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\nGLASGOW, Mont.\u00a0 \u2013 With the 2014 competition season about to kick off with the Smith & Wesson IDPA Indoor National Championships in February, Julie Golob gives advice on ways to improve your defensive pistol competition skills.<\/p>\n
\nGLASGOW, Mont.\u00a0 \u2013 With the 2014 competition season about to kick off with the Smith & Wesson IDPA Indoor National Championships in February, Julie Golob gives advice on ways to improve your defensive pistol competition skills.<\/p>\n
One of the fastest growing shooting sports, IDPA\u00a0features dynamic\u00a0scenarios with a defensive flair. A handgun sport that stresses both speed and accuracy it can be a challenge for competitors to know how to balance these and other\u00a0skills.\u00a0In this episode of JulieG Radio Julie lists five tips that will\u00a0help you improve your IDPA scores.<\/p>\n
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In the first tip, Julie addresses\u00a0the importance of familiarizing yourself with IDPA rules. She then goes on to explain how\u00a0inspecting your gear can help you identify missing parts or breakages\u00a0in the second tip. Examining\u00a0how you move, set up into positions and how you approach cover are all covered in the\u00a0next tip followed by practicing\u00a0different shot sequences, target engagements and the number of rounds on targets in tip number four. The fifth tip involves\u00a0being able to locate the\u00a0down zero zone of the IDPA target quickly,\u00a0especially for difficult targets and challenging lighting conditions.<\/p>\n
In action shooting sports like IDPA, having a successful match goes beyond just seeing the sights on the target and how you squeeze the trigger.\u00a0Julie’s simple tips encourage you to be\u00a0prepared through knowledge of the sport’s rules, evaluation of your firearm and equipment and effective training sessions so you can reach your competition goals.<\/p>\n
Tune in to the newest episode of JulieG Radio on\u00a0Julie\u2019s blog<\/a>, on\u00a0Stitcher Radio<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n About Julie Golob:<\/strong><\/em> Julie Golob gives advice on ways to improve your defensive pistol competition skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":27835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[164,2597],"tags":[3607,45],"class_list":["post-27833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idpa","category-shootingsports","tag-idpa","tag-julie-golob"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Author Julie Golob is one of the most accomplished professional shooters in the world. A veteran of the elite U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, this former U.S. Army Female Athlete of the Year\u2019s list of over 50 world and national titles include wins at the prestigious Bianchi Cup, Steel Challenge, IDPA\u00a0National Championships, International Revolver Championships, International Practical Shooting Confederation events and all six divisions in United States Practical Shooting Association National Championships. Julie also offers up\u00a0useful shooting tips and insight on shooting sports on her\u00a0blog<\/a>,\u00a0JulieG Radio Podcast<\/a> and on several shows on outdoor television. Learn more at\u00a0JulieGolob.com<\/a> and follow on Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Youtube<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Google+<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"