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Originally Posted by kgoerz
If they are shooting accurately and have a secure and balanced stance after the first week we leave their stance as it is. It is their natural stance. I always notice that instructors who can only correct stance with students after a week of Combat Marksmanship is a sign of a instructor who has little experience in teaching combat marksmanship.
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KG:
Absolutely correct in both statements. Thats why I use a concept of position -- just saying what a positon is and does for the shooter. They will find their own best position. The check is performance.
It is extremely difficult for me to break in a new cadre member coming from the line for the exact reason you stated. I have to train their eyes to see 'consistency' by a shooter. Very difficult to break them from focusing on form over performance. I have techniques that work pretty well in re-focusing cadre who would rather be dogmatic than practical.
Here is one for you that you probably don't run into too much. Very few cadre I get have any idea what 'good' is, or what to reasonably expect from shooters in various conditions and with various types of resource constraints. A few days on a KD range is a pretty big eye opener.
Gene