The importance of positive stress
Shooting a practical pistol competition is a tool I use to pressure test my skills for the real world. Yes, it's a game. A performance that subjects me to the stress of being on a timer, the anxiety of being watched, and the accountability of every round fired being assessed. It reveals weaknesses and flaws in my skills and gives me immediate feedback on what I need to improve.
In fact, research shows that positive stress improves cognitive function, helping you process information faster, key to shooting with speed and accuracy, for self defense and practical performance.
The learnings I take from competing inform all of my pistol classes where we run timed drills and experience what it means to shoot aggressively and be accountable for where every round goes.
My pistol skill builders do a deep dive into vision and grip to help you understand how to achieve consistency and repeatability with speed and accuracy, under stress, at 5 to 25 yds.
Raise skills through mastery of the basics.
Push to shoot more aggressively, at a higher level of performance with accountability.