I’m already seeing my split times dropping doing these drills in dry/live fire. I’ve been doing each drill for 5 minutes every day. Can’t recommend these drills enough.
This is an excellent video. Well articulated, most 1) can’t split the gun like that and 2) can’t articulate HOW it’s done. This shows someone who’s thought through every aspect of the topic and has done a LOT of exploration work. This doesn’t come naturally, it takes a lot of hard work and effort and ammo, mostly. Good stuff man. Maybe one of these days I’ll beat you in a bill drill.
They heard you shooting. Flying over looking for illegal machine guns.😂 great video man. This is very helpful. I’m looking forward to working these drills and checking back to share my results. Thank you!
Great video! When I first started trying to go faster (1984 ish) I made a recording to listen to on my way to matches. Cassat tape. I recorded banging a kitchen pot at the slower cadence and got progressively faster about every 3 or 4 reps. The final sets were at this guy's metronome 400bpm or a little faster. When I got to the match my brain would shoot for that cadence. I used to be fast!!! I haven't though about that tape in 40 years!
Musicians who train to play fast scalar runs or even fast single note rhythms have an advantage here, due to better neuroplasticity and trained twitchy muscle fibers. Especially pianists, bassists, and guitarists.
Great video, great techniques ! Can’t wait to apply most of it on the range !!! Now, one thing…. Maybe I didn’t quite understood that part, but the only thing I disagree is the dominant hand relaxed. @SpecTrain , Try to follow me to see if it makes sense..👇🏼 If dominant hand is relaxed there will be room to change the position of your firearm from ‘ on target’ to ‘off target’, if you increase the pressure tightness you are applying on your grip, thru a sympathetic squeeze of the remaining 4 fingers on your dominant hand, either from the trigger finger squeeze or from the support hand squeeze… If the support hand has tight pressure on the grip, and you manage to keep it tight for the split sequence of shots you are willing to shoot, then you you decrease the room from ‘relaxed’ to ‘tight’ considerably to the point that changing the firearm position from ‘on target’ to ‘off target’ with an increase on the pressure tightness you are applying on your grip is no longer a variable…
Not sure I follow all that but a couple things. I don't teach that all shooters should universally have their firing hand completely relaxed at all times. I do find that generally works the best for most, but certainly for some adding some firing hand pressure helps them find trigger finger isolation more easily. However, at this point in time I do believe I can say universally that the more relaxed your firing hand is the faster you will be able to split. I do currently believe it is possible to reach .10 or even sub .10 splits with a tight firing hand on something like a glock trigger. I eagerly await somebody to prove me wrong but I just haven't seen it. Mike seeklander is a perfect example of a strong shooter that prefers a tight firing hand, but there's a reason his splits are what they are. If you find that a tight firing hand helps you with trigger finger isolation and you don't care about crazy splits, I support that position 100%. I DO feel that it is very possible for most shooters to shoot extremely well with a completely relaxed firing hand but it just takes training like this whole process does. Now what I think you are getting with the "room" argument is that if you are already putting pressure into the pistol with firing hand there's less chance to put more pressure into when pressing the trigger. Again, this might be a natural result for some shooters, but certainly is not universal. What I actually find is that sympathetic pressure changes tend to happen by percentages. For example lets say your peak grip pressure is 150 lbs. Nobody is gripping the gun that hard except maybe vogel, so you always have room to go up. Now lets say I am gripping with 1 lb of firing hand pressure, and when I press the trigger I sympathetically increase my overall grip pressure by 100%, that would only add 1lb. If I do the same thing while gripping with 20 lbs of pressure, I've just added 20 lbs and so on. Again that math is nowhere near clean or researched but expresses a reality I find regularly. Bottom line with all this, experiment, try all the things, see what works best for you.
Very good. Probably the best video I've seen so far about grip/trigger/recoil/splits. No stories about Scott at the range, old wives tales, some RO did this, no bs. You've got skills as a Teacher. Thank you, excellent. !!!
