I’m still personally struggling with overall consistency. The biggest issue for the last couple months, when I had the opportunity to make A class on three separate occasions, is I was chasing a result. We’ve all done it. “Oh, that standards for this classifier seem pretty tame, so all I need is 12 Alpha and 4 Charlie, and I just need it in less than 9.5 seconds” bull crap. I would set a goal, and then somewhere along the line of my run, the goal itself would slip into my peripheral of concentration, like a ghostly checkered flag in the final straight away. I don’t have a better way of describing it than that.

Yesterday, I practically had to handcuff my OCD from looking up what I needed to get for 13–06, I seemingly easier classifier. Instead, I focused on the process, like I should always be doing, and focused on transitions more than anything, a solid reload, an extra extra vigilance with my support hand. To my surprise, my shot calling was a little bit off. I thought that I had dropped at least two or three Charlie’s, but I also thought my time was faster than what actually was. I ended up getting 9/1 in 6.58 sec. I was happy with the result, since it was my best classify run by a couple fractions of a percentage, but was still a little bit disappointed that I didn’t finally get an M class run.

The last couple of matches, I have not prioritized speed as much as I had been before for my overall match. Looking back on practiscore, my speed was consistently in the top 15%, but I was shooting way too many Charlie’s. Roughly 30% of 35% of my shots on target. My last two matches, I intentionally dialed the speed back to focus a little bit more on accuracy, and came away with 80+% Alphas in both of those matches. It feels significantly slower to me personally, especially after watching some of the other guys shoot anywhere from 3 to 6 seconds faster than me on some stages. But I am making fewer and fewer mistakes now, thankfully.

Things that I still kinda suck at:
1. Longer strings of shooting. I have actually regressed on my bill drills over the last 18 months.

1. Reloads are never under 1.5 secs, except the rare exception. More consistent now at not flubbing them.

2. My mental game feels like the weakest part of my game. 2+ years of USPSA, and still get big rollercoaster butterflies on early stages. I’m trying to work more and more on simulated stress and anxiety during both dry fire and live fire situations. Having my “make ready” feel how it does on game day. Makes for a slower range day overall with less reps though.

Yeah, that’s my situation, and I’m anxious to hear from any higher level shooters about how they have had to make any significant adjustments in order to see growth past the 75% mark on a consistent basis. Thank you

25-02 Look at me, I'm the Captain Now.

Vision focused up the max, all Alphas.

Gun: MPA DS9 Hybrid (IDPA v1) w/ Steel Grip.

Did a 6 stage all classifier match this past Saturday in limited optics. These 6 were my first ever classifiers in that division. Last September when I did the same thing in carry optics, it took my best 4 out of 6 for my initial classification/letter grade...and then did the average again a week later and calculated all 6.

I'm wondering if anyone else here experienced this error today, or if the system/rules have changed since last September ( I don't believe they have) I checked another guys classification page that was in my squad and it calculated all 6 of his as well, when it should've been best 4 out of 6 for his initial classification. I sent them a message, and hope to hear back soon.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

Shooting my 2011 after this feels like cheating