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Ask the Instructor: Flinching

Flinching   "I have a flinch I’d like to be rid of. What is the best way to break this bad habit?"   Contrary to popular belief, a flinch is never a habit and is very rarely due to anticipation of recoil. Yet many will switch to lighter loads, some even converting to a smaller-gauge gun, in order to stop a flinch. By far the most expensive yet useless attempt to rid oneself of a flinch involves having a release trigger installed in a shotgun. Newsflash! The cause of a flinch is almost always the result of an interruption of the visual connection between the dominant eye and … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Ask the Instructor, Don Currie, Flinching, NSCA Chief instructor, Target Talk

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