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Tactical Vision Training Drill For Defensive Pistol, Carbine, and Precision Rifle

May 25, 2018 by The Arms Guide Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Tactical Vision Training Drill For Defensive Pistol, Carbine, and Precision Rifle

I’ve got a deceptively simple vision drill for you today that will help you with both-eyes-open shooting:

You can do this drill at home leading up to your time at the range or at the range as a warm-up.Once you’re able to switch back and forth easily when you’re looking at your finger, start stretching it out until you can do the drill at any distance.

If you want to do the tactical version of the drill, simply paint the cylinder black 🙂

If you want a range-bag-friendly tube that’s crush resistent, use a short section of PVC.

Why’s this important?

  1. In an extreme stress event, it’s incredibly unlikely that you’ll be able to close your non-dominant eye.  If you haven’t trained your brain to aim with both eyes open, this is going to be a problem.
  2. When you close one eye, the other eye partially closes too…and that means you can’t see as well out of the eye you have open.
  3. In a 360 degree environment, you don’t want to turn off half of your visual threat detection.

Get more tactical vision drills at http://TacticalVisionTraining.com so you can expand your peripheral awareness, identify threats quicker, see your sights clearer and quicker, follow your sights during recoil, and shoot better with ANY gun you pick up…because when you can see quicker, you can shoot quicker.

by Mike Ox

Mike Ox is an avid defensive and competitive shooter who has co-created several firearms training products, including Dry Fire Training Cards, https://se965.infusionsoft.com/go/dftcmedia/loadout

Dry Fire Fit, 21 Day Alpha Shooter, and See Faster, Shoot Faster.  His brain based training focuses on accelerated learning techniques for shooting as well as controlling brain state and brain chemistry for optimal performance in extreme stress situations.  Learn more about dynamic dry fire training for defense and competition at www.DryFireTrainingCards.com/blog

 

 

 

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