Linda came out of Waco feeling like it was her best match since she got to Texas, and she expected to be middle of the pack, and to have beaten me. She had 3 outstanding stages, one decent stage, one bad stage, and a rough classifier that ended up her costing her. When the scores came out, she was disheartened, because it was not as good a finish as she expected, but when she saw the video of her from the end of last year, to this month, she saw a huge amount of improvement and smoothness.
This match marked three weeks of dry fire, which is not a ton in the scheme of things. She should be proud as can be, and if she stays on track, I think she'll have an excellent season. There is no doubt in my mind that when she puts it all together, she'll far exceed me.
Stage 6:
Solid start, she made some stage plan decisions that perhaps she would have changed, but on the whole, fairly solid, and it was a good stage to get the pre-match jitters gone.
Stage 1:
Reloads are low, but Linda is killing the steel, she may have buried a shot in the black, but much smoother. She did notice that her reloads need work. She is not dropping the mag until the gun is back in, and she is bringing in the gun very low.
Stage 2:
This was the rough stage. She did not want to hear suggestions on a stage plan, and was convinced that the best thing she could do was run to the middle, and lean all over to shoot. She had to hunt and peck for targets, and she ended up with a no-shoot as well. Thru the drive home, she insisted that she had a good plan, but when she saw the video, and saw the scores and realized how much time she lost, then she understood that the plan was poor. This is something I think you only learn at a match, it's something I still struggle with, and Linda is smart enough to learn from it going forward. Hard lesson, but a good one, especially now that she sees it. Even with a rough stage, you can learn a lot.
Stage 3:
Arguably Linda's best stage of the day. She ran the steel like a champ, had solid hits. Best part, is she did it after a stage that was a struggle, meaning that she left the bad stage behind, and came back on fire. Positive mental attitude is a plus, and she's got a much better one than I have. Pretty proud of her.
Stage 4:
Again, another solid run, some struggles on the last bit of steel that cost her an awful lot of time. I think I would have taken the swinger from the activator, but that's arguable. She had a lot to be happy with on this run.
Stage 5:
CM-99-13 Quicky II. Not a bad run, but a couple of weak hand mikes doomed the run, and it looks about like a 33% run. More practice on strong hand and weak hand.
Summary:
Linda just transitioned from her CZ to my old CZ, and she noticed a world of difference, all in a very good way. She showed confidence, did not let mistakes rattle her, and shot a solid match for 3 weeks of dry fire, and 2 weeks of live fire practice. Sure, there are always things that we want to do better, but the last time she felt this decent was June of '14, so she really needed this boost of confidence.
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