In 2009, I came home from a deployment and my oldest son, who was 3 or 4 at the time, wouldn’t eat for almost 2 weeks... Being a father I was obviously concerned, so I asked him about it and his answer really hit me hard… He said, “Dad, if I eat I’ll grow up and if I grow up I’ll become a daddy. And if I become a daddy, I’ll have to leave my family.” My boys barely knew who I was and I couldn’t let them grow up without a father... I realized at that moment my family needed me a lot more than the Navy needed another SEAL. So I put in for retirement the next day… Back then I knew I wanted to be with my family more than anything, so I made changes in my life that allowed me to be at home. We all want more time to spend with the people we love or doing the things we love. That’s why I’m here to help! That's why I am giving you my top 3 training videos (for FREE) to help you learn how you can stay at home, and save time and money while you improve your shooting! I really want you to watch them so you can see how it is helping thousands of people just like you! So click the link now and go see what all the fuss is about: chrissajnog.com/freevideos/
How I will apply this to my life; 1. I will do the 30 Day Dry Fire Challenge again. 2. I will continue telling myself why I am an awesome shooter in the mirror each morning, and visualize myself shooting at my very best for 7 minutes per day. 3. I will continue meditating twice per day for 15 minutes so that I can raise my focus and awareness to their full potential, as well as reap the other scientifically proven benefits that meditation has to offer. 4. Since I'm so focused because I meditate, breathing is natural to me while shooting. I will remain in a meditative state while shooting therefore my breathing will remain focused. 5. Patience is the cornerstone of my training regimen. I will keep paving my path to perfection!
my flinch cure was a mantra of let recoil happen mixed with about 200 rounds of the slowest squeeze youll ever see. I would pull as slow as possible and feel for when my shoulders or wrist would try to brace forward, when it did i would hold the trigger where it was and reset my sight picture and try again. The flinch felt so odd when i had isolated it. it was like a tic almost but once faced head on though front sight focus and super slow squeeze i beat that sucker. IN a related issue i had to re learn the preffered sigh pic of all my guns. Thought they were all combat hold, turms out at 50 feet the bulk of em were center hold but my flinch had me aiming with the dot.
My father used to tell me that adjusting your trigger to be lighter will eliminate flinching because you won't have time to flinch 😂. Guess he was right because I no longer flinch or anticipate.
Thanks for the tips. I grew up hunting whitetails with a 12 gauge. For those who've never fired a deer slug out of a 12 gauge, the recoil is worse than a .338 Winchester Magnum. I now live in North Dakota, and was really looking forward to hunting with a rifle. Well, it turns out I've got a flinch. It was imperceptible until I was shooting some cheap target ammo from my .308 and one cartridge turned out to be a dud--that's when I discovered it. It's not much--not enough to make much difference at slug range--but more than enough to throw off my aim with a scoped rifle. Who'd have thought shooting 12 gauge slugs from age 14 would cause a guy to develop a flinch? Getting rid of this flinch is my personal project between now and next hunting season. I may switch to a 6.5 Creedmoor or other rifle with a softer recoil. (.308 recoil is very manageable, but after a dozen or so rounds it starts to sting.) Any thoughts on using a shoulder pad?
Dry fire techniques website doesn't seem to exist any more, and i was super excited to order the dry fire cards, but disappointed that you don't ship to Canada.
Oh snap, is this a channel that actually marries meditation with my new shooting hobby?? Instasubbed. The mindfulness of shooting is actually EXACTLY why I love to shoot.
Exactly. WAY too much emphasis is placed on dry-firing. Shooters know when the gun is empty and when it's loaded--hence the result that they don't flinch when dry-firing. TONS (and tons) of practice, using dummy rounds mixed in to measure your progress. The only useable advice in this video is to have patience; there is no magic bullet to curing anticipation/flinching.
