We have one coming up on 11/6 in Morrisville VT as well, I had to miss last months so I'm really looking forward to it too.
I just started this year as well.
I agree on the dry fire practice range by Ben Stoeger. I set one up in my basement and it has moved me up a couple spots. My biggest problem on course has been forgetting my shooting and reloading plan and missing targets or just freezing up for a moment. This kind of practice helps a lot. Number one thing I've learned from this: if you get off plan, don't go freestyle, get back on plan even if it means backtracking a little.
A Grand Master at the last match gave me a good pointer as well:
A lot of our courses emphasize shooting while moving. This doesn't mean you should shoot them while running as fast as you can. You can move slowly with emphasis on keeping the sites aligned on target.
GM told me to practice walking past/ around one or two targets just focusing on holding sights on target. This means using a sliding gait that keeps your head and shoulders from moving up and down. You will see the difference if you try using different ways of walking while focusing on sights.
I will also throw my own personal advice in here. I'm not an shooting expert, but I have taught many different action sports and they all share a couple of points to focus on in training and improving.
1) keep knees and ankles flexed and loose. This improves balance and mobility as well as keeping upper body stable.
2) exaggerate the above in practice much more than you think you need to at first. Yes , you might feel silly, but no one is ever flexing knees and ankles as much as they think they are.
On Strategy:
Help with course set up and maybe even design a stage. You don't need to be an RO for this. The clubs are usually very happy to have your help and design ideas. Besides giving you and advance look at the stages , knowing what goes into stage design will give you a lot of insight into making a good game plan for them.
BTW I shoot limited major class with a Glock 35.
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