Originally Posted by
The_Katar
Which could be a whole separate thread. There is *training*, and then there is *practice*.
Originally Posted by
rhino
It's interesting to me how some simple words often mean such different things to different people.
One can never go wrong here by agreeing with a moderator.
Originally Posted by
rhino
To me, "training" is an all-inclusive term that refers to everything you do achieve your goal. A boxer doing roadwork or hitting a heavy bag isn't in a class with supervision, but he sure as hell is "training" in the truest sense of the word.
Having boxed in my wayward youth, this is a persuasive analogy.
Lost in the semantics discussion of "training" vs. "practice," though, is the comment on training over time with one school/doctrine. Would those here fault a forum member who decided to only take "supervised instruction" from Larry Vickers, year after year, based on the content of all the AAR's here and, then, diligently practiced between classes the skill sets he learned?
Just how many tools in the tool box do the “99% of us” for whom “carbine is a waste of time” truly need? Sight alignment/sight picture? Trigger control? Shooting on the move? Manipulation? This approach would certainly meet the aspirational goal of taking good initial training and good sustainment training ("training" defined in the context of this post as "supervised instruction" and such definition is in no way binding on anyone's conscience.)
What do you want to accomplish and how much time and money can you afford to spend to accomplish it?
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Last edited by Submariner; 07-04-09 at 09:24.
Reason: grammar
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