Reducing hand shake for pistol shooting 

this guy always gives us pure gold information and explains very well, thanks for the vids my man

One thing I would like to add that I saw on another video: When you are practicing/building your grip strength, do so with your pointer (trigger) finger OFF of the exerciser. This will build muscle memory of gripping (a handgun) w/o pulling your pointer (trigger) finger. It is actually difficult to do at first. Just try bending your last 3 fingers w/o bending your trigger finger and you'll see what I mean. As always, thanks for the great advice!

Simple, clear and to the point. If I had you as a teacher in high school or college I would have gotten better grades. Keep up the great work !

You are great! I just turned 78 and decided to go to the range after not shooting for 6 or 7 years and what a surprise I got!I came close to just selling my Colt 1911 as a result but your video has given me inspiration to exercise and see if it helps.You have a superior method of teaching and I thank you.I am Gay's husband by the way.

I was expecting him to crush that glass. Good video!

I like your c-clamp analogy that actually made it click in my head and has helped with keeping my pistols more steady...thanks!

YES.!! ... C Clamp the Grip.! ... I've said this to many friends I've shot with... ,and their shot groups improve immediately.!! Great Advice.!! .. Great Video.!!

Great video. I used to be a personal trainer and your information is great. We should never allow our primary weapons... our brains and bodies to lose function. That comes first above all else.

These video truly help me! Thank you! No one ever talks about this stuff!!

Matt..thanks for your service in law enforcement, i have learned a lot from you. Going to qualify tomorrow at the range, will use your techniques, always a nervous time at the range...Jody..LE in TN.

Very well explained. I could listen to you talk for hours, you would make a good instructor.

this is a great video. my first round out of a beretta nano went left and low, second round went right down the middle! he's right. really good fitness advice as well.

A hand exercise my dad taught me was take a sheet of newspaper hold it at arms length and start from the corner of the paper start to crumble paper into a ball just by using fingers(Get like a N.Y. Times that's all it's good for ; ) )

Love this channel... great common sense advice. Thanks!

this is one of the best videos i have ever seeing. thanks.

USN boot camp 1960s, we would stand out on the grinder with an empty M1 Garand held level, shoulder high, until you couldn't. Nobody wanted to be the first to lower it. Think the company commander did it just to watch the pain.

I also think new shooters like myself least for handguns is really practicing the trigger reset and using it correctly can really help. Also anyone interested in a Shield Plus performance center ported barrel with the red dot, has about 400 rounds on it so far

I was wondering if the glass was going to shatter when you were "gripping" it. I had one shatter on me when I squeezed it tightly. It was not a pretty sight.

Awesome video. I'm a young guy and I live an active life so I believe I'm in good shape but after watching video of myself I realized I was shaking a lot at the range. Well I naturally had more of a rope type grip vs a C clamp type grip. Now I will dry fire and practice with a different grip. Thank you for the advice.

Thank you! I'm glad I'm not the only one facing this problem. I'm going to try these out before seeing a medical specialist (neurologist). I'm currently on medication for anxiety but so far I'm seeing very little improvement. This is a huge problem for me because my instructors are losing patience because of my inability to stabilize my hand and shoot accurately in a PSD course.

To make your exercises even more productive and fun, if you have an old military battle rifle that weights 8-10 pounds, it’s great to use the exercises with that rifle, and you can improvise them as well. Doing it carefully will build all necessary muscles and coordination in your arms, hands, shoulders, chest, stomach, and stamina, that are needed to handle and controlling not only a handgun, but a rifle as well.

Excellent advice.

It's such a pleasure listening to an educated person explain things-keep it up!

My shaking at the range is definitely nervousness; snapcap practice at home is pretty steady.

Your "C-clamp grip" bit of info helped me more than anything else ive watched! Thanks!

excellent info..iam 70 and got the shakes when shooting,,,but i own a ranch so u work out everyday,,but will try some of these..

My hand is going boogety, boogety, boogety. Oh wait, that's not a gun in my hand.......

I find that i dont shake nearly as much if i dont have caffeine or nicotine before shooting. I know that cant be planned in a surprise self defense situation but good before a range trip.

Thank you for this video. I am from Norway, so my English is not so good. I am a cancer survivor, and I also had a liver transplant. Been shooting for a little while now, but shaking has been a problem for. Done these exercises for a month now, and it is starting to help a lot. Again thank you

Good stuff. People look at me funny at the gym when I'm doing my "shooting" exercises. Another wise addition is range of motion stretching shoulders and chest. Well done.

im an archer but ive realised that i can use alot of firearm training methods and techniques to improve. your videos are suprisingly good for target archery

I know this is an older video and doubt you will even see this comment, but I thank you for this - I will check out all of your videos. I am in the 'geezer class', and although I am pretty good with the Beretta 92 and the other full size pistols, when i go to my subcompacts, my shots are all over the map. No consistency - high, low, left, right... yet with my full sizes, I cna hit steels easily. So, thanks - I will try this and not give up on the jhopes of someday hitting as well with my subcompacts!!

i never realized how a person shakes hands determines their accuracy as a marksman. huh imagine that...

Great video! I shoot in 10m airgun (pistol) issf competitions and I need to hold the (very front-heavy) gun with one hand only, so I've been taught to try holding a 1.5l water bottle up for at least a minute every day. It has helped me a lot in competitions.

Love these honest, simple and clear presentations! Excellent tips, brought like a real pro, without any 'attitude' or arrogance. Keep up the good work!

For the grip exerciser, I wouldn’t exercise the trigger finger, just the grip fingers

What had exercises are good for strengthening hands for racking difficult and tight slides?