I'm sure everyone would like to have faster splits if they managed to keep the same accuracy/performance. However, it's also true that there are many world champs that have .20 splits. Which shows to some extent, that it really doesn't matter. Seems like there's so much more time to be gained in other areas. However, I clicked on this video because I'm trying to improve that bill drill. So good information brother.
A long time ago I read the book The Mental Game of Golf to improve my scores on the course. It worked! All about timing! This video is reminescent of those same instructions. VERY helpful, and spot on.
Thanks mike! Pretty sure I mentioned you in this video somewhere haha. Picked up several things from you over the years. Will try and say hey at nats!🤙
Excellent excellent presentation!!! I am good at combat shooting but want to learn the speed and precision of competitive shooting! It’s two completely different worlds imho
Well explained. But fast doubles not help you much if it takes too much time to get the first shot on target. The most gains in a competition can be made by getting into and out of shooting positions efficiently and acquiring your target early enough
This is a fantastic video. The clear way you break this down and explain it sets it head and shoulders above other TH-cam content. Keep it up. This is fire. P. S. I’ve contacted my 3rd grade music teacher to see if she still has that metronome we used
I love the use of a metronome for teaching faster splits. I'm a guitar player mostly where I've worked with metronomes, but I also have taken lessons on drum kit too. Ever since I started training for sub .15s splits, I've found it's easiest to count bill drills the way I was taught to count 16th notes on drums. So for a bill reload bill I'll be saying in my head: "one ee and uh two ee - reload - one ee and uh two ee" - but even counting with my internalized metronome, I've never thought to actually break out the metronome app and calculate what BPM would be my split goals.
So after watching this for the 3rd time I found the 400 bmp metronome on TH-cam and while listening to the beats Im practicing dryfiring the trigger while watching the dot. It's tough to keep up.😮
What I tap with my hand, I can easily keep 500 cadence. But when I try to do the same with the gun and jerking the trigger with my finger, I can't even keep 400 cadence. Do you have a solution for that? Thanks! Great video BTW!!!
Depending on which step you are working on accuracy may or may not be a big component at first. But let me put it this way... If you are currently maxing out at a .20 split, and you want to get to .15 split alphas at 7, the fastest way to get there is to simply figure out how to split the gun at .15, and then from there figure out the control piece at that speed.
Im not sure I can shoot that fast with a 5lb trigger. I have an XC but just swapped it out to shoot the vp9 for a bit def heavier trigger and slower reset. I am thinking train on it anyway and maybe when I go back to that 2.5lb I will see a big difference. also I seem to notice my finger getting fatigued. it just stops lol
I'm a B class CO shooter and have been working on doubles for over a year. I still can't hold the A zone within 10yds. I'm honestly trying to grip as tightly as I can with only my support hand, yet I still get high & left Cs, Ds, and mikes for the second round of many pairs.
Without seeing what exactly is going on and working through some stuff with you it's tough to diagnose just from that man. With the amount of work is sounds like you are putting in, if you aren't making significant progress I'd look at jumping in a class with a squared away instructor for some in-person diagnostics.
Any lateral movement is grip. And in your case probably pressure lacking from the arms clamping in not lack of hands squeezing . I would watch Mike Seeklander describing grip pressure.
The weight of the gun is the same, the amount of energy transferred into the hands by recoil is the same, the amount of input needed to return the gun to zero is the same. It literally makes no difference. I just won the bill drill competition at USPSA nationals with a 1.23, all alpha, normal height target. Excuses aren't helpful, only work is.
Any shooter that says they don't want faster splits is a liar. Great video. Subscribed.
I’m already seeing my split times dropping doing these drills in dry/live fire. I’ve been doing each drill for 5 minutes every day. Can’t recommend these drills enough.
Agreed. Application has boosted my trigger game. 100%
What are they?
