http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqi7F7_DfDE&feature=share&list=UUxtkHXHqKqAKTN5yaEi3RHw
I wanted to do a break down of a stage I shot in the match Saturday at ITPSC. Stage 3 was the only one I got on video so here it is:
This stage was a fairly quick stage that I like to call a "port to port" style stage. You see these a lot at majors, especially the Double Tap Championship. At the start position, I had a mini popper, large popper, a plate and a open paper at 7 yards. I drew to the mini popper because it was the easiest target to draw to. The inside targets were tight to the edge of the wall which didnt allow me to get started moving out of the position like I usually want. I could have started my movement if I had drawn to the inside targets and worked my way out but as close as I was to the fence due to the start position it would have been a funky draw. The second port was just two open paper. I really wanted to "roll" through this position without coming to a stop. The ground was a little soft in the shooting area and my cleat caught on my outside foot as I came into position. This caused my sight picture to move past the port after I had taken my first shot. I estimate that probably cost me a full second. I reloaded after this port with a very smooth, quick reload and my sights were up ready to fire on the third position.
The third position was open paper, large popper, open paper with a plate hidden behind the popper. I shot paper, popper, paper and transitioned back to the popper. I had to wait on the large popper to fall out of the way so I could get to the plate. While this is a good thing, its also very frustrating and I almost started shooting just to get it out of the way faster but I probably would have only gotten one shot off before the plate was available. I reloaded out of this port with another pretty smooth and quick reload which allowed me to get my gun up on target before I got to position four.
On position four, there were two open paper. I made a slight mistake here in that I pushed into the port too far. I rolled through this port good, never came to a stop but if I had stayed out of the port more I would have had a better transition to the targets in position 5. If you look, you can see me pull my gun back out of the port before I transition. If I would have stayed back out of it, I could have started shooting at the first available target in pos. 5 before I even got to the fault line. This cost me about half a second.
Position 5 was a mini popper, two plates and a open paper. I called a miss on the first plate I shot at but transitioned anyway and cleared the rest of the targets. I came back to it to finish the stage. Cost me about 3/4 of a second.
Overall I felt good about the stage, just some minor mistakes. These minor mistakes add up over the course of a stage though. Those mistakes I lined out cost me an estimated 2.25 seconds....exactly how much time Steve beat me by on the stage (My time: 15.18, Steve: 12.93). I dropped three charlies in that mix which was 95% of the available points so I was good there. Overall the transitions were good other than the one from the last plate to paper in pos. 5, that one was kinda sluggish.
If anyone has any feedback or critique on something I missed, feel free to comment. =-)