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"Revo: An excel sheet with scores seems like a neat way to keep track. How helpful has it been to you to have a year worth of data? Was it worth the time?"
Well, as others have stated, it's about what you are looking for. It was worth it to me to see how I fared against myself. I knew what my approximate average was before stats, but I not only confirmed my average, I was able to track if I was better after a year. Turned out that I was, but averages creep up slowly, where they drop dramatically.
It showed me that I shot better in warm weather and if I keep a constant pace instead of a rapid or erratic pace. I'm mostly bullseye style shooting so it's not as important than other games, but a bullseye shooter wants consistency and that's what the stats showed when I paced myself.
It also showed how many times per year I went to the range. I like to say that "I go most every Saturday morning." That turned out to be mostly true, but I did miss more than I thought over the course of a year.
It too very interesting to see which strings were my best, by that I mean which of the ten shot strings I consistently run better scores than the rest of that particular session. Turns out that the 'meat' of the sessions were from strings three through seven, that's where I mostly shot perfect scores. Kind of shows that a little warm up (dry firing) is a good idea before just going at it.
The measurements from outside of hole to outside of hole also told a differing story of consistency. If I had a good group, it didn't necessarily mean that I had a good score. I might have grouped low and left for a few strings, but the group was great, just not in the 'X'. That was telling me that my grip was not consistent for the 'X' and I needed to work on that a little. It really makes a difference how you hold the gun. Too light, too tight, too high, too low, it all makes a difference where it impacts the target, even though your sights show otherwise as they were right where they were each time, but the grip shot elsewhere.
I'm glad that I was able to input the information and for such a length of time. It showed me some things that don't normally come up unless you track them. For me it was a good thing.
Well, as others have stated, it's about what you are looking for. It was worth it to me to see how I fared against myself. I knew what my approximate average was before stats, but I not only confirmed my average, I was able to track if I was better after a year. Turned out that I was, but averages creep up slowly, where they drop dramatically.
It showed me that I shot better in warm weather and if I keep a constant pace instead of a rapid or erratic pace. I'm mostly bullseye style shooting so it's not as important than other games, but a bullseye shooter wants consistency and that's what the stats showed when I paced myself.
It also showed how many times per year I went to the range. I like to say that "I go most every Saturday morning." That turned out to be mostly true, but I did miss more than I thought over the course of a year.
It too very interesting to see which strings were my best, by that I mean which of the ten shot strings I consistently run better scores than the rest of that particular session. Turns out that the 'meat' of the sessions were from strings three through seven, that's where I mostly shot perfect scores. Kind of shows that a little warm up (dry firing) is a good idea before just going at it.
The measurements from outside of hole to outside of hole also told a differing story of consistency. If I had a good group, it didn't necessarily mean that I had a good score. I might have grouped low and left for a few strings, but the group was great, just not in the 'X'. That was telling me that my grip was not consistent for the 'X' and I needed to work on that a little. It really makes a difference how you hold the gun. Too light, too tight, too high, too low, it all makes a difference where it impacts the target, even though your sights show otherwise as they were right where they were each time, but the grip shot elsewhere.
I'm glad that I was able to input the information and for such a length of time. It showed me some things that don't normally come up unless you track them. For me it was a good thing.
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