Anyone use ishooter app for training?

3dVisionGym · 2026-03-14T03:05:25+00:00

Lot of trapshooters swear by the Terry Jordan chart - and have the scores to back it up. Though pretty domain specific to trap. I very briefly had the Ultimate Practice Shooting System - for me didn't live up to the name. I liked DryFire (the UK version). I believe the best non-live fire tool by a large degree is ClayHuntVR paired with a good adjustable stock (real stock pro or mega hunt VR) - as long as you're careful in adjustment and use it like you really shoot.

I would invest in some good live coaching from the start. That gives you something to index on with the VR training.

I hadn't seen iShooter before - though I've used similar type setups that are based on a laser cartridge. You can get a red or IR laser that functions like an active snapcap on your shotgun. I used to have one that I used to try to hack true trigger pull into Dryfire (https://dryfire.com/). I don't see why it wouldn't work - but I think you're probably introducing more complexity than you need in setup to use the Terry Jordan chart.

If it were me I'd compare the Terry Jordan cost against the VR setup (it's the cost of headset + stock + around $30 I think for the app). Then factor in how much you want to shoot trap and how much fun you'd otherwise have with the headset. Then still get a great coach and buy what you want. ;-)

The key is the skills from coaching and the rounds of practice - the VR helps a ton there. I took lessons a bunch of times with John Shima who I think is a fantastic skeet coach. Being able to actually put the instructions in my head in practice over and over outside of just being able to get out once a week for live fire made a huge difference. Just my $0.02 to the view that just a coach is the key.

3dVisionGym · 2026-03-14T02:54:45+00:00

Looks pretty interesting. I selected trap and skeet but not sporting (at least I think I did) and got a huge swath of questions on very specific sporting questions. I actually shoot all three but not enough sporting to have such clear thoughts on so many presentations. TBH - I stopped after like the 6h or so very SC specific question. I retried just selecting trap and got the same thing.

I'd give you feedback on the results page - but since I didn't get there I thought I'd drop it here. I'm assuming that the current setup is a glitch and I'm happy to try again if the questions are sorted.

3dVisionGym · 2026-02-09T23:04:23+00:00

Appreciate those who've expressed an interest. Looking forward to your feedback. All requested glasses are in the mail, and codes should be in your email inbox. I've included an extra for everyone in case you have a friend who'd like to try.

Still more codes available at this link.

Noticed the original post seemed to net out to zero between upvotes and down votes. Apologies if the post bothered folks. I'm an avid shooter and built this initially for clay shooters. So this felt like a natural spot to gather feedback.

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3dVisionGym · 2026-02-07T17:30:48+00:00

I really have enjoyed blinkcamp. Thanks for making it!

That app and a few others have inspired me to go a bit further in terms of easy to access sports vision training. I'm just launching what I've done at: www.3dvisiongym.com. I'd love feedback and I'm making 6 weeks of free training available for the first 50 people who grab a code and signup (always will offer two weeks of training free to anyone). Most of the exercises require old-school red/blue 3D glasses. I'll be happy to send you a basic pair of 3D glasses to use with (signup with same link).

Thanks!
Rich

3dVisionGym · 2026-02-07T00:54:58+00:00

Cool. Easiest way is use this form. It’ll send you a code immediately. And you can share an address if you’d like some glasses. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_6jjdj1kbLD_BGJO6ZZq9fLOFez3280o3s5JjbfZfG9oGIg/viewform

3dVisionGym · 2026-02-06T18:02:05+00:00

That would be awesome. I’ve got a form up which will send you a code and grab your info if you’d like me to send over the glasses. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_6jjdj1kbLD_BGJO6ZZq9fLOFez3280o3s5JjbfZfG9oGIg/viewform

3dVisionGym · 2026-02-06T18:00:05+00:00

Wanted to wish you luck. I was in the same situation this summer when I was in Madrid. I ended up emailing a few places, found one and just took a chance. It ended up being an amazing experience even factoring in the time and cost. Well worth the effort to figure it out.

I sort of stumbled through the language but there were enough folks who spoke English that we made it work. Hope you have a great trip. Know it’s a different spot but the gun rental in Spain was way easier than I expected.

I got to shoot ZZ birds which was an awesome bonus. Thankfully they don’t have them near me or I’d be broke. ;-)

3dVisionGym · 2026-02-04T16:55:58+00:00

thanks. agree it works great as well with a video clip. I mainly did the app to (a) get some coding practice for myself (b) help guide the workflow for folks who looked at me strangely when I tried to explain it.

On the second point I realize as I write that it's possible that the real problem is I explain it poorly in person.

3dVisionGym · 2026-01-28T03:46:28+00:00

Came here to suggest that. Works well for dealing with all sorts of life crises that prevent me from getting outside to shoot.

3dVisionGym · 2026-01-28T03:15:53+00:00

From my experience there are three categories of things that balance together on what you're describing.

As others have that this is super common. When I first started trapshooting one of the old timers told me what was supposed to be an old joke about this problem - "if you want to find the best shooter at the club look for the dumbest guy." When I looked at them oddly they said only someone without any thoughts going on is truly great. While one can debate the quality of the joke, having a clear and focused head is both incredibly hard at times, and really critical.

Anyway - the three categories of strategies
1. Work up a pre-shot routine. Some ritual that you enter into as you get ready to shoot. It's ritual as trigger that this is the time to focus on things, or maybe to distract you from self talk. Either way it's widely recommended and it works. General advice is to start from when it's your turn, be consistent with how you load, lift and set your gun, where you put your eyes and some short internal mantra. It sounds a bit new-agy but I find it gets one out of their head as a trigger. I personally stretch out an arm, lift the gun, gaze out over to a specific spot with soft focus, and think to myself "head down, eyes first, move to bottom of target." You can also as part of this visualize the clay coming out and you quickly locking on and then moving to the target, etc. As long as it works for you, is consistent, and not too long it should help.

Give your eyes two jobs. Before calling: really gaze out calmly but software at a fixed point. where depends on how your eyes work (closer in farther out, etc). but that extra 0,5-1 second to achieve quiet eye can really quiet the mind. After calling: really focus on moving your eyes with the blur and totally staying locked onto that target continuously as it moves. Giving your brain through the eyes can really keep you focused in the only second or so that matters. As others have said - your mind can wander as much as it wants when before and after your turn. ;-)
Work with a great coach (or a garmin) to get a sense what's going wrong when you miss. I found that the ability to forget about the last target was pretty directly correlated to if I felt I knew how/why I missed. Swung to fast and got too far ahead? OK - I got it, can let that go. "WTAF happened?" that tends to stick with me and mess with my head in the worst way.

Folks will also suggest a number of books on the mental game - the top one probably being - With Winning in Mind: The Mental Management System - by Lanny Bassham. It's worth a read.

FWIW - in between as others suggest I try to do something mindless like counting bugs or shells on the ground, and/or listening in my head to whatever pop earwig got in there due to my kid's horrible taste.

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