This is an excellent video. Well articulated, most 1) can’t split the gun like that and 2) can’t articulate HOW it’s done. This shows someone who’s thought through every aspect of the topic and has done a LOT of exploration work. This doesn’t come naturally, it takes a lot of hard work and effort and ammo, mostly. Good stuff man. Maybe one of these days I’ll beat you in a bill drill.
Preciate it brother, expecting it any day now!
@UCQ__BHx0k4iw3pvzFrzHg6A Very cool man!
I don't think I've ever learned so much about shooting fast in under 30 min, like I have in just watching this video. Thanks a bunch for this Billy!
Being former saxophone & clarinet player. Using the metronome is a great idea for learning short splits. 👍🏽
The most complete lesson on splits I've ever seen. Been subbed for years too, wouldn't have seen this without your precision rifle email
You are a phenomenal instructor.
They heard you shooting. Flying over looking for illegal machine guns.😂 great video man. This is very helpful. I’m looking forward to working these drills and checking back to share my results. Thank you!
With the fudds that run this range you might be right hahaha.
This is my favorite video regarding split training. Amazing job!
Great video! When I first started trying to go faster (1984 ish) I made a recording to listen to on my way to matches. Cassat tape. I recorded banging a kitchen pot at the slower cadence and got progressively faster about every 3 or 4 reps. The final sets were at this guy's metronome 400bpm or a little faster. When I got to the match my brain would shoot for that cadence. I used to be fast!!! I haven't though about that tape in 40 years!
Musicians who train to play fast scalar runs or even fast single note rhythms have an advantage here, due to better neuroplasticity and trained twitchy muscle fibers. Especially pianists, bassists, and guitarists.
I commented before he mentioned the drummer.
Solid content,kinda mad I didn’t get recommended this channel sooner
Great video, great techniques !
Can’t wait to apply most of it on the range !!!
Now, one thing….
Maybe I didn’t quite understood that part, but the only thing I disagree is the dominant hand relaxed.
@SpecTrain , Try to follow me to see if it makes sense..👇🏼
If dominant hand is relaxed there will be room to change the position of your firearm from ‘ on target’ to ‘off target’, if you increase the pressure tightness you are applying on your grip, thru a sympathetic squeeze of the remaining 4 fingers on your dominant hand, either from the trigger finger squeeze or from the support hand squeeze…
If the support hand has tight pressure on the grip, and you manage to keep it tight for the split sequence of shots you are willing to shoot, then you you decrease the room from ‘relaxed’ to ‘tight’ considerably to the point that changing the firearm position from ‘on target’ to ‘off target’ with an increase on the pressure tightness you are applying on your grip is no longer a variable…
Not sure I follow all that but a couple things.
I don't teach that all shooters should universally have their firing hand completely relaxed at all times. I do find that generally works the best for most, but certainly for some adding some firing hand pressure helps them find trigger finger isolation more easily. However, at this point in time I do believe I can say universally that the more relaxed your firing hand is the faster you will be able to split. I do currently believe it is possible to reach .10 or even sub .10 splits with a tight firing hand on something like a glock trigger. I eagerly await somebody to prove me wrong but I just haven't seen it. Mike seeklander is a perfect example of a strong shooter that prefers a tight firing hand, but there's a reason his splits are what they are.
If you find that a tight firing hand helps you with trigger finger isolation and you don't care about crazy splits, I support that position 100%. I DO feel that it is very possible for most shooters to shoot extremely well with a completely relaxed firing hand but it just takes training like this whole process does.
Now what I think you are getting with the "room" argument is that if you are already putting pressure into the pistol with firing hand there's less chance to put more pressure into when pressing the trigger. Again, this might be a natural result for some shooters, but certainly is not universal. What I actually find is that sympathetic pressure changes tend to happen by percentages. For example lets say your peak grip pressure is 150 lbs. Nobody is gripping the gun that hard except maybe vogel, so you always have room to go up. Now lets say I am gripping with 1 lb of firing hand pressure, and when I press the trigger I sympathetically increase my overall grip pressure by 100%, that would only add 1lb. If I do the same thing while gripping with 20 lbs of pressure, I've just added 20 lbs and so on. Again that math is nowhere near clean or researched but expresses a reality I find regularly.
Bottom line with all this, experiment, try all the things, see what works best for you.
Holy CRAP!!!! Amazing video and drills to make you better. Thank you!!! Totally rad vid.
Preciate it!
That’s a lot of hard work you just did and nicely done sir.
Definitely going to try all of this! Can’t seem to get faster than .15’s but this gave me a few “ah-ha” moments.
Wow! Great video! Mind blowing!
The rehab monster is the secret to match performance. All the caffeine goodness with none of the fizzy bubbly guts.
Ive been using a metronome to help with timing and its great
Very good. Probably the best video I've seen so far about grip/trigger/recoil/splits. No stories about Scott at the range, old wives tales, some RO did this, no bs. You've got skills as a Teacher. Thank you, excellent. !!!
That last pair at 12:10 was insane
I'm sure everyone would like to have faster splits if they managed to keep the same accuracy/performance. However, it's also true that there are many world champs that have .20 splits. Which shows to some extent, that it really doesn't matter. Seems like there's so much more time to be gained in other areas. However, I clicked on this video because I'm trying to improve that bill drill. So good information brother.
Awesome video, you earned my sub 👍 as a new ipsc shooter this was very helpful
Man idk what it was but this video just made it click for me. I complete changed my grip after this and world of difference instantly. Great stuff🤙
A long time ago I read the book The Mental Game of Golf to improve my scores on the course. It worked! All about timing! This video is reminescent of those same instructions. VERY helpful, and spot on.
This is a fantastic video. Billy does an excellent job explaining things.
Thanks!
This is really well done. I'm going to try few of these drills.
This video helped me a ton. Thank you for sharing
Very informative presentation. Well done.
Great video dude! Well done!
Thanks mike! Pretty sure I mentioned you in this video somewhere haha. Picked up several things from you over the years. Will try and say hey at nats!🤙
Excellent stuff. Going to be using the metronome idea for sure.
Thanks!
Splits and keeping grip after shot 3 or more is a challenge for me. Thanks. I’m taking notes
Very informative video! I’m surprised by the fact, that you have only 7k followers! Really nice hints to improve speed!
Excellent excellent presentation!!!
I am good at combat shooting but want to learn the speed and precision of competitive shooting! It’s two completely different worlds imho
Well explained. But fast doubles not help you much if it takes too much time to get the first shot on target. The most gains in a competition can be made by getting into and out of shooting positions efficiently and acquiring your target early enough
Which is in its own category separate from shooting faster splits.
Absolutely one of the best if not the best video on trigger manipulation I ever seen. Much appreciated.
This is a fantastic video. The clear way you break this down and explain it sets it head and shoulders above other TH-cam content.
Keep it up.
This is fire.
P. S. I’ve contacted my 3rd grade music teacher to see if she still has that metronome we used
Thanks Mike!
Im really glad I found your channel it’s outstanding. Thanks!
Welcome!
Thanks to a video you made 2 years ago, I went out and ripped sub 15 splits today 🫡
This is a great video
Must say- you are sharing the valuable truth.
Good stuff. I hope this channel grows. The tutorials are excellent.
This man trigger finger so fast he can put his wife in a wheelchair 😂
Him and Lockwood taking turn who brings home the trophy.
This is a badass video thanks 🙏
Great video!
This was a great teaching video. Thank you!
GReat video Billy! Thanks!
Excellent
I love the use of a metronome for teaching faster splits. I'm a guitar player mostly where I've worked with metronomes, but I also have taken lessons on drum kit too. Ever since I started training for sub .15s splits, I've found it's easiest to count bill drills the way I was taught to count 16th notes on drums. So for a bill reload bill I'll be saying in my head: "one ee and uh two ee - reload - one ee and uh two ee" - but even counting with my internalized metronome, I've never thought to actually break out the metronome app and calculate what BPM would be my split goals.
