Learn the Proper Foot Positioning for Pistol Shooting

Video Transcript

"We're going to talk a little bit. We've gone over 3 stances. We're going to talk a little bit about foot positioning. Just like with boxing, you hear boxers say you have to stay on the balls of you feet. Stay on the balls of your feet, it gives you movement, you can move better. Kind of the same thing as far as it goes for shooting. You don't necessarily have to be directly on the balls of your feet, but everything kind of comes into play from your center of gravity, where your hips are places, where your shoulders are, and foot placement is a big one. You never really, unless you're in a very unconventional shooting position, you don't want your feet to wider than shoulder width apart because this is your base, this is your center of gravity right there, your hips. If my feet are way out here, I have no balance. If someone charges me or if I should move my balance, I'm not going to be able to focus at the task at hand. I'm going to be worried about trying to catch myself of break my fall. Whereas if I keep my feet within shoulder width apart, I can still move. I can move laterally, I can move forward, I can rearward. I can still move and be on the balls of my feet to react to whatever person or a subject's actions may be. All that goes from foot positioning. Again, with boxers say you don't want to stand flat footed. The only draw back to the isosceles is you pretty much are flat footed. Again, which takes away from your center of gravity and your balance. If I'm standing flat footed, even If I'm shoulder width apart it only takes a little bit of pressure for someone to come up and shove me and I've off balance. If I slightly bring that foot back, bend them knees, my center of gravity is changed just by that little bit of movement. Now I can bend with them or I'm able to counter. Those are the things, but foot positioning should never really go unless you're in an unconventional shooting stance, your feet should never be farther than shoulder width apart."