Thank you Frankr and Williwaw.
Shooters vs wind, or how wind classifies shooters...
I can classify shooters on wind in 4 great groups:
The faith followers are a different bread of shooters that have a real wind shooting instinct. They use flags, not to show any condition, but to let them know where (around somewhere) they should point. I'm saying point, because they do not aim, they throw bullets downrange hopping they will hit the target, hopefully the center. They don't practice much because they do have that wind instinct, being able to deliver some respectful result if the day favours a more or less condition. Very hard to teach to shoot better in the wind, because they don't understand why they should not use that natural instinct. They normally are great shooters in certain disciplines, namely those who don't have wind indicators.
The chasers, as the name implies, run after the wind, always shooting whatever the wind blows. They normally do a card in half the allowed time. They achieve fantastic scores when they succeed to have a good chased condition, and this could develop on them, a sense of immunity against better wind shooting technique. When they practice they are even faster doing a card. They are fun, and intriguing to watch. We all have been there, but to excel we have to open our attitude. If we succeed to show them how waiting a little more might be helpful, they are easily converted to a better technique, but relapses are frequent.
The wait(ters) are terrible to watch, as no one has the patience to see them. They wait, wait, wait, and eventually they shoot. They are respectful shooters with great success, however they get lost when conditions are changing all the time. They practice a lot and developed a waiting relaxed atitude. They are mentally strong, and normally they finished the card just before the final whistle...
I did have fun describing these shooters, and I can see me in the last two groups.
Yes, I'm mainly a wait(er), but I do practice a lot chasing the wind, so I can speed up things if needed. Also, the both open and seeing eyes technique is paramount here.
I do pick the main wind condition, but always know where to aim in a second condition. As I have wrote somewhere else, my two eye technique allows me to fine tune the aiming point as condition do small changes. I call this technique "waiting the chase". This is only possible, at least within the time, with a joystick. A joystick front rest is needed, but it has to be fine-tuned to be able to deliver with consistency.
To be continued...
Shooters vs wind, or how wind classifies shooters...
I can classify shooters on wind in 4 great groups:
- Non believers
- Faith followers
- Chasers
- Wait(ers)
The faith followers are a different bread of shooters that have a real wind shooting instinct. They use flags, not to show any condition, but to let them know where (around somewhere) they should point. I'm saying point, because they do not aim, they throw bullets downrange hopping they will hit the target, hopefully the center. They don't practice much because they do have that wind instinct, being able to deliver some respectful result if the day favours a more or less condition. Very hard to teach to shoot better in the wind, because they don't understand why they should not use that natural instinct. They normally are great shooters in certain disciplines, namely those who don't have wind indicators.
The chasers, as the name implies, run after the wind, always shooting whatever the wind blows. They normally do a card in half the allowed time. They achieve fantastic scores when they succeed to have a good chased condition, and this could develop on them, a sense of immunity against better wind shooting technique. When they practice they are even faster doing a card. They are fun, and intriguing to watch. We all have been there, but to excel we have to open our attitude. If we succeed to show them how waiting a little more might be helpful, they are easily converted to a better technique, but relapses are frequent.
The wait(ters) are terrible to watch, as no one has the patience to see them. They wait, wait, wait, and eventually they shoot. They are respectful shooters with great success, however they get lost when conditions are changing all the time. They practice a lot and developed a waiting relaxed atitude. They are mentally strong, and normally they finished the card just before the final whistle...
I did have fun describing these shooters, and I can see me in the last two groups.
Yes, I'm mainly a wait(er), but I do practice a lot chasing the wind, so I can speed up things if needed. Also, the both open and seeing eyes technique is paramount here.
I do pick the main wind condition, but always know where to aim in a second condition. As I have wrote somewhere else, my two eye technique allows me to fine tune the aiming point as condition do small changes. I call this technique "waiting the chase". This is only possible, at least within the time, with a joystick. A joystick front rest is needed, but it has to be fine-tuned to be able to deliver with consistency.
To be continued...
