bwaites Wrote:Gentleman, one of the reasons that we invited LR1955 to serve as the Marksmanship Moderator was because of his vast experience training and coaching military and civilian shooters.
Although he is retired from the Army, he is anything BUT a conventional "the Army way is the ONLY way" thinker. He has evaluated what has worked to teach and coach, and some of his ideas may not fit what has come to be thought of as the "conventional" teaching and coaching method.
He is very open to ACTUAL performance enhancing techniques, and his posts here are often of the "evaluate your sacred cow and see if it REALLY is the best way" nature. His purpose is to make YOU evaluate what you do and decide if it might be done better in a different way.
Although he is somewhat brusque in his writing at times, his intent is to make you think through your points, and defend them with sound argument, so that the results you talk about can be repeated by others.
When he questions you, it is not because he thinks you don't know what you are talking about, but because he wants you to clarify what your thought process is so that less experienced shooters can duplicate what you do if at all possible, IF IT WORKS!
Having spent many hours with LR1955, and having watched several hundred new shooters learn from him and his staff, I appreciate his ability to get people who have never shot at any significant distance to accomplish things they never thought possible.
Is his way the ONLY way? Of course not! But he will make you evaluate what works and why, and that is his purpose.
Please continue to contribute, since many have minimal experience at this kind of shooting, and every idea might have some merit. Re-examine what your "sacred cows" are, and see if there isn't something you can do to improve your shooting, or help with a newbie!
Bill:
Thanks for your confidence but no need, really. My intent was to share training ideas and concepts, not to piss off everyone and their uncle.
I have done this for close to 14 years since my retirement from the Army. This started well before 9/11 with my last one about three weeks ago. Most with the Army, spanning all branches but some with civilians.
Does any of this mean I have perfected anything? Absolutely not. I can't remember if I ever ran the same course the same way as the entire 14 years has been one of constant learning with the integration of new learning and training techniques into almost every course. And each course has differed as units differ in their missions, leadership, and general culture.
It has been an excellent run that is ending as the wars end, and I figured to share some lessons learned as they arise.
Found out that it is better to let this one die.
LR55