Had a great time with some dedicated (and soggy) students at our two date IDPA match/pistol class at Homestead near Miami.
Thanks again to everyone for coming out and braving the elements.
Monday, April 17, 2023
Back At It!
It's been a while since I've updated the page but we are back at it again! After a two and a half year hiatus from teaching group classes due to my move to Florida and a bunch of other life changes, classes are back! I've partnered with USPSA GM, 2021 IDPA National Champion and pizza gun lover Les Kismartoni to bring a very familiar class format to Florida, the south east and beyond. Our most recent class was a sell out at Rangewerx in Ft Meade, FL.
Friday, February 21, 2020
Blake Drills - explained
Recently there was a post on Brian Enos by a newer shooter, asking where he was losing time during his runs. Dr Matt prescribed to him more Blake drills, because that's my favorite thing to do and everyone needs more of them (Blake drill here if you need an explanation)
There was some discussion back and forth about how to do the drill and I weighed in with my specific thoughts. This is how we teach them in class. Remember, for every drill there should be a goal, and in this one, it's matching your splits and transitions.
There was some discussion back and forth about how to do the drill and I weighed in with my specific thoughts. This is how we teach them in class. Remember, for every drill there should be a goal, and in this one, it's matching your splits and transitions.
When I have students do the Blake drill I have them start with the gun in hand. I want them to take time to focus on a perfect grip and what that feels like, along with a perfect stance. The draw can be worked on in any number of other drills, but for me the point of that drill is the transitions and splits being equal, and nothing else.
As a test (like the bill drill), it's fine to do it from the draw, but I don't find it necessary when training. Especially if you are new to the idea of what it is.
How to get yourself to stop confirming each hit? Dryfire the same drill from the same spot before you live fire. In dryfire there's no bullet hole to look for so it should be easier.
Also, I have a metronome app on my phone. I set it to a reasonable time to start, (167 beats per minute is a .35 split) and dry fire it to that pace. Go left to right and right to left so you don't become tied to doing it only one way in matches. I also like to tell people to use more targets than you think. Paper plates are easy to set up around the house. Put out 10 of them evently spaced alone the wall or back of the couch or whatever and just go back and forth until your grip and shoulders get tired. The fastest time on my metronome app is 310 beats per minute, which is a .19 split and should totally be doable until the targets are 6 or more feet apart.
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Super-Tactical student hits the spotlight
Pretty neat to see our student (and now teammate) Lola have a whole article to herself in Front Sight!
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Intro Class Coming Up
If you or someone you know is looking to get started in competition shooting, this course will explain EVERYTHING you need to know about it. We'll get you comfortable and familiar with the rules and procedures, show you HOW to practice, get you started on a dryfire program, work with you on live fire drills, and get you timed runs on an actual competition course.
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Private classes still available
As the season begins to wind down we are still available for private one on one and small group sessions and video breakdowns. Previous breakdowns can be found here
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
April 13th Intermediate Competition Pistol Class Announcement
We will be holding our first competition pistol class of the year on April 13th, at New Holland Rifle & Pistol club in Gap, PA.
Come out and get trained with us!
We are doing all registration for 2019 via Practiscore. Click here to get registered.
https://practiscore.com/super-tactical-intermediate-pistol-2019/register
Video break downs of your stage runs are available. Click here to view the playlist of past classes.
Come out and get trained with us!
We are doing all registration for 2019 via Practiscore. Click here to get registered.
https://practiscore.com/super-tactical-intermediate-pistol-2019/register
Video break downs of your stage runs are available. Click here to view the playlist of past classes.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Quinton class stage breakdowns available
After another successful class with 14 eager students this weekend at Quinton Sportmens Club in Salem, NJ, we again have stage breakdowns available for you to review.
Thanks to all the students for coming out. More videos will be added daily to this playlist as I complete them. Thanks for watching
(full playlist available here)
Thanks to all the students for coming out. More videos will be added daily to this playlist as I complete them. Thanks for watching
(full playlist available here)
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Match breakdowns available
Match video breakdowns and side by side comparison videos are now available. Contact me at training@super-tactical.com for details or to arrange for one.
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Video stage breakdowns
We are now offering video stage breakdowns as part of our Competition Pistol courses.
Check the link for more: stage breakdown playlist
Check the link for more: stage breakdown playlist
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
June 2018 class review
Thanks Jason for the great review
Jason Bediones
Jason Bediones
An absolutely phenomenal class with Matt, AJ, and Anthony from Super-Tactical. My body is beat, my hands are sore, and my feet is killing me. My mind is racing and rethinking all the information that was given today. Discovering the minutia in techniques and tips on movement and transition efficiency, self-diagnosis, and dryfire practice was amazing.
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This is my second class with ST and once again a very direct approach and doing constant reps and analytical feedback had me rewire my train of thought and identify deficiencies that I can rectify.
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My classmates were awesome and helped push me. I competed with some, trained with others, or met for the first time. I loved our class and the sectors as we were able to get eyes from all three instructors. Matt, AJ, and Anthony are perceptive, accommodating, hysterical, and competent instructors. I couldn’t endorse training with them more.
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The learning curve is steep and I know it will take time before I can put this into a match. But I’ve been set back on the right road and am grateful for their mentorship.
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This is my second class with ST and once again a very direct approach and doing constant reps and analytical feedback had me rewire my train of thought and identify deficiencies that I can rectify.
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My classmates were awesome and helped push me. I competed with some, trained with others, or met for the first time. I loved our class and the sectors as we were able to get eyes from all three instructors. Matt, AJ, and Anthony are perceptive, accommodating, hysterical, and competent instructors. I couldn’t endorse training with them more.
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The learning curve is steep and I know it will take time before I can put this into a match. But I’ve been set back on the right road and am grateful for their mentorship.
#supertactical #NoBStraining #hellenkeller #inowsuckless #myfingershurt @ New Holland Rifle and Pistol Club
Friday, April 13, 2018
June 16, 2018 Training Announcement and website update
Please excuse the state of the website at the moment. I am working on transitioning it to a new format when I can find time between the day job and shooting schedule. Thanks!
The 2018 shooting season is in full swing. Get yourself trained! June 16th at New Holland in Gap, PA.
The 2018 shooting season is in full swing. Get yourself trained! June 16th at New Holland in Gap, PA.
Saturday, July 29, 2017
August Training announcement
I am proud to announce our August pistol training class. This is a one day Intermediate Competition Course taught by USPSA Grandmasters AJ Stuart and myself, and assisted by Anthony Caponigro. We'll be talking advanced fundamentals, training strategies, shooting drills for dramatic improvement and stage breakdown. Class is already half full so get your email in to training@super-tactical.com to reserve your spot
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Friday, February 24, 2017
Competition Class Announcement - April 2017
I am proud to announce our first pistol training class of the year, and it is going to be a good one! This is a two day format on April 8 & 9, with day one being our Intermediate Competition Course taught by myself and AJ Stuart followed by the entire class squadding together for the New Holland USPSA match the following day. We'll be talking strategies, stage breakdown and mindset for the duration of the match. Come join us!
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Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Area 8 recap
I think one of the coolest things about the Area 8 match is that (by my last count) there were at least 35 people shooting that have gotten Super-Tactical with us in our pistol classes. Thank you all so much for supporting us and trusting us with helping improve your pistol skills, and great job everyone for tearing it up out there!
As for me, I managed to finished 6th overall in Production division. One bad stage cost me a top five, but I was happy with my performance for the most part. Here is the video
As for me, I managed to finished 6th overall in Production division. One bad stage cost me a top five, but I was happy with my performance for the most part. Here is the video
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
July 24th Super-Tactical.com training course announcement
I am proud to announce that Super-Tactical.com will be holding our second competition pistol training class of 2016 on July 24th, from 10am-4pm, at New Holland Rifle and Pistol Club, in Gap, PA.
The course will cover shooting techniques and strategies for competitive shooters. The instructors are USPSA Grandmaster/IDPA Master Matt Olinchak and USPSA Grandmaster/IDPA 5 gun Master AJ Stuart from Team SIG Sauer.
