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ranburr, you are right. there are shooters that have no experience or training shooting IDPA but IDPA becomes the training that otherwise they would not get and that beats no training at all.
Example: The first thing that a shooter learns in IDPA is the use of cover. If the first rule of a gunfight is to have a gun, the second should be no to get any holes in your body that were not present prior to the gunfight. Realistically, How many shooters in this forum train and can practice at their local ranges shooting from cover/concealment? After a few matches, the use of cover becomes second nature. That a shooter might not use cover "perfectly" as Blackeagle states is secondary IMHO to making oneself a much difficult target by reducing the amount of exposed body to a Bad Guy. If the only cover out there in the street is a fire hydrant, I will take it without hesitation. Will a fire hydrant be enough to cover my less than svelte body? Hell not by a mile, but beats having no cover at all or wasting time and risking getting shot while looking around for the perfect bunker which will permit me shoot back at my leisure while drinking a smoothie and talking to the 911 operator.
Also, I have seen trained LEOs, military and operators come apart during IDPA matches. I am talking very well trained people here with all the tactical gear in the world that get humbled badly by either a guy who just learned how to operate a gun 6 months prior or an overweight grandfather in his late 60's. The smart ones realize that they were training in a bubble and seek to remedy the situation by shooting more matches and changing their mindsets. But the not so smart ones are never seen again because their egos were hurt by the match.
Another thing that IDPA does is to create a thirst for further knowledge and training to the shooters. Average Joe realizes he ain't as good as he thought he was and seeks further training outside IDPA. He asks other shooters about classes and instructors and goes on to get better with an a credited trainer.
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