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From our Instagram Live Q&A on October 21, 2022 VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc

From our Instagram Live Q&A on October 21, 2022 VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc www.benstoeger.com for Ben's classes and schedule

From our Instagram Live Q&A on October 21, 2022 VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc

From our Instagram Live Q&A on October 21, 2022 VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc

From our Instagram Live Q&A on October 21, 2022 VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc

Here is Day 1 of the Xray Alpha Dry Fire Program. Adjust the par times and number of reps to suit your skill level and time schedule but if you put in the time you will reap the rewards! Get after it, push yourself and do the work! VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc

For guys that run multiple set ups… Comp, duty and concealment, how do you prioritize training? I think a lot of it needs to be what are your goals? I’ve set a couple of new ones for myself and I am going to go all in on one set up for a little bit of time. I’ll list what I did after each day is complete in the stories… I think this will be an interesting time for me and I’m looking forward to it. VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc

What rifle red dot Xray Alpha uses and why. Make sure to purchase equipment from retailers that support the Second Amendment. Pro Tip: Amazon does not support the 2A. VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc

What rifle red dot Xray Alpha uses and why. When buying equipment support retailers that support the Second Amendment. VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc

Discussion about the "Are you shooting too fast?" article. Give it a listen. VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule www.ctt-solutions.com for Mike's classes and schedule Follow Chris Palmer of 532 Insights at www.instagram.com/532insightllc/ www.benstoeger.com for Ben's classes and schedule

Seems like an easy enough thing to do. Draw and shoot 6 alphas from concealment in less than 2 seconds…while retreating…two times in a row. On demand performance is a tenet of Xray Alpha since day one, it’s the true display of actual abilities. How do you assess your current skills and abilities. Is it from your best times or best hits? How do you aggregately assess your performance? I think this is one place where IG/YouTube fucks shooting up. Believe me, my shooting is not perfect all the time. VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc

How hard do you make your training? Training needs to be challenging, performance oriented, interesting and keep you mentally engaged throughout the session. Go-Stop on A zone steel and 6” plates, targets set at 17-22 yards. I’m a huge fan of FLOW methodology. It generally deals with performance but has huge application in training I believe. The tasks I do in training are challenging but consistent with where I think my skills are. If the tasks are too easy training is boring and no development takes place. If the tasks are too difficult it’s easy to be discouraged, give up and no development takes place. My own training in some ways mirrors my classes and is very different in other ways. Courses need to be tailored, sometimes on the fly, to the cross section of skills and abilities you see in a group of shooters. Guys still trying to fix their grips with a drill like practical accuracy at 10 yards won’t get too much from shooting doubles at 20. Feed back to the individual shooters also needs to be tailored. From all the pro shooters I’ve shot with this is the major difference in the instruction I’ve received. Evolving as a shooter is 100% necessary to evolve as a trainer or instructor.

So Ben? What Are We Working On Today? VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc

As Instagram Instructors it's incredibly important to feed the Gram VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc

Xray Alpha shows you how he sets up his rifle. VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc

Reloading the primary is probably the most important Gun handling skill you need. Whichever type of reload: Tac, bolt lock, speed reload…getting it done consistently and fast is always what you should work for. Some principles you cannot violate and others you can bend the shit out of. Whether I keep the rifle in my shoulder or under arm assault, the gun must be stable and level to the ground. These principles are not negotiable in my mind. I like to reload from my belt and resupply that pouch at the earliest moment. Working reloads, like all gun handling, should be done dry and checked live. Par time I used today was 1.4. Good live fire reload times is under 2 at CQB distances, 2.5ish at intermediate distances (50-100). This just scratches the surface of this skill. Want to find out more, XA Carbine Course dives deeper into this. VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc

Probably my 12th run or so at Go-Stop. Pretty tired and hot outside. I’d been pushing hard for a few runs and ran one at a good match pace. Mistakes happen in training, learn from them and continue to push yourself to be in control while pushing. Shooting aggressively with very high levels of control is the goal for guys who carry a gun for a living. Go Stop is a great drill to test movement in and out of positions. Requires you to tie quit a few skills together. Developed by Hwansik Kim from Practical Shooting Training Group the drill stresses the ability to stay low and ready to move. VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule www.practicalshootingtraininggroup.com for forums, training, drills, etc.

Great conversation with Noner from CTT Solutions and my friend EJ. EJ and I started Xray Alpha together and he is a wealth of knowledge. I value his opinions on these topics because his stake in the game is that he cares about guys getting better. Give it a listen and share your thoughts. VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule www.ctt-solutions.com for Mike's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/dreggofsociety6/ for musings from EJ

Questions, Answers and Discussion from an Instagram Live on 7/28/2022. We cover LPVO's, high mounts, 3-Gun, and of course lots of training. VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc

I’ve said it from day 1, shooting is shooting. Everything rests on a foundation of hard skills. Until your hard skills are developed then over developed nothing matters. Where you stand in a room, around a vehicle, how you find an active shooter is all window dressing if you can’t perform at a very high level to solve that situation. Mindset won’t save you, your hard skills solve the problem. I’ll take well developed hard skills and common sense over any TTP being pumped out on YouTube or IG. It takes an hour to understand where to stand in a room for CQB or a preplanned sequence within a tactical scenario. It takes significantly more work to do things with your tools in that room or around a vehicle at faster than real life speeds with maximum accountability and control. This requires work. There’s a lot of great guys putting info out for free, the work is on you. VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc

Here are my thoughts on high mounts for rifle optics. VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc

What it took to make GM in USPSA and what I learned getting there. VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc

Working on my 0.8 second draw speed for all my holsters. AIWB, Level II Retention and Competition. Equipment may change, your draw speed shouldn't. VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc

Posted this awhile ago on Instagram but the conversation is still going on today. Let me know your thoughts.

Two different presentations for the draw. Muzzle up is a presentation taught for iron sight shooters to “pick up the front sight” faster. Presenting with the muzzle up allows a shooter to find the front sight faster and the dot drops in from the 12 o’clock when the gun arrives at the eye target line. Presenting the gun flat works well with irons and the dot. Irons arrive in target in relative alignment and the dot arrives in the center of the window when the pistol arrives at the eye target line. Is there one that is better than the other or is this shooters choice. Path of the hands have something to do with which presentation people use. I present the gun flat with dots and irons. What technique do you do and why? VISIT: www.xrayalpha.com for Matt's classes and schedule https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc