Shooting Drill to Fix Bad Habits | Flinching | Tactical Rifleman
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- In this video I want to cover a couple simple training drills. First will help you determine if a student has a flinch. The second drill will help you break that flinch.
Why do new shooters flinch? Well, they are scared of the gun. Not so much the recoil in their hands, but rather the overpressure concussion of that shock wave hitting them in the face. For some, maybe Daddy started them off at 10 years old shooting a double-barrel 12 gauge. For others, maybe they had poor hearing protection. Don’t laugh at them, because I can put you behind a Barrett .50cal (with the muzzle brake removed) and after a dozen rounds, your body wont be wanting you to pull the trigger either. Whatever the cause of the flinch; first you have to identify it, then you have to eliminate it.
Most shooters don’t flinch when they are just dry-firing, because their subconscious mind knows that they aren’t going to get slapped in the face by a loud shock wave. Also, you can’t really see a flinch while someone is shooting live ammo. That’s where Dummy Rounds come in. They work great for surprising that shooter. They think they are going to get popped. Then, when they hit the dummy round, that you hid in their magazine, they jerk the living hell out of the firearm.
Once you have identified that the shooter has a flinch; try to take away as much of the cause as possible. Use double ear pro. Use good wrap around glasses or even goggles. Use a pistol with a smaller caliber or lighter loads. A 44 magnum is not the best pistol to start out your 12 year old daughter on.
One of my favorite drills for fixing a Flinch, is called “Alternating Ball & Dummy.” Every other round is a dummy round and the shooter knows it. I even remind them. My thought process is that, even though they flinch on every live round, they are not flinching on the dummy rounds. Their subconscious mind is at least seeing what “correct” looks like 50% of the time (when they are shooting the dummy rounds). After a while, they relax, and the subconscious mind begins to flow with the line that they know is correct. It works. It might take a few magazines, but it does work.
So, the next time you are out at the range with a new shooter that is missing terribly; instead of just bashing them, give them some constructive criticism. Help them identify if they have a flinch. They might not even know it. Then, if they do, try my “Alternating Ball & Dummy” Drill to help them break the habit.
Thanks for watching. Strength & Honor, TR.
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“Trust me you need all the practice you can get.” Lol. Hey we’ve all been there. Took me a while to get my flinch to go away. Just keep on practicing my man you’ll be good!
Dude is funny bro😂😂
Had my Sargent do this to me when I was shooting like garbage on a pistol range, as soon as I flinched he was like “Ahhhh” and I was like “ Oh shiiiiiiit” and from then on I just let the gun do the talking. Get that grip so it’s firm, but not so you’re white knuckling, and don’t thrust that finger back, just pull pull pull till it bangs, and remember your marksmanship principles. In no way am I am expert marksman, especially with a pistol, and you may have more or less experience than I do, but for those who are just trying to better every little piece of their firing stance/position, I thought I’d leave a little tidbit.
Cheers from Canada
And don’t anticipate!!!
Best way to assess this alone is with a a revolver. Every other round should be a spent case. Spin the barrell and start shooting. You will see the flinch if you have one pretty quickly. I learned this technique about 20 years ago and it is a great training tool especially if you don't have a partner.
Price St. Hilaire Yeah! that headspace gap creates a hell of a blast wave.
Even air pistol champions, practice dry firing 2 trigger pulls to every loaded one... in order to keep thier flinches at bay.
You can still load up standard mag without knowing what ammo is inside. Just empty a mix of both into some bowl, mix it up, prepare a mag, and load it with your eyes closed. when done try to not inspect the mag too much, you may spot max 1-2 rounds on top, the rest is "unknown".
Price St. Hilaire
Yeah, I do this... with .357 mag 😍
I load random dummies and live into a high cap mag and I cant remember if they are live or not when I shoot and it works great for me hahaha
That dude is leaning so far forward Idk how he is still upright and not falling on his face
too much hunching and leaning...he's all tensed up
Concealed carry class taught me to hunch. I cannot shoot hunched at all. I start to shake from the tension.
Recoil...
it's a training scar from firing full auto desert eagles
It's the rigth way to do it.
At 15 yards, I had difficulty hitting an IPDA target…the whole thing much less the circle, with my Glock G45. At the closer 7 yard range, most shots were running low left below the circle. I saw this video and at the range last week went through a 150 rounds, alternating live and snap cap rounds (5 live / 4 snap). Initially, My jerking of the gun was obvious. Even the RSO was snickering. However, alternating rounds allowed me to work on steadying the gun starting at 5 yards and then moving out to 15 yards. On Wednesday, I practiced alternating live & dummy rounds again but concentrating on accuracy at 15 yards. Not one round of 50 was below the IPDA circle! Most were in the middle of the circle. I had a few high flyers due to poor sight alignment. It was the most accurate shooting I have done to date! This alternating drill is the best! Thank you TR!!!!
