Short Course

This week on the podcast, I make some observations on the current structure of match sponsorships and discuss why the prevailing arrangement at most major matches leaves something to be desired. Links: Nationals livestream with instant replay and commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Y3A0jyT-0

This week on the podcast, I discuss the board's decision in the most recent board meeting to subject each other to, I am not making this up, polygraph tests. October 2023 Board minutes: https://uspsa.org/documents/minutes/20231023.pdf

This week on the podcast, I give a brief overview of my time in competitive shooting since shooting my first match in 2009, and shooting my first USPSA match in 2013.

This week on the podcast, I talk about the various types of shooting challenges that USPSA rules deem off limits, and discuss some ideas of ways we could expand the options for stage design in consistent, enforceable ways.

My voice is still not fully recovered from whatever bug I caught, so this week I just want to point you to the recent episode that Stephanie Berry and John Royer did on the Casual Shooter Podcast about this year's Carolina Classic: https://casualshooterpodcast.podbean.com/e/season-2-episode-83-carolina-classic/ .

This week on the podcast, I give an update on the outcome of the USPSA elections and talk about the contentious recent USPSA Board meeting. Links: <pre> - 18 September 2023 Board minutes - https://uspsa.org/documents/minutes/20230918.pdf - Frank and Scott talking about the meeting on Training Group live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqGsVeijWJI - Scott's full motion - https:...

This week on the podcast, I talk about how things went running chrono at the 2023 Carolina Classic.

This week on the podcast, I talk about things that went well and lessons learned from this year's Carolina Classic match.

This week on the podcast, I talk about the release of the 2022 Audited Financial Report, leaked financials showing cost breakdowns from Nationals, an incident on staff day at the ongoing Open/PCC Nationals, and the opening of a survey about Production 15. Links: 2022 Audit Report: https://uspsa-docs.b-cdn.net/finances/USPSA%20-%20Final%202022%20Audit.pdf Insider-provided numbers on Nationals losse...

This week on the podcast I talk about the recent debate I did with Kyle Stephens and Dave Riddle of the Casual Shooter Podcast, as well as the recent board meeting where they announced an impending vote on removing the bylaw requiring board members to be ROs. Links: Casual Shooter Debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpz3B-RdUik August 2023 Board Minutes: https://uspsa.org/documents/minutes/202...

No regular episode this week. Instead, this is a preview of the more than 2 hour debate I had with Kyle Stephens on the Training Group Live podcast which will drop August 22nd. Additionally, I wanted to let folks know that Kyle and I will be doing a livestreamed debate on August 23nd starting at 9pm Eastern, hosted by Dave Riddle from the Casual Shooter Podcast, so look for that on his YouTube cha...

This week on the podcast, I talk about how I break down my training for each major match into early, middle, and late cycle training and what types of drills I work on to progress through each phase of the cycle.

This week on the podcast, I cover the recent announcement about USPSA membership dues going up effective immediately and the board's response to walk that back. Links: The original announcement of the impending increase: https://uspsa.org/announcement/841 The announcement that the increase is being delayed until October 1st: https://uspsa.org/announcement/843

This week on the podcast, I discuss the 2023 elections getting underway, including how the runoffs will work, and why I voted for Luigi Li for President, as well as why I think Vince Lucchetti would be an asset to the board.

This week on the podcast, I continue the discussion from last week about lessons learned from the past two years of running a monthly outlaw match a local indoor range. Links: <pre> - Triangle Action Pistol match video from May 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYuYiOxk244 </pre>

This week on the podcast, I discuss lessons learned from the past two years of running a monthly outlaw match a local indoor range. Links: <pre> - Triangle Action Pistol match video from May 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYuYiOxk244 </pre>

This week on the podcast, I finish my stage-by-stage coverage of the 2023 Blue Grass Locap Classic, finishing with stages 7-11. Links: <pre> - Blue Grass Locap match video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YpLkdKH-hg </pre>

This week on the podcast I talk through my strategy and lessons learned from stages 1 through 5 of the Blue Grass Locap match, with a brief USPSA board update at the end. Links: <pre> - Blue Grass Locap match video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YpLkdKH-hg - Candidate Bio and Q&A: https://berryshooting.com/a6-bio/ </pre>

This week on the podcast, I talk about the excellent Blue Grass Locap Classic, and talk about all the features that made it an outstanding match. Links: <pre> - My Blue Grass Locap Classic video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YpLkdKH-hg - Scott Arnburg on the Paracast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36wtC6acy8 </pre>

A few quick updates on the YML/Mel Rodero situation, a discussion of my use of the word "rumor" last week, and a snippet from my interview with Dave Riddle from the Casual Shooter Podcast. Link to the interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSrWXGafqH8 .

This week on the podcast, I talk about removing the RO certification of the sitting President of USPSA, Yee-Min Lin, effectively bypassing Bylaw 7.7 and removing him from office. I also discuss the fact that by the same bylaw, A4D Mel Rodero is not and has never been eligible to serve.

This week on the podcast, I add some context around my thoughts on rolling back Production rules to the 2017 era, as well as the range commands I used at the 2022 Carolina Classic, and plug Training Group Live with Scott Arnburg and Yee-Min Lin that was posted this week, which you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B4iRQ2hr3c .

This week on the podcast, I talk about the background, events, and outcome of 2018 incident that came to known as Ban the Bens. My blog post with timeline and screenshots: https://berryshooting.com/blog/petition-for-the-removal-of-mike-foley/ The menacing "announcement" to the members threatening to secede from IPSC: https://uspsa.org/announcement/243 Followup "announcement" warning World Shoot co...

The week on the podcast, I talk through my thoughts and impressions of how the 2023 South Carolina Section Championship match went. (Spoiler: it was really good.)

This week on the podcast, I discuss approaching questions from a novelty-focused versus mastery-focused perspective, and discuss a few case studies, including Nationals, Limited Optics, and the classifier system.