{"id":285,"date":"2020-08-25T13:23:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T13:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trainingfacility.us\/?p=285"},"modified":"2022-03-30T15:16:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T15:16:20","slug":"dont-be-bad-fast-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainingfacility.us\/dont-be-bad-fast-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Be Bad, Fast, Forever"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>BAD, FAST- FOREVER.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3>Done right, speed is a by-product of efficient movement executed with precision.<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Most people seek skill with firearms as a means of self-defense. This impetus, of course, carries with it a certain sense of urgency. Images of wild-west gunfights and video snippets from YouTube commandos help drive us to draw and shoot with lightning speed. The quest for speed, though, can infect and impede us. It can strike at the core of our training model, particularly if we don&#8217;t have a knowledgeable, experienced instructor standing over our shoulder coaching our movements and reminding us to slow down.<\/p>\n<p>Shooting is largely a fine motor skill. It is best learned at a pace that allows for the identification of available efficiencies and the repetition of proper, precise movements. <strong>If we \u201cshort cut\u201d the skill building process and introduce speed prematurely, we will likely introduce errors or inefficiencies into our movement- and our thought processes.<\/strong> Those errors or inefficiencies will turn into training scars (bad habits resulting from improper training). And those training scars will make it very difficult for us to ever achieve the level of execution (speed\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0accuracy) that we seek.<\/p>\n<p>Slow down, process the movements, get better. Speed will come. Don\u2019t be BAD, FAST- FOREVER.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Buck-Teaching-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>Duane Buckner<\/div>\n<div>Director, US Training, Aimpoint<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Buck is the Director of Training for Aimpoint, and one of the most highly respected and sought after firearms and tactics instructors in the country. He is a retired US Coast Guard Deployable Specialized Forces (DSF) Assault Force Commander.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong>Get Our Newsletter<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Get articles like this one delivered straight to your inbox!\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Related Articles<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Sight-Centric.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Sight Centric vs. Trigger Centric<\/h3>\n<p>Duane &#8216;Buck&#8217; Buckner<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Focus on the sights, not the trigger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/sight-centric-vs-trigger-centric-shooters\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Dunning-Kruger-Common.jpg\" alt=\"Dunning-Kruger Effect Chart\"><\/p>\n<h3>The Dunning-Kruger Effect<\/h3>\n<p>Brian Garrett<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>You don&#8217;t know what you don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/sight-centric-vs-trigger-centric-shooters\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<!-- {\"type\":\"layout\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"style\":\"default\",\"width\":\"default\",\"vertical_align\":\"middle\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"padding_remove_bottom\":true},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"media_overlay_gradient\":\"\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\"},\"children\":[{\"name\":\"Breadcrumbs Current Page\",\"type\":\"breadcrumbs\",\"children\":null,\"props\":{\"show_home\":false,\"show_current\":true,\"home_text\":\"\",\"margin\":\"default\",\"id\":\"breadcrumbs-current-page\"}}]}]}]},{\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"style\":\"default\",\"width\":\"default\",\"vertical_align\":\"middle\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"padding_remove_bottom\":true,\"padding_remove_top\":false,\"padding\":\"small\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"media_overlay_gradient\":\"\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"width_medium\":\"2-3\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"title_element\":\"h1\",\"content\":\"<strong>BAD, FAST- FOREVER.<\\\/strong>\",\"title_style\":\"heading-medium\",\"margin_remove_bottom\":true}},{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"title_element\":\"h3\",\"content\":\"Done right, speed is a by-product of efficient movement executed with precision.\",\"margin_remove_top\":false,\"margin\":\"small\"}},{\"type\":\"text\",\"props\":{\"margin\":\"default\",\"column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"content\":\"\n\n<p>Most people seek skill with firearms as a means of self-defense. 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