IDPA requires drawing from concealment and often shooting from/around cover, or moving or both. Watch some of the Youtube IDPA classifiers, and the other stages too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcgsd9_cBm8 There are all sorts of situations they dream up.anomie wrote:
I've been thinking about going to a match and hearing that makes me a lot more likely to actually go do it. I'd want to go snail slow to start. (I'd also want to do something that allowed drawing/shooting from concealment - are there different rules for that in IDPA vs. IPSC vs. USPSA? )
Although gear is a factor in IDPA results probably, the emphasis is on techniques, rather than fancy equipment, or was when I was going to matches a few years back. Most of the fancy IPSC type gear is illegal in IDPA. They want you to use what you carry.
My SEAL buddies always claimed that "slow is smooth, smooth is fast." Take your time, make good hits, the time takes care of itself, and with practice pretty soon you have it down.