina for the shooting position.
Grip and forearm exercises - one of those squeeze grips spring things. The rest is just general conditioning. And then depending on the discipline you are shooting:
1. Draws from holsters to come on target
2. Mag/speedloader exercises
3. Multiple target movements
4. Draw and dry-fire, double taps etc.
5. Sight acquisition.
But most of my handgun shooting was done for defensive, work-related stuff, so for me it had more to do with surviving a shift than scoring well in a match.
As you practice, though, concentrate on getting the movements smooth and slick. Smooth is fast. Economy of motion. Don't move twice if once is enough. Let gravity take your mag out, don't pull it out. Lots of stuff to work on.
Since I retired, I am still helping some of the younger guys with shooting skills, just to keep them alive for the next shift -- volunteer stuff for me.
1. Draws from holsters to come on target
2. Mag/speedloader exercises
3. Multiple target movements
4. Draw and dry-fire, double taps etc.
5. Sight acquisition.
But most of my handgun shooting was done for defensive, work-related stuff, so for me it had more to do with surviving a shift than scoring well in a match.
As you practice, though, concentrate on getting the movements smooth and slick. Smooth is fast. Economy of motion. Don't move twice if once is enough. Let gravity take your mag out, don't pull it out. Lots of stuff to work on.
Since I retired, I am still helping some of the younger guys with shooting skills, just to keep them alive for the next shift -- volunteer stuff for me.
In addition to what was said above, dry firing with snap caps at a spot on the wall works great.
If you dry fire with a handgun or rifle, you can control your breathing and see whether the sight picture changes when you squeeze the trigger. Your grip/cheekweld will also get better this way.
Basically, strength exercises will ensure your arms won't get tired when firing the handgun/rifle, and dry firing will ensure that the shot will stay on target every time.
If you dry fire with a handgun or rifle, you can control your breathing and see whether the sight picture changes when you squeeze the trigger. Your grip/cheekweld will also get better this way.
Basically, strength exercises will ensure your arms won't get tired when firing the handgun/rifle, and dry firing will ensure that the shot will stay on target every time.
Learn to SQUEEEEEZE the trigger and NOT PULL on it....
stand straight towards the target non of this tactical body slant bullcrap.. your not a fighting a person ur shooting a piece of paper its not gonna move anywhere
.. stay relaxed .... watch ur breathing... learn to focus on ur front sight..
other than that .... practice practice practice.......... try different loads in ur ammo??
stand straight towards the target non of this tactical body slant bullcrap.. your not a fighting a person ur shooting a piece of paper its not gonna move anywhere
.. stay relaxed .... watch ur breathing... learn to focus on ur front sight..
other than that .... practice practice practice.......... try different loads in ur ammo??
Shoulder excercises with weights help. There is a device called the Grip Master at Sport Chek that can work each finger individually. You can hold the grip in and just use the trigger finger to try an isolate that movement. You would be surprise how weak your baby finger and the one next to it are. Regular Hand grips also work, but do not help with isolating your finger.
A part time job hand bomb loading and unloading trucks will strengthen your back, arms and shoulders in short order. Ok, anything that increases your upper body tone. Shooting a bow will do it, just don't use one that has a draw weight of more than you can easily lift or you'll hurt yourself.
A rubber ball cut in half and squeezed repeatedly while watching TV etc. will deal with your grip. One of those red, white and blue ones works well.
A rubber ball cut in half and squeezed repeatedly while watching TV etc. will deal with your grip. One of those red, white and blue ones works well.
