Support Hand Shooting

[RRP]

Interesting stage. I would have struggled, too.

I run dry-fire drills daily. As part of that routine, I do one-handed shooting, from my dominant and support hand. But, I have not trained shooting from my support hand, using both hands.

I'm not sure I understand the practicality of that stage. In a fight for your life, you may receive an injury to your shooting hand, and be forced to defend yourself with your weak hand. That's why we train shooting with our support hand. But unless your strong hand has been shot (or otherwise immobilized), I can't think of a scenario where I would shoot from the weak side. In other words, in a fight for my life, the only time I would shoot with my left hand is when my right is not available.

[Fodder]

Interesting stage. I would have struggled, too.

I run dry-fire drills daily. As part of that routine, I do one-handed shooting, from my dominant and support hand. But, I have not trained shooting from my support hand, using both hands.

I'm not sure I understand the practicality of that stage. In a fight for your life, you may receive an injury to your shooting hand, and be forced to defend yourself with your weak hand. That's why we train shooting with our support hand. But unless your strong hand has been shot (or otherwise immobilized), I can't think of a scenario where I would shoot from the weak side. In other words, in a fight for my life, the only time I would shoot with my left hand is when my right is not available.

I would agree, didn't make a lot of sense to me either. But, we run how the stages are set up.

It did illuminate a gap in my training. So I will be throwing in some two-handed support training during my weekly range visits. I guess it's good, it's something I've been thinking of doing lately. This just pushes me to actually act on it.


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