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From "The National Post"
Top shooter in Canada’s military has a long red ponytail and says women shoot better because they’re less stubborn
In keeping with a longstanding tradition of Canadians being unusually good at shooting things, a Victoria reservist has claimed the title as one of the world’s top military shooters.
Sgt. Tatyana Danylyshyn outshot several hundred competitors to top her class at the Bisley shooting competition, an annual event in the U.K. that has been dubbed the “Olympics” of military rifle shooting.
As a Canadian Forces press release noted, “her top shot placing was in the service rifle category of the Army Reserve Operational Shooting Concentration.” While other soldiers may be better with a pistol or a sniper rifle, Danylyshyn, 29, effectively ranks among Canada’s best reservists at wielding a military assault rifle.
“It seems to be going well,” said Danylyshyn, 29, a member of the Canadian Scottish Regiment and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan.
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/best-shooter-in-canadas-military-has-a-long-red-ponytail
EDITORIAL COMMENT:- Women in combat? Don't be silly - they're girls and simply can't do that kind of stuff.
Top shooter in Canada’s military has a long red ponytail and says women shoot better because they’re less stubborn
In keeping with a longstanding tradition of Canadians being unusually good at shooting things, a Victoria reservist has claimed the title as one of the world’s top military shooters.
Sgt. Tatyana Danylyshyn outshot several hundred competitors to top her class at the Bisley shooting competition, an annual event in the U.K. that has been dubbed the “Olympics” of military rifle shooting.
As a Canadian Forces press release noted, “her top shot placing was in the service rifle category of the Army Reserve Operational Shooting Concentration.” While other soldiers may be better with a pistol or a sniper rifle, Danylyshyn, 29, effectively ranks among Canada’s best reservists at wielding a military assault rifle.
“It seems to be going well,” said Danylyshyn, 29, a member of the Canadian Scottish Regiment and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan.
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/best-shooter-in-canadas-military-has-a-long-red-ponytail
EDITORIAL COMMENT:- Women in combat? Don't be silly - they're girls and simply can't do that kind of stuff.
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I don't know if the word is stubborn. It has been my experience that women pay closer attention and come to training with a blank slate ready to learn. Too many men arrive with a little training and a lot of ego. If your attitude is " I know it all already" you are not going to learn much. Failure is also a big part of the learning curve. You must be able to learn and improve from that failure point to really progress. A large ego and machismo is not conducive to learning from failure.
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Yeah. I am doing to cache this with other great topics such as how PT Belts make you safer and the such.
I will just say being shooter is more than just hitting a target. If you are getting shot at being stubborn might be a benefit. Just because you can drive straight really well doesn't mean a thing when you hit the highways in LA.
I will just say being shooter is more than just hitting a target. If you are getting shot at being stubborn might be a benefit. Just because you can drive straight really well doesn't mean a thing when you hit the highways in LA.
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Women are less stubborn? Where are these women? I do not know ANY woman who is less stubborn. Equally stubborn maybe, but less stubborn, not in my experiences.
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COL Ted Mc
PO3 Steven Sherrill - PO; I don't know what the problem is. I've never met a woman who was so stubborn that she objected to me doing what she wanted, when she wanted me to do it, the way she wanted it done.
[Somehow, I think that every woman has a bit of "DI" inside her.]
[Somehow, I think that every woman has a bit of "DI" inside her.]
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
COL Ted Mc That last part sounds like a bad pickup line.
Do you have a little DI inside you? Would you like one?
Do you have a little DI inside you? Would you like one?
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COL Ted Mc
PO3 Steven Sherrill - PO; That invokes so many bad jokes involving standing at attention that I'm not going to touch it with a stick (or anything else for that matter).
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I know not of these "non-stubborn" women who are referenced in this article. Are Canadian women that much different than the rest of the world?
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COL Ted Mc
SMSgt Bryan Raines - Senior Master Sergeant; Not in my experience.
On the other hand, a female instructor just might get a different response from trainees (both male and female) than a male instructor would and that may account for the difference in opinion.
On the other hand, a female instructor just might get a different response from trainees (both male and female) than a male instructor would and that may account for the difference in opinion.
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COL Ted Mc
SSgt Alex Robinson - Staff; Not to be facetious, but I'm wracking my brains to think of something that doesn't.
Well, OK, "Russian Roulette" excepted.
Well, OK, "Russian Roulette" excepted.
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COL Ted Mc My wife and almost always outshoot me in shot grouping and accuracy. She does not practice as often but she is consistent and I think her lesser muscle mass provides and advantage. Women don't have involuntary movement or as many twitches as men and when BRAS is done right, more consistent shot group.
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COL Ted Mc
LTC John Shaw - Colonel; I always thought that the story about how women thought that "center of mass" was roughly two feet lower and about six inches more toward the center line than men did - UNTIL I had my first chance to observe a group of beginner (female) shooters.
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I spent much of my life as a shooter and much time 'helping' less skilled shooters, even as a police officer after the military. I don't believe that women are any less stubborn than men, indeed, that idea runs seriously counter to my experience but since many, indeed most, women are not avid shooters, they are less resistant to instruction, have no ingrained bad shooting habits, and, I believe, they generally have superior hand/eye coordination.
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I know that women in the Marines consistently qualify lower than men (on average) I don't know that it is a given women can outshoot men or men can outshoot women. It is a skill that is refined by good habits, practice and the like. Of course target shooting at know distances is not the same as moving and shooting and having someone returning fire. This is another BS girl power story in my opinion.
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COL Ted Mc
Cpl Jeff N. - Corporal; Actually there isn't much that is "the same as moving and shooting and having someone returning fire" - except, possibly, going deer hunting with a drunk.
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I've found women as a general rule have less of a chip on their shoulder when learning to shoot. They have more of an open mind, less bad habits to break and less perception and expectation that they should somehow already know what they're doing. Males behave as if the understanding of physics, body disciplines and mental focus shooting requires should come from their sex.
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COL Ted Mc
Capt Richard I P. - Captain; I suspect that that's pretty close to the truth.
I think that everyone who has ever tried to teach anyone something knows that it's easier to teach someone who admits that they don't know the subject but want to learn than it is to "unteach" someone who thinks that they already know the subject AND THEN teach them the subject.
[ASIDE - I was listening to a radio program a while back and they were discussing post-secondary education. One of the comments that was made by the panel was that "History" was the only subject taught at the post-secondary level where the first requirement was to "unteach" what the students had been taught at the primary and secondary school levels.]
I think that everyone who has ever tried to teach anyone something knows that it's easier to teach someone who admits that they don't know the subject but want to learn than it is to "unteach" someone who thinks that they already know the subject AND THEN teach them the subject.
[ASIDE - I was listening to a radio program a while back and they were discussing post-secondary education. One of the comments that was made by the panel was that "History" was the only subject taught at the post-secondary level where the first requirement was to "unteach" what the students had been taught at the primary and secondary school levels.]
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