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Jodi Humann

Facing Downrange

February 6, 2020 by Jodi Humann

For the start of 2020, we tried a picture based Question of the Month which asked: Which competitor is NOT facing downrange?

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Filed Under: Question of the Month Results Tagged With: facing downrange

Mind Your Targets

January 30, 2020 by Jodi Humann

Target changes are a part of match life for ROs, but if the wrong target is used during the change-out, it can have major consequences. One wrong target can lead to squads needing to reshoot the stage, or even a stage getting tossed. Let’s talk about how to avoid this.

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Filed Under: RO Best Practices Tagged With: hardcover, no-shoot, targets

Distance from belt

January 2, 2020 by Jodi Humann

What happens when a competitor’s pistol is too far away from their belt when holstered? We explored this in the December Question of the Month: During a course of fire (COF) an Open shooter’s pistol grip is 4 inches away from his inner belt when holstered. What is your call?

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Filed Under: Question of the Month Results Tagged With: belt distance

Why we are so passionate about the rules

December 19, 2019 by Jodi Humann

Okay, maybe passionate isn’t the right word. I like to think of USPSA members who strive to be experts about the rules as aficionados. And as fans of the rules, do we get a little grumpy when people are cavalier with them? Yes, we do.

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Filed Under: Miscellaneous

It takes two to RO

December 12, 2019 by Jodi Humann

Like the tango, running a competitor through a course of fire takes two Range Officers who work as a team. This is something we stress repeatedly in the RO seminar, so let’s look at the reasons why.

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Filed Under: RO Best Practices Tagged With: RO team

Hammer time

December 5, 2019 by Jodi Humann

Yes, some of the Questions of the Month are inspired by things we have seen at matches, or from discussions on forums. The November question was inspired by both: A Production competitor with a selective action pistol starts the COF with the hammer back and the safety on. What is the call by the RO?

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Filed Under: Question of the Month Results Tagged With: hammer back

Standard Exercises and Speed Shoots

October 24, 2019 by Jodi Humann

It seems like there is a dislike for Standard Exercises and Speed Shoots, both from competitors and stage designers. The competitors dislike them because they require following stage procedures, and failure to do so is heavily penalized. Stage designers shy away from them because there are so many rules about designing a legal course of fire. But in reality, these course types can be used to test very specific shooting skills and are great additions to matches if done properly.

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Filed Under: Stage Design Tagged With: speed shoot, standard exercise

You put one foot in, you put one foot out

October 17, 2019 by Jodi Humann

Foot faults. When is it one foot fault penalty? When is it per shot penalties? There is still some confusion about this rule, so let’s chat about what the rules say about foot faults.

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Filed Under: Rules Insights Tagged With: foot fault

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