Excellent video! Subscribed!
Great video thank you
Thank you, very much for video
The last part is what I needed to hear👍👍
So after watching this for the 3rd time I found the 400 bmp metronome on TH-cam and while listening to the beats Im practicing dryfiring the trigger while watching the dot.
It's tough to keep up.😮
You are the guy ken hackathorn was talking about in his de cocker video 😂
FYI Time stamps would work for us on the timeline if you start with 0:00 Intro
thanks. Excellent Video!
Thank you for sharing!
Love this info
Glad it was helpful!
Can I just take a second to say how jealous I am that you have that KC slide. I wish Zev still offered a 34 size slide for the OZ9 standard.
yeah it's a bummer man. I only managed to get two of them haha. You can still find the slides on ebay usually.
@@SpecTrain or I could wait for the Billy signature series Zev slide haha.
I’m late but I think they are offering a new oz9v2 with a long slide now
@@JimneyCriquet that’s only for the V1 & V2 OZ9c version. I want the OZ9 Standard one so I can use a fullsize guide rod and spring and not a compact.
THIS VIDEO IS GREAT!!!!!!!!
Fantastic
Well done!
Does anyone have a good way to match splits to BPM? An equation to show what .17 is in bpm perhaps
What kind of trigger are u running
I could get .15 splits pretty consistently but i slap the shit out of the trigger amongst other things going that fast. Per mantis x.
What I tap with my hand, I can easily keep 500 cadence. But when I try to do the same with the gun and jerking the trigger with my finger, I can't even keep 400 cadence. Do you have a solution for that? Thanks!
Great video BTW!!!
I do, but they are all in the video haha. Keep up the work on it!
When working these are you holding to an accuracy standard initially? or plugging in accuracy(A zone) afterwards?
Depending on which step you are working on accuracy may or may not be a big component at first. But let me put it this way... If you are currently maxing out at a .20 split, and you want to get to .15 split alphas at 7, the fastest way to get there is to simply figure out how to split the gun at .15, and then from there figure out the control piece at that speed.
Thank you@@SpecTrain
@@SpecTrain I hit .16’s on a bill drill last week, and just hit .13’s raw speed today. It works when I do my part. Thanks!
@@is-nv1lu Love it!
Could you apply this to duty triggers?
Absolutely. Recently posted 4 shots from the draw in under 1 second with a stock Glock. Same principles apply.
Im not sure I can shoot that fast with a 5lb trigger. I have an XC but just swapped it out to shoot the vp9 for a bit def heavier trigger and slower reset. I am thinking train on it anyway and maybe when I go back to that 2.5lb I will see a big difference. also I seem to notice my finger getting fatigued. it just stops lol
My splits are between .15-.18 but feel slow to me
I'm a B class CO shooter and have been working on doubles for over a year. I still can't hold the A zone within 10yds. I'm honestly trying to grip as tightly as I can with only my support hand, yet I still get high & left Cs, Ds, and mikes for the second round of many pairs.
Without seeing what exactly is going on and working through some stuff with you it's tough to diagnose just from that man. With the amount of work is sounds like you are putting in, if you aren't making significant progress I'd look at jumping in a class with a squared away instructor for some in-person diagnostics.
Any lateral movement is grip. And in your case probably pressure lacking from the arms clamping in not lack of hands squeezing . I would watch Mike Seeklander describing grip pressure.
are you a GM?
Yep.
Awesome. Congrats sooooooo not easy to do.
Rewatching. Juat too good not too.
I notice he's aiming low. That would definitely make wrist/muzzle control easier that shooting at a 5 or 6 ft high level target.
The weight of the gun is the same, the amount of energy transferred into the hands by recoil is the same, the amount of input needed to return the gun to zero is the same. It literally makes no difference. I just won the bill drill competition at USPSA nationals with a 1.23, all alpha, normal height target.
Excuses aren't helpful, only work is.
please do "how to run faster" next
Fantastic video, subscribed!