@@Defossion1 right! I just went shooting after dry firing and I flinched a lot because I know it’s loaded. Of course at home when I dry fire I’m going to press the trigger nice and slow I’m not anticipating the recoil because I know there isn’t rounds in the gun.
You have any suggestions for ear protection? I plan on going to the range for my second time every and yes, I flinched VERY bad because I was not used to the level of noise. Of course I did not have the best ear protection, but that was a factor. I have been reading much on AXIL. Thanks
hi Chris, first, thanks for all the videos, they are a great help. Second, is there any way to practice with laser dry fire to avoid flinch? I mean one or more specific exercises.
I am not Chris, but maybe I can help. I fought flinching for a long long time. What I found helped with my laser was focusing on the laser not moving on the target. There is a sweeping motion across whatever your target is, you were moving the gun. Ideally it should only be a small dot. I think most people would say this is more of a trigger control thing, but it helped me with my flinching
Chris is a proponent of both eyes open and front sight focus. I believe even with one eye the goal would still be front sight focus. Take that with a grain of salt. I believe the reason for keeping both eyes open is in order to improve peripheral vision and overall situational awareness. If the goal is pure marksmanship, as opposed to combat or defensive shooting, then either one or two eyes could be used depending on the shooter's preference.
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In 2009, I came home from a deployment and my oldest son, who was 3 or 4 at the time, wouldn’t eat for almost 2 weeks...
Being a father I was obviously concerned, so I asked him about it and his answer really hit me hard… He said, “Dad, if I eat I’ll grow up and if I grow up I’ll become a daddy.
And if I become a daddy, I’ll have to leave my family.” My boys barely knew who I was and I couldn’t let them grow up without a father...
I realized at that moment my family needed me a lot more than the Navy needed another SEAL. So I put in for retirement the next day…
Back then I knew I wanted to be with my family more than anything, so I made changes in my life that allowed me to be at home.
We all want more time to spend with the people we love or doing the things we love. That’s why I’m here to help!
That's why I am giving you my top 3 training videos (for FREE) to help you learn how you can stay at home, and save time and money while you improve your shooting! I really want you to watch them so you can see how it is helping thousands of people just like you! So click the link now and go see what all the fuss is about: chrissajnog.com/freevideos/
How I will apply this to my life;
1. I will do the 30 Day Dry Fire Challenge again.
2. I will continue telling myself why I am an awesome shooter in the mirror each morning, and visualize myself shooting at my very best for 7 minutes per day.
3. I will continue meditating twice per day for 15 minutes so that I can raise my focus and awareness to their full potential, as well as reap the other scientifically proven benefits that meditation has to offer.
4. Since I'm so focused because I meditate, breathing is natural to me while shooting. I will remain in a meditative state while shooting therefore my breathing will remain focused.
5. Patience is the cornerstone of my training regimen.
I will keep paving my path to perfection!
I two that motion.
my flinch cure was a mantra of let recoil happen mixed with about 200 rounds of the slowest squeeze youll ever see. I would pull as slow as possible and feel for when my shoulders or wrist would try to brace forward, when it did i would hold the trigger where it was and reset my sight picture and try again. The flinch felt so odd when i had isolated it. it was like a tic almost but once faced head on though front sight focus and super slow squeeze i beat that sucker. IN a related issue i had to re learn the preffered sigh pic of all my guns. Thought they were all combat hold, turms out at 50 feet the bulk of em were center hold but my flinch had me aiming with the dot.
Valuable insight. Thanks.
My father used to tell me that adjusting your trigger to be lighter will eliminate flinching because you won't have time to flinch 😂. Guess he was right because I no longer flinch or anticipate.
Found gold in the comments section. Thank you for sharing your insight, I'm going to try your approach.
“We are the story that we tell ourselves”. Brilliant, just in general.
