What are your training goals?

Training Training and Tactics
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Looking for measurable training goals not “I want to be the best I can be”

Mine are as follows:

For pistol I want to be able to walk on the range, cold and do the following:

Stage 4 of 700 Point aggregate (5 rds SHO in 5min) twice with score of 95 (shot 86 today)
Stage 5 of 700 Point aggregate(5rds SHO from holster in 20 sec) twice with score of 90
Stage 6 of 700 Point aggregate (5rds sho from holster in 10 sec) twice with score of 85

Once I become a solid 600 shooter on the “humbler” I want to work on becoming a solid 250 shooter on the Hackathorn standards.

For rifle cold:
Shoot the Modified Navy Qual clean.
from there i just want to shave down my times
I also want to start shooting the Kyle Defoor standards

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If we are only talking about firearms training goals, I guess mine are somewhat humble and don’t always have a numerical score attached to them:

I am a pretty good shooter and I have found that Paul Howe’s pistol standards force you to put together all of your fundamentals to pass. For myself, I make it a 10/10 passing requirement if running them slick and 8/10 if I have kit on and I have reduced a couple of par times.

For rifle, I like the MEUSOC qual. It hits most of the important flat range rifle skills. A score of 90+ is passing and no misses (off target silhouette completely). Since this requires movement and is not possible at every range, Howe’s rifle standards or Redbackone’s are an acceptable substitute for me.

I don’t really practice a lot of other quals unless I am taking a course for which they are a prerequisite. In which case, I practice the hell out of them before the class since every qual has a learning curve (induced by par times).

I dry fire more than I shoot. I practice reloads and malfunctions bi-weekly and one hand reloads and malfunctions monthly or bi-monthly. I won’t go into all of my dry work here but the training goal is to make my motions smooth and efficient and fast. Of course I reinforce all dry fire skills live unless it is not possible in which case I pull out the sims.

I practice retention shooting (7 specific techniques and then variations) at home with airsoft (sims get expensive) and it’s perfect. If I have a range available where I can practice these skills live, I do. This is very important training goal to me with le in my near future. I think a lot of people pay lip service to retention shooting and even game the drills so the bad guy is right in front of their muzzle, not likely in the real world. People are surprised when they realize that it’s not that easy to aim with your wrist when compensating for body movement.

I think that’s about it for training goals regarding shooting specifically.

Now add in tactics, PT, combatives, driving, verbal judo or basic human (or POS) psychology, etc… and I think you can see why I don’t spend ALL of my free time on the range. I think sometimes we get a bit carried away with the shooting part and forget that there are so many areas to train that we need to make decisions as to how much time we may allocate to each activity and it’s priority based on individual need.

Edit to add: I’ve heard good things about Defoor’s standards. May have to give them a shot.

Edit to add: I think I made it sound like I don’t shoot much. I try to shoot every week and if I can only make it out every two weeks for some reason, I make sure my planning is thorough so that I may be as productive as possible. I always bring more ammo than I can shoot in the allocated time (usually 4 hours) and probably shoot, on average, 500-800 rounds pistol and the same for carbine each month. But I do make sure every round has a purpose. In a way I guess I never shoot for fun but always have fun shooting.

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Near term shooting goals:

Pistol:
1.0 second draw to 8" circle at 7 yards from concealment.
2.0 second slidelock reload from concealment
5.0 second FAST

Gotta shave 0.1 to 0.2 seconds off my current bests to reach these.

Rifle
Attend my second tactical rifle course.

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Sboza, a big copy on the other aspects of training. I am currently finishing my bachelors degree, taking several NIMS/ICS courses, developing a low light tune up for my shift, working on getting in better shape, and saving the sheckles to go to a EAG shoot house class.

I really like using “qual” courses to find my weak spots. That is why my current goals address very specific skills and are very accuracy oriented.

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5 second cold FAST. Plateaued around 5.75. Need to improve draw and reload.

Defoor pistol test #1 shot cold. Need to improve 25 yard shooting.

Make Master in IDPA ESP with G19 and IWB. Need to improve consistency on mozambiques and speed up 20 yard shots.

Shoot all 10 strings on CSAT Qual Rifle clean. No place to effectively practice. :frowning:

Gringop

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Dude, that’s a tough goal… 86 is pretty good. You should be able to crack 600 easiliy if you can do that. What stages are you loosing points on?

Stage 5 of 700 Point aggregate(5rds SHO from holster in 20 sec) twice with score of 90
Stage 6 of 700 Point aggregate (5rds sho from holster in 10 sec) twice with score of 85

Once I become a solid 600 shooter on the “humbler” I want to work on becoming a solid 250 shooter on the Hackathorn standards.

I’ve found the timed and rapid fire stages from the Humber make most of the Hackathorn Standard stages seem like a “6 inch putt”. If you can get the gun out fast, reload quickly, etc, then 250 should be pretty easy to crack. Where are you loosing points now?

For rifle cold:
Shoot the Modified Navy Qual clean.
from there i just want to shave down my times
I also want to start shooting the Kyle Defoor standards

The Defoor pistol standards are great, too.

My own goals include breaking 650 on Humbler - which is way beyond “necessary” but it’s just been a goal that I know I can achieve if I perform to my best on each stage.

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Short term:

Range into the 180s in the 200 - I’m pretty close.
Drop to 1.0-1.2 second draw from conceal to shot at 7y - at 1.4ish now
Hit conseq 100s in my annual quals - always drop one…
More agressive rifle dry firing work, including position manipulation and other strong work.
Work on smooth transition from rifle, pistol knife, concealed and everything inbetween.

Long term:

Break 600 in the 700.
Clean seal qual rifle.
Score perfect swat entry qual, over and over.
Edged weapon template intergration.

There are some more but this is enough.

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My personal best is 611 but I am more consistantly shooting in the high 580s. I drop most of my points on the rapid fire and oddly enough the prone. On the one handed stuff I have a tendency to make 4 decent shots and wing one way out there at some point in the string.

Basically my curren goals are to shoot as well cold as I currently do warmed up. I can do it, just not on demand.

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Ah ok.

Prone messes with people because of their eye position.

I shoot off my elbows with my head upright and drill that way.
Other guys roll over to a side to plant their strong hand tricep and use a golf like grip to elevate the pistol. I would mess around with different techniques. Prone and kneeling should be just as strong (or stronger) than your freestyle stages.