Josh Munoz

Day 430 of dry fire everyday until Grand master in uspsa

March 29 Your vision can control every aspect of your shooting technique so easily and so subtly that you'll never be consciously aware of any control coming from your muscles. Warm Up - Targets: Open (10) As many sets as required until thoroughly warm - 10 reloads freestyle, 10 reloads alternating to strong/weak hand. Primary - Targets: DT Partial (15), Open (15), Open (15) 20 minutes - Match Mode - DT 15(L) DT 15(R) DT Reload DT 15(R) DT 15(L) DT

March 24 I've dryfired daily for a long time. I stopped counting sometime in 2020. I have not missed one day since. I don't say this to try to shine a light on myself. Quite to the contrary, I maintain that daily dryfire is no more difficult or impressive than brushing your teeth, taking a shower, or cooking yourself dinner. The sooner you can reframe it in your mind to a non-negotiable that you just do every day regardless of how you feel, the better off you will be. It's good to dryfire daily. You should do it. But it's not some feat of strength worthy of Herculean praise, and don't fool yourself into thinking it is. As far as I'm concerned it is the MINIMUM level of investment for anyone actually serious about improving. What can stop you from becoming a great shooter if you truly want it? Nothing. You'll make it the fuck happen by whatever means are necessary with whatever meager resources you have available. What can stop you from becoming a great shooter if you are only acting like you want it? A fucking hang nail. Pretty much anything will. Warm Up - Targets: Open (10) As many sets as required until thoroughly warm - 10 reloads freestyle, 10 reloads alternating to strong/weak hand. Primary - Targets: DT Partial (15), Open (15), Open (35) 20 minutes - Match Mode - DT 15 DT 35 DT

March 28 For today's drill I wanted to stress some weak hand only work and really emphasize getting the transfer to weak hand fast, efficient, and consistent. It's important that you are able to transfer the gun into the same position in your hand repeatably in order to have a consistent base to index the gun. The way I like to accomplish the transfer is to try to minimize movement and the amount my hands have to disconnect from the gun. If I simply pull the heels/thumbs of both hands off the gun, that gives me the room I need to shoot my weak hand thumb around the grip to assume a firing grip. With practice this can get really fast and reliable. Warm Up - Targets: Open (10) As many sets as required until thoroughly warm - 10 reloads freestyle, 10 reloads alternating to strong/weak hand. Primary - Targets: Partial (15), Open (35), Open (15), Open (15), Open (15) 20 minutes - Match Mode - Draw and engage T1&2, transfer the gun to weak hand and engage T3-5.

March 26 Had some questions about shooting on the move that I thought would be good to address in it's own post. Question: I know not to wait for a stable dot, but how much dot movement do I want and when is the appropriate time to fire? There is almost always going to be more dot movement than you would like. The trick here is to only work the trigger when the dot is on an acceptable spot on the target. If you're capable of doing that, dot motion can become almost irrelevant. It can be difficult to trust sending a shot with all that dot movement but if you develop the patience to allow your vision to control the trigger you can make good hits with more dot movement than you might expect. With that being said, try to make your feet land softly on the ground and roll smoothly from step to step. Your footsteps shouldn't sound like an elephant when you're shooting on the move. This will go a long way to minimizing extraneous dot movement. Question: What does the process look like? Should I pull the trigger with my foot in the air? This depends on many factors. The target you are engaging, your current level of skill, and the speed you are moving. The ultimate goal is to not even think about it and just rely entirely on the feedback from the dot. Regardless of what your feet are doing, if the dot is on the target when the bullet leaves the barrel, you're gonna have a good hit. If the target you are engaging on the move is sub 5 yards, most people are going to be able to hammer that at a pretty high moving speed regardless of what their feet are doing. If you make that into a 10-15 yard target or a partial, the moving speed is going to slow down a bit and you may need to be more cognizant of rolling smoothly from heel to toe or shooting between steps - but generally if you need to start thinking about that stuff you probably shouldn't be engaging those particular targets on the move in matches yet. Also one other point that I think should be addressed. You generally don't want to predictively shoot on the move on anything remotely difficult. With the whole system being in motion, the gun movement in recoil is not going to be as consistent as it would be if you were planted. I want to confirm that the dot is where I want it to be before pulling the trigger when shooting on the move. Warm Up - Targets: Open (10) As many sets as required until thoroughly warm - 10 reloads freestyle, 10 reloads alternating to strong/weak hand. Primary - Targets: Open (35), Open (15), Open (15), Open (15), Open (35) 20 minutes - Match Mode - Draw and engage T1, then engage T2-4 while moving laterally, then stop and engage T5.