Comments on: Competitive mindset and affirmative decisions http://grayguns.com/competitive-mindset-and-affirmative-decisions/ Custom guns, gunsmithing and training Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:15:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Guest Post: Shooting IDPA Sanctioned Matches | When the Balloon Goes Up! http://grayguns.com/competitive-mindset-and-affirmative-decisions/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Guest Post: Shooting IDPA Sanctioned Matches | When the Balloon Goes Up! Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:15:09 +0000 http://grayguns.com/?p=183#comment-458 [...] a week prior. Goal: down zero and practice your mental game. Well, before that, read Bruce Gray’s Competitive Mindset article and pick some things out of it to apply for yourself. Sticking to a mental game [...] [...] a week prior. Goal: down zero and practice your mental game. Well, before that, read Bruce Gray’s Competitive Mindset article and pick some things out of it to apply for yourself. Sticking to a mental game [...]

]]> By: SSG. Joseph Wilson http://grayguns.com/competitive-mindset-and-affirmative-decisions/comment-page-1/#comment-396 SSG. Joseph Wilson Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:48:55 +0000 http://grayguns.com/?p=183#comment-396 I like it. I think that much of what you say here can also be applied to the ever present possibility of being involved in a real world shooting. Let's get down to brass tacks here and just come out with it: I am talking about killing another human being who has decided that he wants to threaten L.L.S. of you or a third party in your immediate area. This is something I have had to be involved in durring my ten plus years of military service, although not on US soil. For the record, I'm not boasting. In fact, I find it to be a highly over-rated life experience that is just part of the job/responsibility of concealed carry. I particullarly like how one can apply your first three points toward using lethal force (my thoughts will be in parenthesis): "I’m committed to the marksmanship process" (learn and hammer in the process and the fundimentals and they will be what your brain reverts to when things get hairy). "I’m committed to this event" (That weapon you carry is a responsibility. That means no booze when it is with you, I don't even drink at home unless ALL my weapons are locked up in the safe. It means that you have to be much more calm than most anyone else you meet in public. If you are a hot head, you must keep your temper in check. If you are a bully. You shouldn't have a weapon in the first place. You MUST be willing to take the shot if you find yourself in a lethal situation. The consequence of not committing to take that shot could very well lead to you seeing the business end of your own weapon. To say the least, committing to the shot is a daunting task and will require some soul searching before and after using lethal force.). "I trust my subconscious to direct my performance as I have trained" (This ties into point 1 but it's more about you cowboying the frick up and doing what you have to do. It's about having faith and confidence in your training, your kit, and your decissions. It's about trusting yourself to do what has to be done when it hits the fan and your brain does a mode ZULU. Because once that happens; you opperate on instinct, training, and adrenaline). While this article is about competing. I like to think that competition is a scored rehersal for the posibility of a real world shooting... with an audiance. I have no doubt that the shooters I follow would be able to take out the threat in front of them if the situation came to fruition. I have no doubt that all their training and competition would serve them well if innocent lives were at stake. That's all I got. Great article. I enjoyed reading it. I like it. I think that much of what you say here can also be applied to the ever present possibility of being involved in a real world shooting. Let’s get down to brass tacks here and just come out with it: I am talking about killing another human being who has decided that he wants to threaten L.L.S. of you or a third party in your immediate area. This is something I have had to be involved in durring my ten plus years of military service, although not on US soil. For the record, I’m not boasting. In fact, I find it to be a highly over-rated life experience that is just part of the job/responsibility of concealed carry. I particullarly like how one can apply your first three points toward using lethal force (my thoughts will be in parenthesis): “I’m committed to the marksmanship process” (learn and hammer in the process and the fundimentals and they will be what your brain reverts to when things get hairy). “I’m committed to this event” (That weapon you carry is a responsibility. That means no booze when it is with you, I don’t even drink at home unless ALL my weapons are locked up in the safe. It means that you have to be much more calm than most anyone else you meet in public. If you are a hot head, you must keep your temper in check. If you are a bully. You shouldn’t have a weapon in the first place. You MUST be willing to take the shot if you find yourself in a lethal situation. The consequence of not committing to take that shot could very well lead to you seeing the business end of your own weapon. To say the least, committing to the shot is a daunting task and will require some soul searching before and after using lethal force.). “I trust my subconscious to direct my performance as I have trained” (This ties into point 1 but it’s more about you cowboying the frick up and doing what you have to do. It’s about having faith and confidence in your training, your kit, and your decissions. It’s about trusting yourself to do what has to be done when it hits the fan and your brain does a mode ZULU. Because once that happens; you opperate on instinct, training, and adrenaline). While this article is about competing. I like to think that competition is a scored rehersal for the posibility of a real world shooting… with an audiance. I have no doubt that the shooters I follow would be able to take out the threat in front of them if the situation came to fruition. I have no doubt that all their training and competition would serve them well if innocent lives were at stake. That’s all I got. Great article. I enjoyed reading it.

]]> By: William McCoy http://grayguns.com/competitive-mindset-and-affirmative-decisions/comment-page-1/#comment-156 William McCoy Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:40:41 +0000 http://grayguns.com/?p=183#comment-156 Kudos for your article! Back in the day (mid-late '80's) while stationed in Europe I shot as many IPSC matches as possible, ended up as a RO/CRO, etc., and was never great, but pretty good. As a competitor and later RO I had great friends and co-competitors who taught me some of the above methods, especially to be focused, relaxed and most of all to have FUN. I saw too many people who's mindset was the "game" and were less than sportsmanlike. Luckily this sport taught me many lessons, like patience and concentration. It was the most enjoyable sport I've ever competed in and today both my adult daughters have a love for the sport; instant gratification at hearing those steel plates and pepper poppers biting the dust. Great article - Thank you. -WJM Kudos for your article! Back in the day (mid-late ’80′s) while stationed in Europe I shot as many IPSC matches as possible, ended up as a RO/CRO, etc., and was never great, but pretty good. As a competitor and later RO I had great friends and co-competitors who taught me some of the above methods, especially to be focused, relaxed and most of all to have FUN. I saw too many people who’s mindset was the “game” and were less than sportsmanlike. Luckily this sport taught me many lessons, like patience and concentration. It was the most enjoyable sport I’ve ever competed in and today both my adult daughters have a love for the sport; instant gratification at hearing those steel plates and pepper poppers biting the dust. Great article – Thank you.

-WJM

]]> By: Wayne Johnson http://grayguns.com/competitive-mindset-and-affirmative-decisions/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Wayne Johnson Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:27:56 +0000 http://grayguns.com/?p=183#comment-43 Great piece Bruce. It reaffirms all the training from you and others with what I have learned, read and earned through my years of shooting competitively and on the street. See you soon. Wayne Great piece Bruce.
It reaffirms all the training from you and others with what I have learned, read and earned through my years of shooting competitively and on the street. See you soon.
Wayne

]]> By: Jimmy Hemphill http://grayguns.com/competitive-mindset-and-affirmative-decisions/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Jimmy Hemphill Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:52:18 +0000 http://grayguns.com/?p=183#comment-12 Outstanding article. This series of articles is exceptional in every way. Thank you for you commitment to helping others improve there skills. Outstanding article. This series of articles is exceptional in every way.

Thank you for you commitment to helping others improve there skills.

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