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canvasbck wrote:

Piney wrote:Welcome==
re: feeling like you're in the way-- Absolutely not!!

You'll feel more confident , have a plan in mind ( until the buzzer goes off anyway...head shots guys...head shots ! LOL) and things will move more smoothly.

I can guarantee that more than a few times you will have a plan in your head that will disappear as soon as you hear "beep"

I'm pretty sure that all of the timers came off the set of Men in Black.....the buzzer is a mind eraser designed to make you forget that you even had a plan, much less what it was.

Can I use that as an excuse for that last one I shot so badly then? I did not mean to shoot the bad guys out of order!

canvasbck wrote: But I'm not going to lie, it does feel good to beat someone who normally outshoots you.

To make it seem more like a real time sporting competition, it helps to identify someone in your group with a comperable skill level to your own (after you have shot enough matches to even know what your skill level is) and start a friendly rivalry where you keep up with how that person shot a particular stage, ect. This makes for some fun competition as well as helping you to both push each other and get better.

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Canvasbck.... FRIENDLY? Naw, not against you, and the others.... Sure... but you are right, it makes you push to try harder if there is someone you are just chasing and occassionally can get ahead of. then that is when you look at what you did well or not so well, understand it and then come back and try try again...

I think I know who you were last night but not in my group except I think to shoot one of the first scenarios to let you get back into your group. Glad you made it. And yes Tom is very good. Fast paced last night more than usual I think. Everyone getting ready for the State IDPA match in a couple of weeks. So many pushing for training for the matches. So not a nuisance and most certainly welcome. So do come back over and over. Most important as you said is safety. yeah, we score and tape quickly so we can get out. It is a blast and you will enjoy it more. Do give us another chance. When we first started in the beginning, many times we did not get out until after 10pm. so we have stepped up the pace some to get out a bit earlier. But keep coming, get there early and setup, have mags ready and such and it will go just fine. When you shoot, note who is watching you and then ask them what did I do right and wrong. More than happy to help. Probably the most helpfull thing is to just be ready and watch the others. I think Randy will be sending out the score sheet. Jeff's computer is still down for getting it up on pistolscores. See you there again.