Course requirements: Must be classified in USPSA or IDPA or have made prior arrangements with us to waive this requirement. Students will need 400+ rounds of ammunition, a competition appropriate and reliable pistol, a holster/belt/magazine pouch setup, lunch/snacks/hydration and appropriate weather gear.
Cost is $175 and includes range fees/guest passes for students.
Contact training@super-tactical.com for more information or to secure your slot.
The course will cover shooting techniques and strategies for competitive shooters. The instructors are USPSA Grandmaster/IDPA Master Matt Olinchak and USPSA Grandmaster/IDPA 5 gun Master AJ Stuart from Team SIG Sauer.
Course requirements: Must be classified in USPSA or IDPA or have made prior arrangements with us to waive this requirement. Students will need 400+ rounds of ammunition, a competition appropriate and reliable pistol, a holster/belt/magazine pouch setup, lunch/snacks/hydration and appropriate weather gear.
Cost is $175 and includes range fees/guest passes for students.
Contact training@super-tactical.com for more information or to secure your slot.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016
SHOOTING.EDUCATION IS LIVE
Our new sister site, www.shooting.education is up and running. The plan is to have constant updates of practice plans and drills for you to work on, with a simple and clean interface. Check it out
Friday, April 1, 2016
NEW IDPA Safety Officer Training Course Announcement
Super-Tactical would like to announce our new IDPA SO training program. Based on our years or competition shooting and professional experience with adult learning techniques and rapid knowledge acquisition in a "boot camp" type classroom situation, we are proud to announce a new safety officer training course that incorporates range and classroom time to produce the best trained SOs possible.
Due to demand in the region and in response to the difficulty of the online exam, with many local safety officers either having trouble re-certifying, passing the safety officer test for the first time, or just wanting to increase their knowledge and skills, Super-Tactical.com has developed this rapid learning course.
We will strive to teach SO techniques from the perspective of eliminating subjectivity in the rules and gamesmanship from the competitors wherever possible, while filling in the gaps that the official training courses leave.
The course is limited to 25 students and will include 8 hours classroom time combined with 8 hours range time, to be held on May 7th at our private facility in the Philadelphia region. Course requirements: approved IDPA legal pistol, holster, belt and magazine pouches. IDPA approved vest. Official printed hard copy of current edition rulebook, 150 rounds of ammunition, IDPA Marksman or Sharpshooter classification.
Email training@super-tactical.com to register.
Due to demand in the region and in response to the difficulty of the online exam, with many local safety officers either having trouble re-certifying, passing the safety officer test for the first time, or just wanting to increase their knowledge and skills, Super-Tactical.com has developed this rapid learning course.
We will strive to teach SO techniques from the perspective of eliminating subjectivity in the rules and gamesmanship from the competitors wherever possible, while filling in the gaps that the official training courses leave.
The course is limited to 25 students and will include 8 hours classroom time combined with 8 hours range time, to be held on May 7th at our private facility in the Philadelphia region. Course requirements: approved IDPA legal pistol, holster, belt and magazine pouches. IDPA approved vest. Official printed hard copy of current edition rulebook, 150 rounds of ammunition, IDPA Marksman or Sharpshooter classification.
Email training@super-tactical.com to register.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
April 2016 Pistol Training Class Announcement
I am proud to announce that Super-Tactical.com will be again be holding competition pistol training classes in 2016, starting with Intermediate Competition Pistol on April 23rd, from 9am-4pm, at New Holland Rifle and Pistol Club, in Gap, PA.
The course will cover shooting techniques and strategies for competitive shooters.The instructors are USPSA Grandmaster/IDPA Master Matt Olinchak and USPSA Grandmaster/IDPA 6 gun Master AJ Stuart from Team SIG Sauer.
Course requirements: Must be classified in USPSA or IDPA or have made prior arrangements with us to waive this requirement. Students will need 400+ rounds of ammunition, a competition appropriate and reliable pistol, a holster/belt/magazine pouch setup, lunch/snacks/hydration and appropriate weather gear.
Cost is $175 and includes range fees/guest passes for students.
