What are your shooting sport goals for 2013?

[camus]

Mine revolve mostly around USPSA:

1. Move up a classification. For me this means working on speed. I may not be the best bulls-eye shooter out there but I can shoot pretty well until I hear that timer.

2. Get more involved. The more I have been involved has payed off in spades, first stage I set up, CF as it was, I learned more about strategy than in 8 matches. There is a lot of experience to be shared if you are listening.

3. Hit a match beyond the local ones, should be easy this year.

[bkoenig]

I just want to actually make it to a 3 gun match this year.  I missed every.  Single.  One.  In 2012 

Hopefully life will be a little more cooperative in 2013.

[OnTheFly]

To become the best USPSA shooter in the country, but I would settle for moving up one, two or three classifications.

Fly

[gsd]

I'ld like to finish my rifle build and see how far i can reliably stretch it.

[Neeco]

I would like attend a couple steel and USPSA matches this year.  Would also like to get my wife to shoot a match or two.

[JTH]

I'd like to:

1) Shoot to my capability level at major USPSA matches, and
2) Get above 90% of possible points (including penalties) during local USPSA matches, and
3) Break 10 seconds on Smoke & Hope (by timer, not including flight time). Got 10.20 last year---need to drop that by 0.2 seconds.

Last year, I only did #1 once (out of four times) and I don't think I made #2 more than once or twice.  I just rush too much, and drop a few too many points.  I keep getting between 85-89%.  [grumble]

More dryfire practice!

[OnTheFly]

I'd like to:

1) Shoot to my capability level at major USPSA matches, and
2) Get above 90% of possible points (including penalties) during local USPSA matches, and
3) Break 10 seconds on Smoke & Hope (by timer, not including flight time). Got 10.20 last year---need to drop that by 0.2 seconds.

Last year, I only did #1 once (out of four times) and I don't think I made #2 more than once or twice.  I just rush too much, and drop a few too many points.  I keep getting between 85-89%.  [grumble]

More dryfire practice!

Hu, huh huh, huh, huh huh huh...You talked about doing #1 and making #2...huh, huh huh huh, huh huh.

Fly

[JTH]

2) Get above 90% of possible points (including penalties) during local USPSA matches, and

[snip]

...I don't think I made #2 more than once or twice.  I just rush too much, and drop a few too many points.  I keep getting between 85-89%.  [grumble]

More dryfire practice!

ARG!  And just blew goal #2 already with the first match of the year---89.15% of the total possible points.  [sigh]

I have GOT to slow down.  Had my 3 D-hits been 3 C-hits instead, I'd have made my goal.  Even if TWO of them had been C-hits...well, drat.

Okay, NEW version of goal!

Goal #2:  Make 90% + of total possible points for all local matches EXCEPT for the first one.

[JTH]

To become the best USPSA shooter in the country, but I would settle for moving up one, two or three classifications.

You seem to be well on your way, considering you got third in Production in the match today as a D-class, beating out 5 C-class shooters!  (Including a couple that are more than halfway to B-class.)

[JTH]

I just want to actually make it to a 3 gun match this year.  I missed every.  Single.  One.  In 2012 

March 17th.  Be there!!

[kurtbec]

Make B in USPSA, C is certainly attainable.
Participate in Sectionals, Area 3 and Nationals.
Learn more about IDPA and shoot some of the matches.

Break 100/100 in trap.  Best is 87
Win high gun for my class at Ikes
Work with the entire family at trap shooting.

Continue training for a half-marathon.  Was going to run the Lincoln half but the all classifier match is the same day. 

Dry fire several times a week.

[camus]

1. Move up a classification. For me this means working on speed. I may not be the best bulls-eye shooter out there but I can shoot pretty well until I hear that timer.

Well first classifier of the year and I hit  .4 % below the threshold. It will knock off one of my lower scores though.  1 shot 1 inch over and I would have felt like a rockstar.  (assuming my maths are correct)

[bkoenig]

March 17th.  Be there!!

I just realized today that I have enough shotgun shells on hand to shoot one, maybe two matches.  I'm set on 9mm and 223 but if things don't change 12ga is going to be a problem.

[Tacticoolio]

1. Earn a B classification in Limited.
2. Break 25.00 seconds total on Outer Limits.
3. Spend a full, focused minute on mental preparation before every stage.
4. Finish a match without a single Grade A, bonehead, "Oh F--- me!" moment.
5. Bring at least three new people to their first organized pistol shoot.

[camus]

1. Earn a B classification in Limited.
2. Break 25.00 seconds total on Outer Limits.
3. Spend a full, focused minute on mental preparation before every stage.
4. Finish a match without a single Grade A, bonehead, "Oh F--- me!" moment.
5. Bring at least three new people to their first organized pistol shoot.

Those are some good ones, good luck and report back.

Cheers.

[FLUFF]

Not to conserned being the best and fastest. Just going to have fun and shoot every match safe and clean

Fluff

[A-FIXER]

Just try one....

[JTH]

Just try one....

That's a good goal. 

[JTH]

Not to conserned being the best and fastest. Just going to have fun and shoot every match safe and clean

There was an interesting thread on a different forum a couple of days ago, asking what people had as criteria for a "good" match.  In other words, when were they happy with a match?  Happy with their skills and performance?

Here's what I wrote:

I'm happy with a match when I shoot it to my ability at that time.

I'm not satisfied with my current ability at any point in time.

There is a big difference between those two things.

If I shoot a match consistently at my current level, I did exactly what I was supposed to---the practice I put in paid off, and my discipline was sufficient to make it happen. That's a good match.

My current ability at any point in time can always use improvement. Therefore, I'm not satisfied with my current level, and will continue to work on making that current level higher.

I am happier when I have a match with no penalties whatsoever, and a minimum of D-hits. (Preferably zero.) However, that wouldn't necessarily make me happy with the match itself, unless the rest of the it (speed, efficiency, stage handling, etc) also consistently was at my ability level.

And again---none of that would make me satisfied with my current level of ability.

---winning is fun.  But if I win but shoot at a level significantly below what I'm capable of, I'm not happy about it.  If I don't win, but shoot consistently to what I'm capable of, I'm perfectly thrilled with that.

Some people are driven to be the best, or the fastest---which means that they will always compare themselves to other people.  Personally, I want to be the best that I can manage.

Some people go to matches just for the social atmosphere, a little shooting at new things, and to have fun.  Nothing wrong with that at all.

Some people do it to work on goals to get better, and it is just a different way of thinking.  (Some people do it to WIN, and that's fine too.)

One of the things that I like about shooting matches is that everyone (with their differing backgrounds, goals, and expectations) can still all have a completely good time. 

[racenutz]

I want to start. I'd likely be last place though