Glad it worked for you. Thanks for watching. TR
“Keep shootin’ you need all the practice you can get.” The guy talking is a savage 😂
This video reminded me the day of when I first ever fired a live round in my life. Up until then I thought the noise would not scare me because I thought it is not loud at all. (hollywood effect). I flinched the entire first mag load of bullets, then my instructor told me that it is my brain that scares off from the noise. He told me if I convince my brain that the gun is empty and it is not gonna go bang, I will successfully land an accurate shot. I put the gun down, (it was an indoor range), took a breath, released it, then held the gun and took a shot properly. It landed on bullseye. At that time, I realized that the brain has been playing games for me.
I'm a new shooter, low and left is my error. Once I got my trigger finger situated, I'm almost exactly straight down. I flinch a lot on the first round of any mag, and much less on the remaining rounds, pressing from reset. This drill along with just dry firing at home will probably help a lot. Thanks!
One more drill I'll add is balancing a penny on the front sight. Can be done dry or live fire. With both the goal is to not let the penny fall off before the trigger breaks. With dry fire it shouldn't fall off at all. Helps with flinch, trigger press, and basic grip stability.
Seth Rich how does it not fall off with live fire.?
Amael Rivera It doesn't fall off before the trigger breaks. It still falls off when the gun fires.
yeeaah, how bout you just practice it with dry fire....
Great drill, I used it for my shooters.
Aye, we used to do the same drill, but instead of a penny we used a cartridge case. We would put it right behind the front sight and dry fire until we get it right 20 times in a row without case falling off.
That's an old and very effective drill. We used that when I was in the military... 150 years ago. Good instructive video. Thanks.
Which of the drills shown?
Thanks for the video. And thank you to the Shooter for his big courage to be in the video and look imperfect!
I found myself doing this today. It was my second time at the range. Karl has a way of explaining things that makes it click to me and realize - that is exactly what I was doing.
Great drill
Great commentary
Keep them coming.
Well it’s taken me a few weeks but I’ve finally watched ALL of the TR videos, I think that makes me a fully qualified internet ninja now 😎😉. I’ll be giving you expert advice like some of the other knucklehead ninjas out there, in no time 😂😂
Wow! That’s really impressive. Did you make it all the way through the 35 minute hummer video and the 20 minute water purification video? Glad you like the videos. Thanks for the support!
Tactical Rifleman YES!!! Super impressed you actually drank that crap at the end of one of the water purification ones, man of steel! (But shows you know what you’re talking about ‘cos it obviously tasted better than it looked 😂) Was secretly hoping there was an out take of you falling in the river when you were filling your water bottle though but you walked away with all cool points still in tact 👌🏻😊. The hummer one was a bit of a struggle since it’s way out of the realm of my reality but still cool to see it all. And on a serious note, well frickin done, you are amazing.
I have a fan down under!!! Consider yourself Internet Ninja certified. It was cold as shit when we filmed that water video. I had layers, but my poor film crew are city boys from New York. As cold as my hands were, I felt bad for the guy holding the camera. Off the record, I did almost slip into the river. That would have sucked! Still, it made for a good video. Thanks for the support. Strength & Honor, TR.
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Thank you guys!! Finally a video that explains how to get past a flinch after determining you have one. So many others just show "ball and dummy", but offer no tips to correcting flinching. Than you!!
amazing video! I spent about 30 mins doing these drills out on the range and was able to see a huuugggeeeee improvement in my shooting!!! I was even able to make shots 50 yards out with my pistol! Much appreciation to you guys and this channel and looking forward to more videos!
Another Friday, another absolute gem of a video. Been waiting since last Friday for the new video and as usual, I’m not disappointed. One of the best channels on TH-cam.
Thanks for the kind words. Strength & Honor, TR.
I look forward to all of his videos too..
Fridays my day
"You need all the practice you can get" Dont hold back.
Finally got around to watch this. Was victim to the flinch as most new shooters but this works well to help adjust. Thanks Fellas keep up this great work for us. We love what you do. Stay safe.
I’m actually excited to try this out. I already know I have a flinch. When I squeeze the trigger, I go so slowly that I can’t predict when the gun is going to actually fire, and my shots are dead on. But when I hurry through the trigger pull, I flinch in predicting the gun going off and my shots pull left. I want that flinch gone asap! Thanks!
Exactly what fixed mine Karl! Paul Howe turned me on to this. It is the antecdote brother. I fuckin laughed like a madman at the,"he jerked the livin shit out of it", but dude, you know weve all done that shit! Lol. Have a great day buddy, thanks again for all the training!
I love your channel. The episodes are perfectly done to fit just enough detail into a brief time and the tips are great.
