Additional info from Claude Werner, Tactical Professor:
"I calculated 1 in 1,000 gunowners in the Atlanta Metro area can NOT can draw from a holster; hardly any indoor range in the Metro area allows shooters to draw from a holster or do any moving.
"What that means is that the other 999 shooters have only two venues where they can draw from a holster; at a match or at a training event. The match I go to costs $20 to enter; the resource requirements for a training event obviously exceed that by a large margin."
"Another aspect of competition that I think is useful could be described as legally and morally defensible performance standards. In a competition, the bare minimum standard is to hit the silhouette with every shot. Experienced shooters will rarely miss the entire silhouette. Even Novice competitors will hit the entire silhouette somewhere in the 80-90% range because they know that misses dramatically hurt their score. This far exceeds the most common Qualification standard of 70% and the general ~50% average seen at indoor ranges. We all agree that the only safe place for bullets to land is in the body of a criminal attacker so I think getting that hit average up is a good thing."
I'm going to sound like a heretic. Preoccupation with draw times is another area where there are inconsequential increments.
In RO'ing our local club tactical matches; I've found the average draw to 1st shot time, using a competition holster, is about 1.75 - 2.0 seconds. Not the 1 second time most trainers call adequate. These people rarely practice draw from concealment. I do.
Additional info from Claude Werner, Tactical Professor:
"I calculated 1 in 1,000 gunowners in the Atlanta Metro area can NOT can draw from a holster; hardly any indoor range in the Metro area allows shooters to draw from a holster or do any moving.
"What that means is that the other 999 shooters have only two venues where they can draw from a holster; at a match or at a training event. The match I go to costs $20 to enter; the resource requirements for a training event obviously exceed that by a large margin."
"Another aspect of competition that I think is useful could be described as legally and morally defensible performance standards. In a competition, the bare minimum standard is to hit the silhouette with every shot. Experienced shooters will rarely miss the entire silhouette. Even Novice competitors will hit the entire silhouette somewhere in the 80-90% range because they know that misses dramatically hurt their score. This far exceeds the most common Qualification standard of 70% and the general ~50% average seen at indoor ranges. We all agree that the only safe place for bullets to land is in the body of a criminal attacker so I think getting that hit average up is a good thing."
https://thetacticalprofessor.net/competition-alternate-pov/
I'm going to sound like a heretic. Preoccupation with draw times is another area where there are inconsequential increments.
In RO'ing our local club tactical matches; I've found the average draw to 1st shot time, using a competition holster, is about 1.75 - 2.0 seconds. Not the 1 second time most trainers call adequate. These people rarely practice draw from concealment. I do.
I agree with you. PII is real; however, the lack of meaningful participation and skill development is far worse and much more common.
You are actually practicing for, participating in, and RO'ing matches. That already puts you in the top 1%:
https://www.thearmorylife.com/are-you-part-of-the-edc-1-percent/