Shoot Fast, Train Slow

There is a huge trend in the training community that says that you need to start out at the pace of a Turtle in order to build up accuracy. For whatever reason, accuracy comes before shooting fast. I have found that training to shoot fast can be taken slow.

I believe that there are a few things that should be done slow when learning how to shoot fast. The first time you fire a shot or the first time you use live ammunition for drawing and shooting it is a good idea to not go so fast that you risk shooting yourself. Other than that, you should be training yourself properly to shoot fast. Accuracy, in my experience, comes from experience and comfort with your firearm. Mostly the latter if you ask me. When you know how the gun will behave when shooting fast, you can dial it in easier on the accuracy and it can benefit you during slow concentrated shots.

For some reason, people will do dry fire practice with their personal defense pistol triggers and get to the point where they can yank the trigger super fast without moving the sights, but as soon as it comes to live fire, they lose all that skill and they are back to square one. This happens to everyone with every type of trigger. Don't be that guy or gal that gets so wrapped around the fear of not hitting. Go slow when doing dry fire practice, but always go full speed with live ammo.
Do not get in the habit of focusing on micro accuracy in the middle of pulling the trigger. If you practiced to be fast at pulling the trigger without moving the sights, live ammo is merely a confirmation and your impacts will tell you if you did it right. Realistically, nothing is different about that trigger pull except what happens after the trigger breaks. Of course you want to hit your target, but don't crap on all your practice by going back all the way to Turtle pace shooting. Basically, try not to pull the trigger slower than you do in dry fire practice.