Miss Match 10/30/13
One bad stage can’t really spoil my night, although it
definitely went a long way towards spoiling my overall score. I won’t say
mission accomplished on hitting the 60% I wanted on the classifier, but I did
make some progress. Tonight I shot about 82% of the points after penalty, and
I’m looking to get that number to about 90%, so my accuracy took a hit tonight.
Running thru my 4 stages, with video to follow, I felt my
first stage was fairly strong. I ran the steel cleanly, I was deliberate and
slow but I got my hits. The swinger I took two delta on, and I know I should
have done better, I wanted to get moving, and settled for less than perfect
hits. Last array I had one more delta, and that was a bummer, better hits would
have made the score look prettier, but overall I was pretty satisfied. What Les has been preaching about being accurate, is something I understand better after this stage. 6th in production, and my time was 5th in production, not a bad run, but I'm feeling like I am seeing things I'm leaving on the table, and that's good and bad. Bad I left it, good that I know it's there and I'm going to work at getting it.
Stage two was a longer stage, with more points and I
finished 11th in Production. I had a decent plan, but was just slow
coming across, no sense of urgency, and I question my choice to work outside
in. A lot of things I could have done better, but on both this stage and the
next, I wanted to reload in the open, and not have to do it in a condensed area
where I seem to have a harder time.
Stage three was a disaster for me. I finished 15th in production, and this is the stage that really dragged down my score, so many points left on the table here. To begin with, I changed my plan to something I thought would be more efficient, and while I executed the first two array’s the way I wanted, I got caught deeper than I wanted going into the third array. Yes, that was me swearing as I came across to the 4th array and hit the no-shoot. Not only did I hit the no-shoot, but I did not take the make-up, so I was left with a mike and a no shoot, not smart. I was extremely frustrated after this stage, and the idea of hitting a no shoot was now in my head, which would make me conscious of it into the next stage. I tried to get it out of my head before then, but it did not completely happen.
The last stage was the classifier, and I wanted a sub 12
second run, meaning both strings needed to be 6 seconds or less, with solid
hits. My 6th place in production run was more based on not having
any penalties and not hitting the no-shoot than anything. I was not fast, I was deliberate,
and I just wanted everything on paper. Mission
accomplished, but I know I can do that faster. My hit factor of 4.6476
according to classifier-calc is about a 48% run, which will replace a 10% in my
classification. I can’t complain too much, its progress.
My overall finish was 13th in production, and
that’s pretty hard to do with 3 of 4 stages that are higher than that. What it does
prove is that one bad high point
stage can impact your night. I won’t gripe, I won’t complain, I know I shot
better than my overall, and I know there was a ton of room to improve. I’m one
step closer to my C card, especially if Les uploaded the re-shoot from last
match and I get the 59%. I'll take one step at a time especially before we get into the serious practice and training.
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