Worlds Collide: Chasing the Timer

Okay. So I wanna run you through a drill. Go ahead. All right. One of the old standardized drills, is called a Bill Drill, named for Bill Wilson. You draw, and you're trying to shoot that target in the A Zone at seven yards, which is about where we are in two seconds, six times. Okay. It's really hard to do. I don't really care if you make it, I just wanna see what you can do. Well, isn't that just shooting it 12 times? How many? Six. Six times. Six shots. Two seconds. Six shots in two seconds. Yeah. Oh, Okay. You're just trying to make that. I have no idea if you can do it- I thought you want me to do it in two seconds, six times. Never mind. From the holster or from my... Where do- Smoke. No. You're gonna have to draw. You have to draw. Concealment? Yep. However you want. Back to the target? No. Okay. You can, if you want. You can do whatever you want. I'm excited. Here we go. Six shots. All right. Gotta be in the A Zone. Okay. Shooter's ready? Stand by. Perfect. So right off the bat, you immediately complied with the request of shooting six shots in the A Zone. Okay. So you have nowhere to go accuracy wise. Okay. You're a 100%, right? So your time is 3.10 seconds. That's not good. Well, it's not bad. But why is it not good? See, you already sounded like a competi... He's already sounded like a competition shooter. Because the timer came out. Because immediately deep in his soul he actually is a competition shooter. So the only place you can go to improve that performance is what? Be faster. Right. So let's do it again. Shooter's ready? Ready. Stand by. Standing by. Okay. So there, you shot the... 2.63 is your clock time. So you're a bunch of faster but- Wow. I'm crazy. You're all over the place. Yeah, I took half my shirt with me Here becomes the endless battle that we play as a competition shooter. Right. Now, the reason we use the timer is because the timer immediately created what for you? Annoyance. Stress. Stress. So that's the thing. But here's the thing. And this is what I see happen. Right? And, and, and we do this all the time. You know, we just come out here and do it. I think the minute you make up a number two seconds. Yeah. I see that things go crazy. Why am I, who made up two seconds? Bill Wilson. Right? In this case it was Bill Wilson. Maybe my best time is 2.5. That's correct. Maybe with a different gun it's 2.4, maybe the different guns, 2.7. I think that makes more sense than telling me try to do it in two seconds, Rob. Cause that's what happens. Yeah. But see, I like push. I like to push a student to the point where he fails because now you made a mistake fail. Oh, I failed. Now, how do we find the middle ground? Okay. So what was the mistake he made? Which shot Rushing the first shot. Exactly. Yep. See, these are all things, you know cause we all know deep down in our hearts that you're actually really good shot and can do this. I'm not a competition shooter though. Now, what I need you to do is what? Slow down the first shot Slow down would be more accurate. Uh, I was already accurate enough, I need to now go slower. Now I want you to be as accurate as you have to be as quickly as you can. You got it. All right. Shooters ready, here we go. Standby. Okay. Not enough bullets. Not enough bullets, that's okay. So you're at 2:55. So you would have been about what, 20 break, it would have been about 2:75 and a couple shots out. Yup So in a competition environment which score would have been the best one? Uh, the very first one. The very first one. So what's the point? I've measured your ability to shoot cold Turkey. Yep. You shot your best run right off the bat. That's where I'm right off the bat. And then what happens? You start chasing the timer Chasing the timer. And chasing the timer. I'm telling you, this is where people get into mistakes. I need to be able to hit that target. You need to be able to hit that target. You start chasing the timer, you're going to start making mistakes. Can you push yourself for the timer? Absolutely. But don't chase it. And that's the difference. I think, between setting an objective standard of two seconds and just saying how fast can you get it done?