Why 'Shoot Faster Than You Think' is Deadly | SOTG 1336
Student of the Gun Radio
Jarrad Markel
5.0 • 2 Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
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Most firearms trainers emphasize shooting faster, but what if that very rush is what's killing your skills? In this eye-opening episode, Prof. Paul, Jarrad Markel, and Louis Caras crack open the myth that speed alone makes you effective under stress. They reveal that rushing your shot not only leads to bad habits but can directly cause negligent discharges and deadly mistakes.
Discover why mindset, tactical awareness, and deliberate skill-building outweigh mere speed. Learn how the brain perceives time differently in high-pressure moments and why training your body to automate actions is crucial for survival.
The guys break down the hidden dangers of focusing on shot times and how to develop true decision-making 'white space', the mental bandwidth vital for shooting accurately when it counts.
You'll explore practical tactics for retaining knowledge, confronting bad training habits, and using pressure tests, force-on-force drills, and cue-based instruction to elevate your performance. Plus, get an inside look at the latest optics innovations, like the new EOTech EFLX CE, and how to zero your sight for real-world use.
TOPICS COVERED THIS EPISODE
- Huge thanks to our Partners: EOTech | Blackout Coffee
- Louis Caras joins us today!
- EOTech Talk - EOTechInc.com
- TOPIC: Circle vs Dot?
- Coffee Corner - studentofthegun.com/blackout [Use Code: STUDT20]
- TOPIC: New Book Release: Book of Five Rings Study Guide from Nic Orr
- SOTG Homeroom - SOTG University
- TOPIC: Speed Kills; Think before you shoot shoot-on.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages. |
| 0:02.0 | It's time yet again for Student of the Gun Radio. |
| 0:05.9 | Think before you shoot. |
| 0:08.4 | You're like, well, duh. |
| 0:09.6 | Of course you should do that. |
| 0:13.4 | You say that. |
| 0:15.2 | Louis, Jared, all right, we got Lewis. |
| 0:17.1 | Lewis is on my left hand. |
| 0:18.4 | He's on stage left. |
| 0:19.9 | Jared's stage right or vice versa. |
| 0:22.4 | One of the two. |
| 0:23.1 | I don't know. |
| 0:24.7 | We don't here in existence for sure. |
| 0:27.3 | Yes, they're both here. |
| 0:28.8 | So we have Lewis Karras and Jared Markle and Paul Markle today. |
| 0:32.8 | We've got a circle. |
| 0:34.0 | We're going to touch you on circle versus dot. |
| 0:36.8 | We won't go full hardcore because that |
| 0:40.2 | would basically be the whole show we got a coffee corner for you guys we got a student of the gun |
| 0:44.8 | home room for you speed kills how about don't tell me what not to do is that like a double |
| 0:53.5 | negative do it's like a double negative? Don't tell me what not to do. |
| 0:55.5 | It's like a double negative. |
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