Brian is working on movement now in his training. It turns out small steps are faster than big steps, usually, in our sport.  Speed from target to target is the time to leave one spot, move to another, and shoot.  Smaller steps work better because you arrive ready to shoot.  The trade in speed covering the distance (small) is more than offset by being ready to shoot when you get where you going.

To show this in video form, we’ve been looking at top shooters on You Tube. They all move in quick, cat like steps, unless the running stretch is quite long.  What you could cover in 3 steps, they take 5 or 6, and keep their bodies and guns largely in the athletic shooting position. Thus, when they arrive, they simply extend (or press) to the target and bang! 

Timing it out last evening in practice, it is quite a bit faster.  It is quite counter-intuitive until you break the steps down and actually time it.

While looking at videos these “fun” stages came up. They show Dave Sevigny working through obstacles and on a platform.  Note that on the platform his movements are much like on terra firma.  Anyway, these looked fun to me. Let us know if you think we should try something similar. (=: