Never Ever Slow Down!

Shady/Ruah Speed Run:  For those of you that practice with a training buddy you might try the Shady/Ruah run.  You start at 5 five feet from the target on the light.  You are so close that it takes away all of the stress of trying to hit the target. You shoot your normal finalized draw. You are not changing your draw or thinking about the draw for any reason.  You  are just going as quick as you can from your subconscious.  If you are thinking of your draw for any reason, you will not get the benefit of this drill. The only thing you are trying to do is catch the light.  Hopefully you will be shooting without the stress of trying the hit the target and the stress of trying to go fast.  Your true potential should come forth because you are without the two stressors that hold us back.

If your muzzle height is 43 inches or less your target area is the lower right quarter for right handed and lower left quarter for left handed shooters.  That is because the bullet needs to rise to  the center of the target at 15 feet.  For shooter with muzzle height of 44 inches and higher, target area is just below the light.

After five shots, you move back to 10 feet.  Again don't worry about hitting.  Don't worry about your draw. Just practice catching the light. By now your draw should be really in the groove.  For some reason, I am quicker at 10 feet than I am at 5 feet. 

After five shots at ten feet move back to 15 feet.  If you can keep the same mind set, you will find that you are just as accurate at 15 feet as at 5 feet.  That is if you can just shoot from the subconscious.  Worrying about hitting is what causes us to be less accurate and for that matter slower.  Worrying is what cause the 2 up fluster and those missing streaks we have all had.

On Shady Mtn we never practice accuracy but average for us is 80%.  We are all more accurate than we shoot because let our mind get in the way.  It is not unusual for the competitors in a Shady/Ruah run to hit 30 for 30. Once you are in the groove you should stay in the groove.

The Levi One Step:  For those who don't have a training partner you might try Rodeo Romeo's 3,6,9... drill.  He starts at 3 feet and continues to shoot at 3 feet until he hits the target five shots in a row.  Then he moves back to 6 feet and again shoots until he hits 5 in a row.  As to speed he tries to duplicate the 3 feet times.  When he hits a 5 shot set he moves back to 9 feet and so on back to 15 feet.  It is a great training routine, except I do not like the emphasis on hitting. I would suggest you move back no matter what you hit.  Accuracy does not matter!  I would say "Don't worry about hitting, hitting will take care of itself, just shoot from the subconscious getting on the light."  You want to find that subconscious groove and walk in back to championship distance.

"Never Ever Slow Down!"   Alleluia Ruah