Short Course

This week on the podcast, I say nice things about IDPA and discuss some things that I think they get right: things like simpler rules, more social culture, better range commands, and banning memory stages.

This week on the podcast, I talk about the recent 2020 South Carolina Section match. I discuss whether it's better to leave stages in or throw them out, why three minute walkthroughs are still a bad idea, and I shot the match overall.

This week on the podcast, I talk about the April 19th GoShoot USPSA match, and some things that I think they do differently that are worth emulating.

In a change of pace this week, I'm uploading the audio from a livestream I did of a recent USPSA match that I shot. If you can, I recommend just skipping this podcast episode and watching the video that accompanies the audio on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P50YS0hha5w . Regular episodes will return soon. Thanks for your patience.

This week on the podcast, I talk about the idea that there is no such thing as a perfect match. First, as a competitor: you'll never have a match without flaws, and that's fine. Second, as a match attendee: there will always be something imperfect about the match, and all you can do is let it go and shoot the challenge in front of you.

This week on the podcast, I talk about shooting my first match in two months, and how moderate expectations led to a good performance. I also go into why I think an offseason isn't that important early in your shooting career, and becomes more valuable the more you practice.

This week on the podcast, I talk about the 2019 Production Nationals in Frostproof, Florida. I talk through my thoughts about the match compared to previous years, review my personal performance, and raise my two big concerns with the way Nationals are being run in recent years. Match video of all 21 stages is here: https://youtu.be/ewi8pTsVEKk .

This week on the podcast, I talk in depth about the 2019 North Carolina section match, the work that went into it, the things they did differently, and how it turned out.

This week on the podcast, I talk about taking a break and what it taught me about having flexible vs rigid scheduling and expectations. The blog post in the second half of the episode is here: https://berryshooting.com/blog/more-reps/ .

Hey folks, Ben here. I just wanted to put the word out that I'm taking a break from Short Course for a while. I'm not sure exactly how long. Since I started doing the first test episode in November 2017, I've always kept myself to a schedule so I'm all in or all out. episode every week, or nothing. But right now I'm not shooting very much and so I don't have that much to say. So I'm gong to take s...

This week on the podcast, I talk about the ways that ego can get in the way of developing yourself as a shooter.

This week on the podcast, I talk about what keeps me in the sport and the lessons that have transferred from competition over in to my life off the range

This week on the podcast, I talk through my recent experience shooting through an 8-stage club match in two hours.

This week, I talk about my experience with making speed gains, and why they usually don't come just by trying harder or trying to go faster.

This week, I talk about how I visualize through stages, the exact details I visualize in, and discuss why the speed of my visualization isn't all that important to me.

This week on the podcast, I talk about having breakthroughs when you realize that something you took for granted turned out to be wrong, or at least only true in some contexts. My website is at www.berryshooting.com . I post videos from my matches at youtube.com/BenBerryUSPSA . If you'd like to support the podcast, consider buying a shirt at berryshooting.com/shop .

This week on the podcast, I talk about misconceptions that people have about being a GM or shooting matches as a GM, and why it's not really all that different. If you want to support the podcast, consider buying a shirt at www.berryshooting.com/shop . You can follow me on Instagram at bsberry, or on Facebook at Ben Berry Shooting. My email is podcast@berryshooting.com .

This week on the podcast, I talk about how the South Carolina Section Match went and the lessons I'm taking away from it going forward. My video for the match is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhFyYBQKS94 . If you want to support the podcast, consider buying a shirt at http://berryshooting.com/shop .

This week on the podcast, I talk about my mindset and preparation going in to the 2019 SC Section match this Saturday, including how I'm setting my expectations for my performance and the key things I want to include in each visualization. I also talk about the recent announcement of the 2019 NC Section at Sir Walter Gun Club in October of this year. I post my match videos online at youtube.com/Be...

This week I recap the stages I shot at a few local matches and try to draw some lessons learned from them.

This week on the podcast, I catch up on a few different things I've been thinking about. I talk about USPSA not printing paper rulebooks anymore, setting aside my opinions when shooting matches, 3 minute stage walkthroughs, and answer a question about the uspsa.ninja shirts.

This week on the podcast, I talk about the book Mastery by George Leonard. I talk about some of the reasons I'm always in the process of re-reading it, and try to give you a sense for what the book is all about. If you'd like to see a list of books I recommend, it's on my website at www.berryshooting.com/books . If you want to support the podcast, consider buying a shirt at www.berryshooting.com/s...

This week on the podcast, I talk about mindset changes going forward into this season to take stages more seriously and shoot closer to my theoretical skill. I also talk about some of my new goals going forward in both club matches and major matches.

This week on the podcast, I talk through the problems I've been having trying to get this year of shooting started and speculate about the underlying causes.

This week on the podcast, I finish discussing a club match stage-by-stage and talk about the things that went well and the lessons learned from each one. The blog post I wrote that includes the match video for this match is here on my blog: https://berryshooting.com/match-debrief/match-video-sir-walter-february-2019/ .