I've been looking all over for a video that covered this topic, thank you!

You’ve always been very informative and your videos are not boring at all. Thank you for your videos.

Excellent video,great advice! I got my rotator cuff tendons injured a few years ago and even though I work out moderately ,these muscles are often ignored and not included in workout programs,thanks a million !

Not to sound like a weirdo but his voice is very soothing to listen to...Awsome video though...Great advice keep it simple get stronger..

You, Sir, are an excellent instructor.

thanks Matt. appreciate your open manner and simplicity based approach.

thanks for the insights. i work out 3 day plus 12 hrs of tennis a week. getting a little shaking at range but still shooting good.

I'm a violinist and I get shakes with my bow when i perform, i might try using these tips!

Thank you for sharing your great knowledge and wisdom.

Terrific instruction! Thank You Sir.

Also practice breathing techniques such as take a breath,let out half and then shoot to help steady the hand. Also tactical breathing which helps in a high stress situation.

Be VERY careful with those grip exercisers .. even the light tension ones, I ended up with tendinitis using a light grip model for building up my hand muscles for guitar playing, and I’m not alone in this.

God I was so scared he was gonna shatter the glass and this was gonna turn into a liveleak video

I shoot best with heavy revolvers. The inertia of the heavy mass gives a steady aim.

My hand shakes like crazy your video seem like it can help with my hand shaking problem

How about explaining the best way to hold the gun to reduce shaking

WTG. I started using hand grips when I went to the range after several months and found my skills seemed to degrade. Thanks for sharing.

I had a CPX1 pistol that after shooting it my hand would start shake real bad. This never happened with my other pistols.

Thanks my problem is not a gun but this may help I play trumpet and when i proform or practice long i shake

“Skosh” is an underused word. Thanks for throwing that in there.

I missed your live video tonight but I wanted to thank you for your help and great videos..👍🏻👏🏻..take care

Happened to all of us I’m 30 I exercise always have that problem and I miss the target

thank you

Very simple and easily, though well, explained. Thank you.

Pistol Yoda! "Exercise, you must".

I TRIED THE EXERCISES YOU SHOWED US IN YOUR VIDEO, I AM NOW IN AN IRON LUNG - MY LAWYERS WILL BE IN TOUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! VERY GOOD VIDEO, AS A MATTER OF FACT I HAVE WATCHED MANY OF YOUR VIDEOS AND FOUND THEM ALL WELL DONE AND FULL OF GOOD INFO - - - SO, TODAY I SUBSCRIBED TO YOUR CHANNEL - AGAIN, GOOD VIDEO, BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I shoot rifles dead on, but got incredible shakes with handguns. Thanks for the video. Sub’d and will practice what u have shown

Useful, informative and thorough. Thank you, this will help my accuracy! Excellent recommendations!

Your video is excellent and addressed two issues I have. One being age. I noticed that over the past 5 years my shaking has got worse. But I see many my age who are far worse. The other issue are what I call my '12 year old girly hands". Yes, I have small, weak hands. Been that way all my life. I could certainly benefit from those grip exercises as well as the weight ones which are geared toward pistol shooting. Thanks for this video.

Excellent advice! Thank you!

I hate when my arms turn into Darrell Waltrip and go boogity boogity boogity

This is absolutely excellent advice.

Good stuff, thanks. Just call me shakey.

Great videos you’re helping me greatly, a sincere thank you!

Great video! Only thing i would say is, that the rotating exercise is really not good for your shoulder.. but its better vith rubber bands

what if I suspect it is adrenalin related, anxiety? I like shooting but all the noise and noobs at the range stress me out. Im always shaky and then after 20 minutes to an hour I acclimate and dont shake any more. Is that a thing? too much anxiety because of idiots in the lane next to me and all the noise going off? Some times Ill be loading a mag and flinch from the noise. Could it be that Im not comfortable at the range? Im in orange county CA so my places to shoot are limited and I suspect if out in nature Id be fine but at an indoor range where its mostly people on dates taking selfies vs real shooters Im too on edge?

I talked to my wife and we both agreed to stop shaking hands for the sake of our pistol

I try some dry fires before before loading and I think my grip was causing the shake. I did the dry fire to make sure i had trigger discipline was was not jerking the trigger

Ahh man THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO JUST CAME BACK FROM THE RANGE AND WILL STUDY YOUR VIDEO THANKS

There is a woman at range on Mondays. In 60s I’d guess. Has Glock 21. Very good shot. She does these hand arm exercises DAILY.

Happened to me while I was shooting a desert eagle .50 AE. That's probably a normal response.

thanks. your a real help

Another great informative video sir. Thank you very much!

Very helpful Thank You!

great tips! thank you!

Great , thank you for you advice.

Outstanding information sir. Thank you.

I have Essential tremors I take meds for it but still it's noticeable. Any idea for someone like me?

Great Video.

Again you are right on thankyou

VERY GOOD EXAMPLE !!!! Thanks ! ! !

honest advice..thank you

Excelent class

Finally found a person that’s a left handed..

This is the Fitness Gram Pacer Test guy

Wow my first time at the range I shot my g29 and man was my hands shaking like a stripper

Spot on! Thank you!

Thank you!

i found this to be true after 50 rounds just banging away and im like what is wrong with my have soon as i grip i shake ...then i trained to time it where i squeeze and fire all at once fast

easiest way to keep from shaking as much when you shoot, practice gipping more with your off hand than with your dominant hand, I guarantee the gun wont fly out of your hand.

Thanks!

I have a nerf rebel and I’m pretty good at aiming it without my hand shaking

Great videos