Contact training@super-tactical.com for more information or to secure your slot.
The course will cover shooting techniques and strategies for competitive shooters.The instructors are USPSA Grandmaster/IDPA Master Matt Olinchak and USPSA Grandmaster/IDPA 6 gun Master AJ Stuart from Team SIG Sauer.
Course requirements: Must be classified in USPSA or IDPA or have made prior arrangements with us to waive this requirement. Students will need 400+ rounds of ammunition, a competition appropriate and reliable pistol, a holster/belt/magazine pouch setup, lunch/snacks/hydration and appropriate weather gear.
Cost is $175 and includes range fees/guest passes for students.
Contact training@super-tactical.com for more information or to secure your slot.
Sunday, April 12, 2015
First 2015 Training Class recap
Super-Tactical.com will be hosting competition pistol training classes lead by their two Grand Master instructors April 26th at New Holland and May 9th at Ontelaunee. There are still slots available for the May 9th class, email training@super-tactical.com for more info.
The first Super-Tactical.com training class of 2015, lead by Matt Olinchak and AJ Stuart on April 11th at Ontealaunee Rod and Gun club was a major success. The students all worked hard and we had great weather. We started with the fundamentals of grip and stance, sight picture and trigger press. We then moved into draws, reloads, transitions, shooting on the move, and more. We ended the class with some runs on a small stage where the students were able to put together everything they learned for the day.
We were also able to give away some training materials in the form of some Ben Stoeger books to two students who won the challenges we put them through. Congrats to Ben and Ryan for winning the books.
Here are some reviews seen on social media from our students regarding their class experience
Just got home from taking a class today with Super-Tactical.com.
From my perspective A.j. Stuart and Matt Olinchak are very complimentary to each other as instructors. AJ has a technical eye to spot inefficiencies in technique and Matt is cerebral with stage design and break down. I took away 3 significant things to work on. Some may think these are small matters but know this - in USPSA it is the small things that make the biggest difference. Foundation is a word that gets thrown around but if you really study the game and in this instance technique I find the more I learn the more I realize how much more I need to learn. My 3 things are placement of strong hand thumb during reload, standards stance and shooting on the move. So I highly recommend it before they get big and start charging 2x more. So thanks guys, I had a great day.
-Ben
Great USPSA shooting class taught by Matt Olinchak and A.j. Stuart today. I had fun and learned a lot. Looking forward to practicing!
-Martin
The most useful thing I took away was a better (smarter) way to practice.
There are a lot of simple things I can be doing that will make a big difference.
-David
The first Super-Tactical.com training class of 2015, lead by Matt Olinchak and AJ Stuart on April 11th at Ontealaunee Rod and Gun club was a major success. The students all worked hard and we had great weather. We started with the fundamentals of grip and stance, sight picture and trigger press. We then moved into draws, reloads, transitions, shooting on the move, and more. We ended the class with some runs on a small stage where the students were able to put together everything they learned for the day.
We were also able to give away some training materials in the form of some Ben Stoeger books to two students who won the challenges we put them through. Congrats to Ben and Ryan for winning the books.
Here are some reviews seen on social media from our students regarding their class experience
Just got home from taking a class today with Super-Tactical.com.
From my perspective A.j. Stuart and Matt Olinchak are very complimentary to each other as instructors. AJ has a technical eye to spot inefficiencies in technique and Matt is cerebral with stage design and break down. I took away 3 significant things to work on. Some may think these are small matters but know this - in USPSA it is the small things that make the biggest difference. Foundation is a word that gets thrown around but if you really study the game and in this instance technique I find the more I learn the more I realize how much more I need to learn. My 3 things are placement of strong hand thumb during reload, standards stance and shooting on the move. So I highly recommend it before they get big and start charging 2x more. So thanks guys, I had a great day.
-Ben
Great USPSA shooting class taught by Matt Olinchak and A.j. Stuart today. I had fun and learned a lot. Looking forward to practicing!
-Martin
The most useful thing I took away was a better (smarter) way to practice.
There are a lot of simple things I can be doing that will make a big difference.
-David
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