In this two part video, Olympic International Rapid Fire Pistol and US Army Reserve Team Champion SFC Keith Sanderson discusses his methodology to improving your marksmanship skills.
Part 1:
Part 2:
Keith Sanderson Shooting Class
July 4, 2011
MilitaryMarksman, SensibleShooter, Shooting, Video 4 Comments
David B. Monier-Williams
Jul 04, 2011 @ 16:31:32
John: I’ll refrain from comment as it’s the Fourth. So have a fifth on the fourth!
Out of curiosity, since he’s US RF champ, what was his score?
Thanks,
David
John M. Buol Jr.
Jul 05, 2011 @ 06:53:26
The current World record in this discipline stands at 591. SFC Sanderson has shot a 589 in this event during sanctioned competition.
David B. Monier-Williams
Jul 05, 2011 @ 12:09:15
That’s great! He’s potentially in the running. Funny, I just know emailed a friend of mine who competed at World and CISM levels in RF etc.etc. I think he was part of several team medals Sgt. Aubrey E. Smith.
David B. Monier-Williams
Jul 06, 2011 @ 23:05:01
I have no problem with Keith’s teaching of dropping his eyes to the sights to shift his focus to them. I do question his ready position but that’s for another time. There are a number of problems with this stance as follows:
1. His stance is unnatural. Have you ever seen anyone walking down the street like that?
2. It is a stance that is made for Static competitive shooting. It might even work for Olympic RF.
3. His body is out of skeletal alignment, therefore out of balance. Though he’s square to the target all his weight is on his right rear foot. His right knee is bent and left knee straight, instead of them both slightly bent. His back is rounded instead of being erect. his shoulders are hunched and under strain. His head is tucked down instead of erect. He has brought his head down to the sights instead of his sights to his eyes. His arms fully extended and under muscle tension instead of relaxed. His left hand thumb is along the slide instead of being over the right hand thumb, able to depress the slide lever on a reload with the minimum of movement.
4. It is impossible for him to move, especially laterally. Being out of balance, If he turrets at the waist he’ll be even more out of balance.