Books

You can buy Ben Stoeger's books at Ben Stoeger Pro Shop (packaged with dry-fire targets) or order them through Amazon. I'd recommend starting with Practical Shooting Training, as it's a one-stop shop that lays out training plans for new, intermediate, and advanced shooters. Add in a couple of scaled dry-fire targets and you're ready to go!

• Practical Shooting Training: Completely revised replacement for Dryfire Reloaded and Skills & Drills Reloaded that breaks shooting into four skill levels and provides an integrated live- and dry-fire program for each one.
• Dryfire Reloaded: How to train dry fire.
• Skills & Drills Reloaded: How to train live fire.
• Practical Pistol Reloaded: Deep dive into shooting technique. Covers grip, stance, draws, transitions, etc. along with stage breakdown.
• Breakthrough Marksmanship: Points out core concepts and common mistakes in practical shooting and gives dry- and live-fire drills for diagnosing and fixing these mistakes.
• Match Mentality: Discusses the mental skills in preparing for and competing in matches.

Podcasts

• Training Group Live: USPSA GM Joel Park and a panel of guests discuss practical shooting. Full episodes are available to PSTG members at the PSTG web site.
• Shoot Fast Podcast: USPSA GM Cody Axon and guest hosts discuss all aspects of pistol shooting technique, skill development, and match skills.
• Hit Factor Podcast: USPSA GMs Jason Bradley and Jared Fox discuss practical shooting, often with a guest.
• Firearms Nation: Arik Levy interviews top shooters like Eric Grauffel, Ben Stoeger, Ron Avery, KC Eusabio, Yong Lee, Shannon Smith, and more. There’s a tremendous amount of useful info in these interviews, and it’s worth going back and listening again as your skills develop. Episode #123 with JJ is particularly good.
• Practical Shooting After Dark: Ben Stoeger and a panel of guests discuss practical shooting from a competitive angle.

Gear

• Ben Stoeger Pro Shop: You can find a variety of complete rigs for USPSA that include a belt, magazine pouches, holster, and holster hanger. Also sells scaled dry-fire targets, shot timers, paster guns, pasters, magazine loaders, cleaning supplies, etc.

Resources

• Fundamentals class dump. An hour of lecture & demos from Ben’s Fundamentals class.
• Practical Shooting Training Group. Ben’s subscription site with hundreds of hours of instructional video, class recordings, match talk-throughs, and Q&A from students.
• Pavel Torgashov - 2017 Archangel Michael Cup. Lots to mine here on mixing aggressive movement and precise shooting.
• Train Like and Athlete. Matt Little discusses training and execution mindset. Archive link.
• The Ultimate Deliberate Practice Guide: How to Be the Best. Long-form read on making the most of your practice time. Archive link.
• Aiming is Useless. Rob Leatham explains how holding the pistol steady while pulling the trigger is far more important than aiming for the type of shots we're making in practical shooting.

Targets

• Atlanta Arms: I’ll drive to their warehouse in Covington, GA periodically to buy a couple of boxes and avoid shipping. Call ahead and make sure they're open and the targets you want are in stock!

Last edit: 13 June 2021

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