This is a great video of Julie Golob from the 2010 Wyoming State Steel Challenge

I like how it shows a diagram of the stage, then shows her shooting it. You can see how one of the best shooters in the world preps, plans, and shoots the stages.

Is she fast? Yes. But notice, she’s not too fast. She’s not shooting faster than she can get good hits. In fact, some of the shooting seems downright slow, but you have to remember she’s shooting at small targets a long ways away (refer to the stage diagrams in the video). The take-home is shooting fast doesn’t necessarily mean emptying your magazine in 2 seconds, but going only as fast as you can that allows you to still get the hit. Speed is important, but accuracy is king. I still have to remind myself of this… probably why I posted this. 🙂