Thanks for the tips. I grew up hunting whitetails with a 12 gauge. For those who've never fired a deer slug out of a 12 gauge, the recoil is worse than a .338 Winchester Magnum. I now live in North Dakota, and was really looking forward to hunting with a rifle. Well, it turns out I've got a flinch. It was imperceptible until I was shooting some cheap target ammo from my .308 and one cartridge turned out to be a dud--that's when I discovered it. It's not much--not enough to make much difference at slug range--but more than enough to throw off my aim with a scoped rifle. Who'd have thought shooting 12 gauge slugs from age 14 would cause a guy to develop a flinch?
Getting rid of this flinch is my personal project between now and next hunting season. I may switch to a 6.5 Creedmoor or other rifle with a softer recoil. (.308 recoil is very manageable, but after a dozen or so rounds it starts to sting.) Any thoughts on using a shoulder pad?
Just saw your video and just downloaded the app you suggested.
Thanks
Hey Chris this is Heather, I finallly found these so I will ad them to my training on your site.
ball and dummy drills worked for me. 👍🏾
Dry fire techniques website doesn't seem to exist any more, and i was super excited to order the dry fire cards, but disappointed that you don't ship to Canada.
Oh snap, is this a channel that actually marries meditation with my new shooting hobby?? Instasubbed. The mindfulness of shooting is actually EXACTLY why I love to shoot.
Excellent! Thanks for sharing! 👍🏾
Enjoying your channel in preparation to get a pistol. The first 2 slides on this one need a spellcheck, though.
Great advice, but I don’t see the app.
Another great video Chris, thanks for all the valuable information. Starting the 30 day challenge today!
Flinching is a physiological response that can only be overcome by shooting lots and lots and lots of rounds, to condition yourself to the blast.
Exactly. WAY too much emphasis is placed on dry-firing. Shooters know when the gun is empty and when it's loaded--hence the result that they don't flinch when dry-firing. TONS (and tons) of practice, using dummy rounds mixed in to measure your progress. The only useable advice in this video is to have patience; there is no magic bullet to curing anticipation/flinching.
@@Defossion1 I still like dry-firing because it gives me something to concentrate on when going live and ignoring the gun going off
@@Defossion1 right! I just went shooting after dry firing and I flinched a lot because I know it’s loaded. Of course at home when I dry fire I’m going to press the trigger nice and slow I’m not anticipating the recoil because I know there isn’t rounds in the gun.
do you think more time shooting the gun will help fix it?
Thanks Chris. Great advice.
Looks good, off to get the app
You have any suggestions for ear protection? I plan on going to the range for my second time every and yes, I flinched VERY bad because I was not used to the level of noise. Of course I did not have the best ear protection, but that was a factor. I have been reading much on AXIL. Thanks
Thanks mr chris!!
Try not being afraid of your weapon.
Good information!
hi Chris, first, thanks for all the videos, they are a great help. Second, is there any way to practice with laser dry fire to avoid flinch? I mean one or more specific exercises.
I am not Chris, but maybe I can help. I fought flinching for a long long time. What I found helped with my laser was focusing on the laser not moving on the target. There is a sweeping motion across whatever your target is, you were moving the gun. Ideally it should only be a small dot. I think most people would say this is more of a trigger control thing, but it helped me with my flinching
How can I find the link, I do not see it here, 30 Day challenge? Thank you.
When focusing on the front site is that for aiming with one or two eyes open?
Chris is a proponent of both eyes open and front sight focus. I believe even with one eye the goal would still be front sight focus. Take that with a grain of salt. I believe the reason for keeping both eyes open is in order to improve peripheral vision and overall situational awareness. If the goal is pure marksmanship, as opposed to combat or defensive shooting, then either one or two eyes could be used depending on the shooter's preference.
Why is there not one video of this dude shooting a bullet at a target? Not one video...
Just hit the sub button ... I need sum good tips .. thnks .. 👍👍👍
this is not a teacher. its a salesman.
dont see it on android...
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skylab.chrissajnog
@@ChrisSajnogs thanks Chris got it. :)
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