Short Course

This week on the podcast, I talk about things that went well and lessons learned from this year's Carolina Classic match.

This week on the podcast, I talk about the release of the 2022 Audited Financial Report, leaked financials showing cost breakdowns from Nationals, an incident on staff day at the ongoing Open/PCC Nationals, and the opening of a survey about Production 15. Links: 2022 Audit Report: https://uspsa-docs.b-cdn.net/finances/USPSA%20-%20Final%202022%20Audit.pdf Insider-provided numbers on Nationals losses: https://www.instagram.com/p/CwsD_T9LAVT/ Incident with Troy McManus at Open/PCC Nationals: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw3sbW-LNfS/ Incident with Troy McManus at 2021 WSSC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAMV7TMFp0Q Incident with Troy McManus threatening to DQ Tanfo Timmy over porta potty stickers: https://www.instagram.com/p/CiJcDbPM4us/ To listen to this episode on YouTube, go to berryshooting.com/YouTube .

This week on the podcast I talk about the recent debate I did with Kyle Stephens and Dave Riddle of the Casual Shooter Podcast, as well as the recent board meeting where they announced an impending vote on removing the bylaw requiring board members to be ROs. Links: Casual Shooter Debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpz3B-RdUik August 2023 Board Minutes: https://uspsa.org/documents/minutes/20230828.pdf

No regular episode this week. Instead, this is a preview of the more than 2 hour debate I had with Kyle Stephens on the Training Group Live podcast which will drop August 22nd. Additionally, I wanted to let folks know that Kyle and I will be doing a livestreamed debate on August 23nd starting at 9pm Eastern, hosted by Dave Riddle from the Casual Shooter Podcast, so look for that on his YouTube channel and podcast feed. Thanks for listening, and I'll be back in a few weeks with more regular episodes.

This week on the podcast, I talk about how I break down my training for each major match into early, middle, and late cycle training and what types of drills I work on to progress through each phase of the cycle.

This week on the podcast, I cover the recent announcement about USPSA membership dues going up effective immediately and the board's response to walk that back. Links: The original announcement of the impending increase: https://uspsa.org/announcement/841 The announcement that the increase is being delayed until October 1st: https://uspsa.org/announcement/843

This week on the podcast, I discuss the 2023 elections getting underway, including how the runoffs will work, and why I voted for Luigi Li for President, as well as why I think Vince Lucchetti would be an asset to the board.

This week on the podcast, I continue the discussion from last week about lessons learned from the past two years of running a monthly outlaw match a local indoor range. Links: <pre>- Triangle Action Pistol match video from May 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYuYiOxk244 </pre>

This week on the podcast, I discuss lessons learned from the past two years of running a monthly outlaw match a local indoor range. Links: <pre>- Triangle Action Pistol match video from May 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYuYiOxk244 </pre>

This week on the podcast, I finish my stage-by-stage coverage of the 2023 Blue Grass Locap Classic, finishing with stages 7-11. Links: <pre>- Blue Grass Locap match video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YpLkdKH-hg </pre>

This week on the podcast I talk through my strategy and lessons learned from stages 1 through 5 of the Blue Grass Locap match, with a brief USPSA board update at the end. Links: <pre>- Blue Grass Locap match video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YpLkdKH-hg - Candidate Bio and Q&amp;A: https://berryshooting.com/a6-bio/ </pre>

This week on the podcast, I talk about the excellent Blue Grass Locap Classic, and talk about all the features that made it an outstanding match. Links: <pre>- My Blue Grass Locap Classic video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YpLkdKH-hg - Scott Arnburg on the Paracast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36wtC6acy8 </pre>

A few quick updates on the YML/Mel Rodero situation, a discussion of my use of the word "rumor" last week, and a snippet from my interview with Dave Riddle from the Casual Shooter Podcast. Link to the interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSrWXGafqH8 .

This week on the podcast, I talk about removing the RO certification of the sitting President of USPSA, Yee-Min Lin, effectively bypassing Bylaw 7.7 and removing him from office. I also discuss the fact that by the same bylaw, A4D Mel Rodero is not and has never been eligible to serve.

This week on the podcast, I add some context around my thoughts on rolling back Production rules to the 2017 era, as well as the range commands I used at the 2022 Carolina Classic, and plug Training Group Live with Scott Arnburg and Yee-Min Lin that was posted this week, which you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B4iRQ2hr3c .

This week on the podcast, I talk about the background, events, and outcome of 2018 incident that came to known as Ban the Bens. My blog post with timeline and screenshots: https://berryshooting.com/blog/petition-for-the-removal-of-mike-foley/ The menacing "announcement" to the members threatening to secede from IPSC: https://uspsa.org/announcement/243 Followup "announcement" warning World Shoot competitors IPSC could suspend us as a region: https://uspsa.org/announcement/252 Wayback machine archive of the Doodie Project thread: https://web.archive.org/web/20201112020801/http://www.doodieproject.com/index.php?/topic/5893-ben-berry-banned-from-uspsa/ The announcement from the board that they were basically going to do nothing about what Foley had done: https://uspsa.org/documents/minutes/20180605.pdf

The week on the podcast, I talk through my thoughts and impressions of how the 2023 South Carolina Section Championship match went. (Spoiler: it was really good.)

This week on the podcast, I discuss approaching questions from a novelty-focused versus mastery-focused perspective, and discuss a few case studies, including Nationals, Limited Optics, and the classifier system.

My interview with Alex Mansfield of Manny Talks Shooting aired today, so I wanted anyone that subscribes to this feed to be aware of that, in case you wanted to listen. You can listen in your podcast player, or click here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alex-mansfield/episodes/Ben-Berry-bsberry-Manny-Talks-Shooting-94-e1vtgmf .

This week on the podcast, I talk about the 2021 rules changes to Production and Carry Optics, and discuss the fact that the temporary lull in match attendance in the last two years is ending, and the need for USPSA to take the shortage of club match slots seriously for the health of the sport.