This is one of the first things I show new pistol shooters. They get frustrated as hell sometimes but it helps everyone. Experienced shooters benefit also, especially arrogant shooters...
Great advice. If you are alone on a range, load multiple mags with live rounds and snap caps, so you forget which are which to test yourself. Then resume the known round drills shown here.
I've been pulling trigger to rear & letting the shot be a surprise & low & behold no more low left but got some dummy rounds & going to try this next range session. Thanks again Carl. God Bless.
Awsome video!!! Very useful info, most videos just show how to identified a flinch. A big thank you for showing how to fix it too.
Thank you for all your awesome helpful videos. This video is solid gold. Thank you, sir!
such a under rated channel
Yo, Tactical Rifleman, thanks for the ever-valuable information. In a later vid, you should cover your perspective of single-man room clearing. Thanks, keep up the great work.
+1
Nature's queef, really? Hilarious. Great name.
The long and short of it is: don’t unless you’re okay with probably dying or you’ve got something you’re okay with probably dying to save in one of those rooms.
It’s among the absolute most dangerous types of things you can do in the entire realm of combat shooting.
^what this guy said^
Single-man room clearing is a shit sammich bro. Only gamers love that.
I'm finally getting better, more accurate. Thanks Karl
Thanks TR Team! This is a great exercise for everyone
You just became my new favorite channel. Time for an 8 hour tac binge.
great video, always like learning new ways to test the flinch. I've been doing stuff like this for years. I usually have a buddy load a snap cap somewhere in a mag for me, and I for him. same type of flinch check, this is cool though, keep up the awesome vids.
He literally looks at the open chamber ever time. Lol. Awesome drill
I enjoy watching these over again. Thanks for sharing...
Glad you like them!
Thanks for making the video.
I'v been trying to correct my flinch for some time. Very informative video so keep 'em coming!
another really good drill for working on flinch and doubles as good warm up. load up a full magazine and insert it into your gun and chamber a round and then remove the mag and store it in a pocket or pouch. then fire the chambered round and remain on target. instead of the slide locking to the rear the gun will cycle like normal and the trigger will reset. you then dry fire as a follow up shot, this is generally where youll see the flinch. then repeat. works like a charm and you don't need someone to hide dummy rounds in your mags
Blake, yes, I agree, that is another great drill for fixing a Flinch. This drill I showed is for identifying a flinch. Your drill, among others, are great for fixing a flinch. Thanks for sharing. Strength & Honor, TR.
I was sleepy and misread the thumbnail for "Best drills for shooting with French"
Honestly I did to.
Great video. Thanks for this!
Help the evil pistol is gonna get me! Love it. One thing you can tell your students is this flinch can return if you don't practice. Even after you master it.
Amen
Excellent EXCELLENT! I use this with my students too. Most students will swear they are not flinching until they hit that dummy round.
This is a great drill. In the beginning I was flinching sometimes even when I knew it was a dummy. So I went through the whole shooting session doing live -dummy -live dummy, 100 rounds (200 shots) Few more times I started shooting doing the same thing with one or two magazines and slowly but surely it will "cure" the problem.
You can do perfect - zero flinching doing dry firing back at home and you will never solve the problem.
Great lesson!
Excellent video sir, thank you.
Thank you Karl! This internet ninja definitely needs this video and drills. :D
Good video for beginners. Thank you.
Awesome drill that actually works, no internet ninja stuff. Thanks Karl!
Love this channel
Awesome thanks for sharing this information bro.. Appreciate
Very good. Thank you very much
Excellent! Well done. Gotta try this.
Excellent exercise! Thanks!
Great lesson Karl Thank You. I am going to have to implement this as I do flinch from time to time..
Thank You have a great day.
BIG RON OUT...
Thank you. I never knew drills on how to fix this.
Love the drill. Can't wait to try it out.
Thanks for watching, TR
“Keep shooting, you need all the practice you can get!” 😂 …don’t we all, lol…
Thank you for the free lesson I’ll try this tomorrow
Good stuff. Thanks
As a LE instructor this by far was the best video on identifying and fixing BANG Anxiety !!!
Glad it helped. Thanks for watching, TR
I love this drill
This is a great video! Thanks for the tips
Glad you liked it
Almost 30 yrs ago when I first started with handguns, I noticed my BAD flinch when I had a bad primer fail. I then decided to take that dead round and randomly load it in the mag. After doing this for many months I finally got my flinch negated.
This training video brought back those "fond" memories.. :)
Amen
2:48 I don't know, but the way he phrased it was pretty funny:)
Also, these kinds of videos are amazing. Keep'em coming. It's great seeing instructor actually work out with the student and explain stuff.
Thank you for all the drills and tips!
