How To Fix Your Flinch

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HOW TO FIX YOUR FLINCH

Do you watch your trace and impacts? Can you tell where on the plate you hit, or maybe where you missed? If not, maybe you're flinching! In this video, MDT pro shooter Patty Youngs gives some tips to recognize a flinch, best practices to mitigate flinching, and how long you should expect to overcome it!

THE GEAR

Check out the gear that we highlighted in the video.

MDT ACC ELITE CHASSIS SYSTEM


mdt ELITE SCOPE RINGS

MDT ACC ELITE CONTROL BRIDGE

MDT RUBBER DAMPENERS

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