Tips on Pistol Shooting

[dev]

I shot the same bhayank score. So that's it for this year. Maybe I can melt the metal of the lp 10 and make jewelry out of it.

Regards dev

[bodhijobs]

I shot the same bhayank score. So that's it for this year. Maybe I can melt the metal of the lp 10 and make jewelry out of it.

Regards dev

The metal will make for very bad jewelry though. I am sure you will do good next year. Next year will be my turn to join the bandwagon...

[jitu sati]

hey bodhi do join the bandwagon and may you always preform well. infact on the occasion of diwali heres wishing all the ifgians and especially the TOPS contributors a very happy Diwali and pray to God that may we all excel in this sport with guidance and blessings from our gurujan. HAPPY DIWALI TO ALL

[brihacharan]

quote="hvj1"

Brihaji,
The lake in the bacground is Kaas Lake 21 kms from Satara City. You cross the Valley of Flowers on the way to it. It has now been declared a World Heritage site. The lake is filled through underground natural springs, which seeps in through the hollows and cavitys within the volcanic rock of the neighbouring terrain.
Brihaji, I extend a special invitation to you and all others who contribute regularly on TOPS, to come and visit me, stay with me and discuss other things besides shooting
Best Regards
hvj1

Hello Guruji,
> Your description of the locale set me on a dream trip - a place perhaps is the 'Abode of the Gods'!
> Thank you so much for the invitation - Very tempting indeed!

> BTW I write poetry when the mood strikes me - here's one of them....

The mystery of existence:

In the mystery of existence contradictions meet
where movement is not all movement,
and stillness is not all stillness.

Where the idea and form
the within and without are united,
where infinite become finite
yet not losing its infinity.

I have spent my days stringing
and unstringing my instrument,
while the song I came to sing remains unsung.

Man is immortal
therefore he dies endlessly,
for life is a creative idea
it can only find itself in changing forms!

> Happy Diwali

Briha

[jitu sati]

hey hvj
the description of the lake is really enchanting. but that is not the only reason for which i must visit Satara. i need you to once look at all aspects of my shooting including grip, trigger shoe position, stance, shoulder position etc and iron them out the kinks. furthermore please have a look at my post and offer some answers to my experience. i am trying to analyse the experience myself and feel that i probably over did the holds the ni prior and before the shoot thus tiring the shoulder leading to the anomalous behavior. pl advice

[hvj1]

Dear Jitu,
Take heart, all is not lost.
I applaud you for the following;
1. Completing the match, having fired 20 sighters, 12 dry fires, 40 cancellations and still 10 minutes to go. THAT IS FANTASTIC, my friend.
2. You stuck to your SOA, with the exception of your trigger timing, other wise everything was working well.


I think, you may have slept awkwardly during the night and or strained your shoulder. Believe me, in my entire shooting career, the first shot, did take some effort. BUT, I licked the problem by doing a lot of dry shots , just before I took the first shot. AND, I practised a LOT of visualisation exercises, before the match.
Please read the part on mental training for matches. I ASSURE you , the problem is minor and can be licked with some effort on your part. Dont lose any sleep on it, we will sort it out.
Best Regards

[jitu sati]

hey hvj
thx for the encouragement. i can understand the strain on the shoulder but why was the finger not listening to my brain. or was that also due to the strained shoulder. i have taken a two day break for DIwali and will restart prac after that. i am given to understand that the state scores qualification of GVM stands for two yrs. is that so? then i can start diligent prac knowing that i will start level one next year not from level zero. i need to improve my physical fitness though which did take a beating after the states due to office commitments. am planning to concentrate a bit on that after Diwali. let me use the diwali to re-launch my AP effort and with guidance from the gurujan i am sure i will succeed

[hvj1]

[quote="brihacharan"> BTW I write poetry when the mood strikes me - here's one of them....

The mystery of existence:

In the mystery of existence contradictions meet
where movement is not all movement,
and stillness is not all stillness.

Where the idea and form
the within and without are united,
where infinite become finite
yet not losing its infinity.

I have spent my days stringing
and unstringing my instrument,
while the song I came to sing remains unsung.

Man is immortal
therefore he dies endlessly,
for life is a creative idea
it can only find itself in changing forms!

> Happy Diwali

Briha[/quote]

Sir,
I know you are a poet, You have written before, probably, you may have forgotten, I had also pmd you then.
Your poem is mystical, spiritual and beautiful.
and please do not address me as guruji, you are far senior to me, hvj1, will do...
Best Regards.

[jitu sati]

hey hvj are you on line.if so pl answer my query above

[dev]

Yeah please stop me from becoming a jeweller

[hvj1]

Jitu and Dev,
Please do Trigger Box Drills, i.e. trigger should break while focussing on SP. At least 60/70 times each day. The more the better.
BR

[tirpassion]

Dear all,

I came to know yesterday evening only, that it was Diwali. I wish you a happy belated Diwali. Let the lights in your lives be glowing for ever!!!

Gurus (hvj1 and brihaji), please accept my pranam in this auspicious occasion.

best regards
tirpassion

[tirpassion]

Since the forum is a family one and kids may frequent it, I would like to decline . But you two look great, HVJ1 you are close to what I imagined but Tir is very different. Anyway the GVM gang will meet on Saturday.


Regards,

Dev

You did not expect a bald man in me I bet

[tirpassion]

Dear jitu,

1. Completing the match, having fired 20 sighters, 12 dry fires, 40 cancellations and still 10 minutes to go. THAT IS FANTASTIC, my friend.

Guruji has said it all. I will just request you to read this again and again to feel what is there between these words 'THAT IS FANTASTIC, my friend'.
Never ever let this pace go off. You have acquired a fantastic pace of the execution of the SOA. The programming of the sub conscious has to be done now through box drills so as to make these elements fit in accurately in the running machine. I will try to explain myself.
Just recall the scene from the film 'Modern Times' of Charlie Chaplin where he is continuously tightening the screws/nuts on a chain production conveyer belt which is moving at a fixed pace in front of him. Imagine yourself in that situation. You have set the pace of the conveyer belt. Your actions are to be programmed (read each and every step of your SOA) in such a way that you will never miss a nut/bolt during a certain duration of time (the string of the shot cycles; 4 shot cycles or 5 shot cycles as per your convenience). If you go wrong you will have to either abandon it definitely or run after it and come back to find yourself in a huge chaos. In a nutshell the whole rhythm will be lost. The machine has to be stopped and started again.
I hope that you will understand what I mean to say. Do box drills as prescribed by Guruji and drill the elements literally in your head. There is nothing to get disheartened. You are on good track. All you need is good quality dedicated work.

Best regards
tirpassion

[jitu sati]

ok hvj and tir. your posts do give me a hope that i can and i will. now for more box drills on trigger op. will read hvjs post daily to ensure it sinks in. to day being balipratipada ( supposed to be one of the 3 and half muhurtas) i have restarted the prac. there were no problems in todays shoot. after a few sighters was able to hold the 9 ring. now will concentrate on the box drill and no counting.
so heres to a lot of hard work and enjoyment