Some of the best shooting advice ever!
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First learn how to properly control the gun before you try to aim.
Pull the trigger without moving the gun.
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Excellent video on the fundamentals. Glad I am a brand newbie so I can learn from the get-go instead of having to unlearn bad habits. Instructors need to emphasize trigger-control a lot more.
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Most don’t even know about fire control. It’s not being taught widely enough, by my reckoning…
After mastering safety, put fire control in place first and foremost.
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I taught myself the first bunch of years. When I signed up for a class and had a decent instructor, I realized how many bad habits I had to “unlearn” in terms of trigger control. We create muscle memory that needs to be retrained. I highly recommend finding a good instructor early on because of that.
This video reminded me about the time I even bought a laser pretty early on (not a red dot, but laser). I would see the laser moving around the bullseye in what would be a pretty small group size. But instead of realizing it was a good group size, I’d try to quickly yank that trigger any time the laser crossed the bullseye and the shots went low. If the shots go low, I guess the laser is off and just needs to be adjusted, right? 
So many bad habits were formed. It’s so much better to start off when a good instructor who emphasizes the proper fundamentals right up front. Start forming the good muscle memories right from the start.
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I always wondered how robots get a perfect bullseye every time. Fire control is the key. The robot’s grip is unwavering in any way, anywhere. It’s a machine, so when it grips the gun it does not move, period, and so it can hit precisely where it’s programmed to do so.
So when I grip that pistol, I’m thinkin’ robot! Machine! Steely grip!. Because it works.
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Very true all of it.
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With my long . Guns. Iron sights. I . Am definitely. . Aiming. With my edc. . I can . Understand . About . Going with . Doing before. Even taking out. Your edc. Your brain is . Already. Dialed. In. That may sound strange . I . Can draw an hit what ever I want . With out . . Aiming. I. Done it before I . Drawer. Here’s ya a root beer. 
. It with a tin can . On the ground. I . Can draw and . Hit it . And when it moves I can keep it. Dancing till . I am out. And that’s with . Both hands . And my six guns. It’s something I have been doing . So long . Until now I didn’t even think about not aiming. To iight a. Match. That. Takes. Aiming. A. Lot . Of times for me.
Someone can tell me aiming is useless and I’ll tell that individual that after firing thousands of rounds it becomes instinct. I’m going to do it regardless, I shudder to think about firing wildly at someone… collateral damage is bound to occur.
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The video should be more appropriately named perhaps: When aiming is useless.
Aiming is useless before fire control is in place.