Chris doing the pistol shooting stance
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Pistol Shooting Stance – The First Habit of Highly Effective Shooters

ByChris Sajnog

When introducing proper shooting stance, one of the things I teach my students is to have as many things pointing at the target as possible. This includes your toes, hips, shoulders and thumbs.  Proper shooting stance is a full body targeting maneuver. In a perfect world, on a flat range with no one shooting back…

Chris Sajnog instructs on incorporating a range book into your training regimen.
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The Firearms Training Notebook: Enhance Your Firearm Skills

ByChris Sajnog

Hey, what’s up, everybody! In this post, I’m going to be talking about the Firearms Training Notebook, a valuable tool for improving your firearm skills. Let’s go ahead and get started. Navy SEALS are required to be experts in a variety of disciplines — shooting, demolition, Close Quarters Combat, skydiving, and SCUBA diving, just to…

Chris aim a gun with both eyes open
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Learn To Shoot A Pistol With Both Eyes Open And Eye Dominance

ByChris Sajnog

What does that mean in English? Eye dominance and having a dominant eye, and using eye dominant shooting are normal. Most everyone is either right eye dominant or left eye dominant which just means your brain’s preferred eye for processing visual information is right or left. With both eyes open work together to bring you…

Chris Sajnog instructs on the fundamental principles of marksmanship.
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7 Fundamentals of Marksmanship: Virtuosity of Firearms Training

ByChris Sajnog

Hello, everyone! This post delves into the 7 fundamentals of marksmanship and the virtuosity of firearms training, demonstrating how these principles can elevate your shooting skills. As a Navy SEAL, I learned that there is no such thing as good enough, and as a SEAL Sniper, I learned close enough is enough to get someone…

Chris Sajnog discussed the importance of teamwork
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A NAVY SEALs LESSONS IN TEAMWORK [PODCAST]

ByChris Sajnog

Listen and learn how successful “TEAMS” operate: Take responsibility Encourage others Ask for help (and help others) Master your job Sacrifice “All we’ve done in the SEAL Teams is harnessed the power of working as a team.” Teamwork is something we hear a lot about but it’s not something that we typically delve into too much…

Chris Sajnog talks about how aging affects your shooting
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Age Vision and Shooting: How Age Affects Accuracy (Part 2)

ByChris Sajnog

Cataracts A cataract is a clouding of the crystalline lens, which sits just behind the iris of the eye. As we age, it begins to lose clarity, starting with a yellowish, translucent appearance. From there, a cataract can remain stable for many years or become rapidly less transparent, depending on the type and location of…

Chris Sajnog talks about aging of vision for shooting firearms
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Vision and Shooting…and Aging (Part 1)

ByChris Sajnog

In a short time as a member of Chris Sajnog’s Center Mass Group, I learned that most of the questions shooters have about their vision relate to the changes that come with age (or as I like to call it, “the passing of time”). I will go over some of the issues that have shown…

Chris Sajnog recommended reading lists for 2016
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Navy SEAL Reading List by Chris Sajnog: Top Books (2016)

ByChris Sajnog

Since that time, I have consumed hundreds of books (not all good), which have helped shape my life, family, health, and business. I’ve pulled the top 21 books from various areas of study for my 2016 list and hope there will be one or two that might help improve some area of your life. I’ve…

Chris Sajnog talks about what constant feedback is.
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New Rules of Marksmanship — Constant Feedback [VIDEO]

ByChris Sajnog

There’s only one way to do that — Constant feedback. Check out this video to learn what it is and how you can have someone watching you, even if you’re alone. (Sad face) Click Play… Key Takeaways… Do not learn a new technique without a way to get feedback. Once you learn a technique, you…

Chris Sajnog talks about deliberate practice
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The New Rules of Marksmanship — Deliberate Practice [VIDEO]

ByChris Sajnog

How you become an expert shooter has more to do with how you practice than with merely performing a skill a large number of times. If it just took “putting in the time,” we would all be typing 1,000 words a minute by now, but we all just continue to peck away at the keys…