SHEPHERD DEVELOPMENT

Understanding my own drill.

I originally thought the Trials were a lesson of focus and being entirely in the moment to make the shots. Of course, this is an element of it, but you could be entirely focused and still lack the required abilities to guarantee the result.

Performing "on-demand" means you need to know your own abilities and limitations. With this thoroughly honest self-awareness you can then look at a shooting problem and guarantee a solution.

The unfortunate thing in reality is we don`t know what the shooting problem will be, which means the solution required may be outside the realm of our guarantee to solve it. Pushing our guarantee to the highest level possible takes a whole lot of work before the day it is required, because you can`t just grit through a difficult hostage rescue shot on your willpower alone.

Knowing your guarantee will bring a reduction of tension, increase in focus and go a long way with actually delivering the performance you want.

If you`ve run the Trials, what did you learn from them?

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#sports #olympics #performance

An ADHD style recap of my first IPSC Nationals.

If you`re interested, the full version will be posted to our YouTube at some point down the road 👍

This is one of the reasons I haven`t been posting any meaningful content lately as I`ve been trying to hit some competitions to verify I`m on the right track as a shooter.

Lots and lots of areas to improve on.

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#cats #catlife #5th #ipsc #nationals #po #production #optics

A super-duper flashy little recap of our trip over to Switzerland 🇨🇭 to teach the 🔫 Performance Concepts course with @norstar_ch to a couple groups of high-level LE/MIL that were IMPRESSIVE performers already.

Other countries should take note of how these guys/gals approach training in a determined and cerebral manner. For instagram, this is of course Olympic sport training.

We hope to be back in 2025 to continue the journey!

Thanks for all of your dedication to progress and trusting us to be a guide in developing the 🔫 skillset 🤙🙏

We`re excited to bring this course home on Sep 23/24 at @urbantactical_ . Please message us for more details if you`re interested!

#sport #competition #olympicshooting #olympics

Modern warfare.

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#modernwarfare #nerf #ambush #shepdev #parenting #kids #cod #callofduty #flashbang #drone #fpv

"60% of the time, it works every time."

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#nerf #parenting #nerfgun #nerfmods #kidsactivities #nerfwar #shepdev #ambush #dynamic #anchorman

Please join me in a dangerous discussion of muzzle orientation and winning the death race.

Our simple mitigation strategies to avoid being dead:
- avoid the g∆nfight
- create distance
- minimize exposure with cover or concealment
- aim your gun if it is out

This isn`t a perfect test and we`ve still got a Part IV to answer a few more questions, but we`re finding some consistent results across the board. Three different sh00ters and similar depressing results. We`re very k1llable.

We can do everything right and an inexperienced sh00ter can still put a b∆llet right between our eyes 10% of the time (based on this limited super scientific testing).

As we`ve seen with recent videos, some guys are adjusting the priority of life and moving risk from themselves onto others. Some are negating the f1re@rms safety guidelines.

What else can you do?

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#science #study #testing #data #debate #questions #orientation #haha #thatsagreattag #liberals

Hear me out... And voice out if I`ve got this wrong.

With this training system gaining popularity, and people spending a significant portion of their dryfire on it as opposed to their real gun... It`s time to spill a few of the beans with a reminder to not believe everything you see.

This system is what you make of it. It can be a solid training aid, or it can be an addicting game that acts as a good reminder to get some dryfire in on your actual gun. If you`re using it as a game, then a game it will be, and in that manner, don`t expect it to provide alot of value outside of entertainment.

It can also be both, but we don`t want to mislead the guys trying to build their foundation as good shooters by blurring the line. If experienced guys market it as the most realistic training simulator, but quietly use it as a game to get their name to the top, then we aren`t being responsible with our message.

Very few can run 0.09 splits in reality, nor run @timherronshooting `s bill drill sub 1 in the credit card. But if we play the game, we can do both. This is something that we would rarely deceive ourselves with in real dryfire because it has the serious detriment of degrading the long fought connection built between honest dryfire and the confidence to replicate it in livefire.

Many people starting out in this sport or armed profession are purchasing training aids to save on ammo and create a good foundation of skill. This one can be a ton of fun as a game and also a serious trainer, but as responsible, experienced shooters we have to help the new guys out and let them know when we are blurring those lines. They are looking up to guys like us for recommendations of how to improve and integrity in training is one of those things.

I`m sorry to break the magicians code 😔🤷

Speaking of codes: If you want 10% off, use "SHEPDEV" 😘

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#duckhunt #training #ace #vr #gaming #games #integrity #cheatcodes #hack #shortcut #virtual #reality #practice