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Originally Posted by frostfire
this may sound absolutely utter nonsense. I thought so too when I was first introduced to it but bear with me. Sight alignment and trigger control, which is one is more important? (huh? is this a non sensical question?) Well, the answer is trigger control. Try this exercise with your son. Completely takes sight out of the picture (pun intended) and just have him squeeze the trigger with the gun low and he's not aiming it at all. Then have him close his eyes and feel the tension of the other fingers while the index is flexing. Keep focusing on that smooth, squeeze, uninterrupted, straight to the rear motion. few hundreds of those then back to the sights again. You may be surprised. The way our visual input influences the brain is remarkable. Do you ever see anyone flinch while holding the gun low and not aiming? Me neither. I've changed my coaching approach, introduced trigger long before sights, and got a lady doc shoot 3 rounds touching at 15 yards first time shooting m9! 
There are tons more zen, jedi mind trick, and mental mantra for those crazy ragged hole at 50 yards, but I would go on and on until I get carpal tunnel from typing. When one gets it right, it looks like the tight 5 x's in a row (with 9mm) and 4 x's (with .45) at 50 yards |
Heresy...fortunately I know that you know what you're talking about, and some heresy can be good for the soul.
I might have heard something like this before, but I'd never given it a try.
With you shooting like that, you'd better be picking up that tab this summer.