Practice vs training

[JERRY]

I'm sure 80%of the people that regularly post on this forum know the difference. So to the 20% I'll differentiate between practice and training as: practice is merely trigger, time, site alignment, trigger pull, breathing, putting rounds on paper at a slow pace with no stress risers. In layman terms, you could call it just plinking.

However, training will include reloading with a speed loader or an extra magazine. Not from the box, not from the pocket... Drawing from cover and or concealment... Firing and striking center mass at more than one target. Moving off of the X.... Firing weakhand unsupported.... Double taps center mass. Failure to stop drills aka two to the body one to the head... In training, you will be shooting, moving and or reloading. You will never have a time when you are just standing with an empty gun. There are plenty of other things. That can go with this force on force is one; of course that's with simunitions.... But just regular live fire training on the range,it's difficult to do for some people because of range rules.

Because of restrictions at the vast majority of public shooting ranges... I recommend snap or dummy rounds of a sort, whichever you may call them and practice in your living room etc reloading, moving from point A to point B, dry firing at different objects. Of course, it's imperative to ensure your firearm is not loaded with live ammunition, this should go without saying. While it's a poor substitute, for actual training on the range, it is better than nothing.

Any other ideas to try to replicate live fire in the privacy of your home when range restrictions do not allow actual training?

These are just musings that I'm having on a rainy day waiting for the hurricane.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

My wife has caught me carbine "room clearing" at 3AM more than once.....

 

[The Night Rider]

Training is receiving instruction.

Practice is practicing the instruction you've received.

Plinking is Plinking.

 

[Varminterror]

Training is receiving instruction.

Practice is practicing the instruction you've received.

This has been my personal differentiation for shooting and other sports, and other aspects of human life, for about 20 yrs. We are trained when we have external instructors, and we can practice those skills and techniques we learned from the trainers.

I also vehemently differentiate that a person cannot "teach themselves" anything. A person can learn independently, but "teaching" as a practice requires prior knowledge which is possessed by the person teaching the information to the person learning.

 

[bearcreek]

I'm sure 80%of the people that regularly post on this forum know the difference. So to the 20% I'll differentiate between practice and training as: practice is merely trigger, time, site alignment, trigger pull, breathing, putting rounds on paper at a slow pace with no stress risers. In layman terms, you could call it just plinking.

However, training will include reloading with a speed loader or an extra magazine. Not from the box, not from the pocket... Drawing from cover and or concealment... Firing and striking center mass at more than one target. Moving off of the X.... Firing weakhand unsupported.... Double taps center mass. Failure to stop drills aka two to the body one to the head... In training, you will be shooting, moving and or reloading. You will never have a time when you are just standing with an empty gun. There are plenty of other things. That can go with this force on force is one; of course that's with simunitions.... But just regular live fire training on the range,it's difficult to do for some people because of range rules.

Because of restrictions at the vast majority of public shooting ranges... I recommend snap or dummy rounds of a sort, whichever you may call them and practice in your living room etc reloading, moving from point A to point B, dry firing at different objects. Of course, it's imperative to ensure your firearm is not loaded with live ammunition, this should go without saying. While it's a poor substitute, for actual training on the range, it is better than nothing.

Any other ideas to try to replicate live fire in the privacy of your home when range restrictions do not allow actual training?

These are just musings that I'm having on a rainy day waiting for the hurricane.

Always good to know how folks define the terms they're using. As we see here, the definitions aren't always the same. The definition that I'm familiar with and use for those two terms is the one that @The Night Rider used.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

i distinguish between "plinking" and "marksmanship". The latter implies greater seriousness.
I like the idea of practicing in one's domicile, in a home SD scenario training in the area you will actually defend.
Bill Jordan recommended using wax bullets for fast draw practice.

 

[Kleanbore]

@The Night Rider nailed it.

 

[JERRY]

I see it different as we go to swat training instead of swat practice.

 

[Kleanbore]

I see it different as we go to swat training instead of swat practice.

What?

 

[Kleanbore]

....training will include reloading with a speed loader or an extra magazine. Not from the box, not from the pocket... Drawing from cover and or concealment... Firing and striking center mass at more than one target. Moving off of the X.... Firing weakhand unsupported.... Double taps center mass. Failure to stop drills aka two to the body one to the head... In training, you will be shooting, moving and or reloading.

All ot those and more can be addressed in training conducted with instructors.

Any and all of them can be practiced.

 

[JERRY]

All ot those and more can be addressed in training conducted with instructors.

Any and all of them can be practiced.

Then I guess it's just semantics.

 

[Jeff White]

Then I guess it's just semantics.

Yes, semantics has a lot to do with it. Military and police organizations call just about all activities intended to teach new skills or maintain proficiency with skills one already has; TRAINING. I generally say that training has one critical component evaluation. If you go to the range and shoot some drills and don't evaluate your performance at the end of the session you're practicing. If you go to the range and shoot some drills and evaluate your performance to identify weaknesses so you can train on them next time, you're training. I'd bet that your SWAT training ends with some type of an after action review or other evaluation every time.

 

[JERRY]

Yes, semantics has a lot to do with it. Military and police organizations call just about all activities intended to teach new skills or maintain proficiency with skills one already has; TRAINING. I generally say that training has one critical component evaluation. If you go to the range and shoot some drills and don't evaluate your performance at the end of the session you're practicing. If you go to the range and shoot some drills and evaluate your performance to identify weaknesses so you can train on them next time, you're training. I'd bet that your SWAT training ends with some type of an after action review or other evaluation every time.

Always a debriefing.

 

[shafter]

Training is educational. Practice is working reps on what you learned.

Plinking is messing around having fun.

 

[Peakbagger46]

This thread can be summed up with one word, SEMANTICS