Coach Kita was able to help me & Derek Giddings fine tune our movement over the course of a 2 day movement class with 180 Firearms Training. The #kitastage in this video was built on day 2. At the beginning of the day I shot this stage “cold" at 21 seconds. This time reflects how I probably would have shot it in a real match. My stage strategy was to group the targets into 3 shooting positions, and pretty much shoot all the targets standing still. (Note: this is why I need a movement class!!!)
After working on a few movement drills which focused on physical steps and athleticism (not focused on shooting), we shot it again and I got my time down to 16 seconds. I used the same exact stage plan, but this time, I used my new movement skills to get to my 3 shooting positions “faster." I felt 16 seconds was realistically the best time that I could do, and was on par with my best times of similar stages at previous matches.
Then we went on to do some "shooting while moving” drills. Kita gave me some corrections that made all the difference. Once I was able to control my shoulder elevation I was able to hit my targets consistently. We were then going to shoot the stage one last time. Kita set a condition, that we must shoot the last big popper on the move (at a minimum.) With this new condition, Derek figured out a more fluid stage plan which I also adopted. Watch the video to see my final time!
Start Position: Toes together.
Scoring: 3-Gun style, time plus. Any 2 hits on paper to neutralize, steel must fall to score.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND KITA’s MOVEMENT CLASS.
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Movement Coach: Kita Busse
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