Some people make it complicated

He's got 3 dudes with glasses sitting in an office. That's his "ocular scientists"

Vision fuckus > ocular tracking

Clarity is kindness. Simple is better.

Stance, Grip, trigger pull, sight alignment & target focus. The fundamentals don't change

My range in Texas hosts a lot of classes from guys like this. Fieldcraft Survival for example: They hardly ever shoot. They will stand around talking for 10 minutes, shoot one drill for 30 seconds, and talk for 10 more minutes. I feel bad for the folks getting scammed by those guys.

If you’re going to be a firefighter, do you go to a scientist that can tell you how nomex works? Or do you go to a firefighting academy taught by guys that know how to suit up and enter a burning house? Yeah exactly…pistol training-go to a guy like Ben that KNOWS how to shoot. You don’t need a scientist to tell you how your eyes track

Ivan Drago training vs Balboa training in Rocky IV.

100% agree. I taught golf for 40 years. As time went on I learned that fewer words and simplicity works. Some people are disappointed when it’s made simple, though

"Any idiot can make things complicated. It takes a genius to make complicated things simple." Apparently, you are a genius.

If you had an ocular scientist ,nutritionist and a occupational therapist at your disposal you could probably get your GM card in a month .

Albert Einstein said that if you can't explain it to a six year old, then you don't understand it yourself!! No reason to use big words! Lol.

I think the problem is that guys like Travis, want to apply the same methods that top level athletes and trainers do when all they do is train for one thing. I think this “high tech thinking” is seductive, because in theory it sounds like it would drive better results. But in reality you end up with death by analysis and overthinking. I often see this thinking in combat sports and weightlifting as well, so I don’t think it’s unique to shooting. Intensity, consistency , simplicity are generally better training maxims

Funny how similar principles apply to so many different fields. In motorcycle training, one of the basic principles is: "Turn your head and look where you want the motorcycle (and you) to go." So simple that it can be overlooked at the worst times...like when the motorcyclist runs off the road and looks at the telephone pole or other obstacle, instead of the open space to slow down and stop. Like you say: "Focus on the target...". You can analyze my ocular movements and body biomechanics until the cows come home and you still have to translate the results into actionable words, like: "Improve your grip and indexing, squeeze the trigger vs. jerking it, focus on the target, etc.".

The way these bro shooter instructors get their money is by capitalizing off of unathletic people. All of the good shooters I know played sports growing up and we’re into fitness. I’ve noticed the tubby lumpkins and weekend warriors are the ones who go full scientist on describing how to shoot. Same can be applied to throwing a ball. “Just throw it” is a lot better than explaining the aerodynamics of the ball and how the material affects the grip in which your muscles apply and that the rotation of your wrist needs to be 45 degrees exactly for the ball to go 35 yards. Administrative results had a better explanation to this in which he described how athleticism transfers over to shooting. It doesn’t need to be complicated.

The more you have to explain, the less comprehensive your teaching methods become.

Brilliant words Ben!

You are fixing to light the Internet on 🔥 Fire!

Aloha from Hawaii's 2A community 🤙🏽

Please do more of this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Timothy Gallwey in his classic book ""The Inner Game of Tennis'" shows why overthinking leads one astray.