*"He jerked the living sh*t out of that one"*
Great teaching video, entertaining, and informative. Well done
Pretty good exercise. One thing I do with people is I show them what sight alignment and sight picture looks like, have them line up their first shot, have them hold it, stick my finger into the trigger guard and pull the first round off for them. Every single time, the shot is a good hit. I explain to people "see, you're capable of aiming. Go ahead and shoot a mag and I'll tell you about why some of them were not as good of hits"
The follow up discussion is around trigger pull and steady, constant applied pressure. People who flinch are inconsistently pulling the trigger to the rear, they either pull and stop, then pull again, or they do it too fast. It's a mental barrier as you explain here. To help people physically visualize this, as they are shooting I'll put my index finger to their shoulder and demonstrate "steadily increasing pressure".
Turns newbies into pretty decent shooters right away.
I like this method as well. Good shit, bro.
Thanks 4 showing me how to fix my problem!
This dude is hilarious. I like his style but I did learn a lot. Thank you, for the tutorial.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Well done "new shooter" says a lot about a man that will put himself out there like that. I too have been working the same problem for a couple months. Stick with it!
Keith, my Internet Ninja, is actually a great shot. Well, OK, he's a pretty good shot. I needed a demonstrator to "Fake" a Flinch, and Keith volunteered for me. (Thanks Keith!!!) These drills really do help. Thanks for watching. TR.
There is always useful info in these videos
That was Awesome
Brilliant!
Thanks for the drill
Great instruction.
Awesome video on practicing shooting
Hahahaha hilarious “ok see that he jerked the living 😄!”
This is the best TH-cam channel about tactical and training.
Thanks
Thanks for the tips Karl. Right on time. Noticed a flintch the more I work on the shot timer so this is on time. Rakkasan!
Thanks for watching, TR
Outstanding instructor
Thanks for watching, TR
Great video content!
Thanks I need all the help I can get!
Great Drill !
Thank you sir great advice
Thanks for watching. Strength & Honor, TR.
Yes, I have seen this at the range a lot when people get a dud round. Even with rifles... I have noticed myself move after I shoot a dud. I never thought it was because I was scared, but maybe holding too tight in anticipation of the round going off. When I dry fire I know for a fact I am far more relaxed and I don't flinch. This is a very informative vid.
Glad you liked it. Please help us share it. We put out a new video every Friday. Thanks for watching. Strength & Honor, TR.
Great vid!
I like to dry fire my pistol with the laser on and watch the dot on the wall to work on my trigger pull. It worked good for me. Made me realize that when firing my specific pistol, wrapping my finger all the way around the trigger instead of just using the finger tip works better (at least for that pistol).
Timothy Haysley I thought about doing that but I didn't want to spend the money on a Laser and you end up practicing looking at what your hitting instead of front sight like your suppose to. I believe if you are concentrating really hard on the front sight and squeezing the trigger slowly to the back the bullet will go where your aiming. I think that what effects flinching the most is your thinking about the explosion and what your hitting instead of concentrating on that front sight and only thinking about that.
I bought one of those laser cartridges that fits in the chamber and “fires” when you pull the trigger. They give you three deceptively small targets that flash when the laser hits it. Very helpful for me for dry fire practice. Works best with external hammer.
The rail mounted ones are good too because obviously you can use those at the range.
Great video this is one of the most valuable pieces of info yet! Also I need me one of those internet ninja shirts. Thanks , keep it up!
Good drill. 👍 I like the concept of dissecting each aspect of what it takes to get rounds on target, but one aspect at a time so the shooter can see the issue, correct the issue, then move on to the next skill. (Rather than trying to fix 3 or 4 issues all at the same time).
Excellent video great information. I am a new shooter and am experiencing that flinch during live fire at the range, but not during dry fire practice. I will get some dummy rounds next time I am at the range/pro shop and work out that flinch.
I did the same thing , I tried this in my backyard. Thank you great video!!!!👍
Glad it helped. TR
Can do the same thing with a revolver, mix up live rounds and empty ones. Actually helped me curb my flinching. Started only focusing the trigger pull , then moved to accuracy
My battle did something similar with me to fix my anticipation with a 40 cal sig p226. He randomly mixed snap caps into the magazine and after 4 mags I was almost as tight a group as he was shooting. It actually works. Lol
This video is the absolute place to start with shooters , excellent .
Thanks for watching, TR
Nice video to point out the number one problem with inaccurate shooting. I'm on a special response team and I still see the same exact problems at work in training, so it's not just a beginner problem. But yes someone mentioned dry firing at home with the penny drill. Great drill! But dont be scared of the gun. This guy was so scared of the gun he tap racked after firing a live round. Uh oh, brain fart!
Another great video 👍 thumbs
Great stuff fellas!
Thanks
What an amazing idea and training method
Thanks for watching. TR.
That’s awesome drill. I will try on my students.
Very Informative, good video.
Make my day the comment from karl in 2:55 😂
Great method 👍🏻