Gmoats
is correct in that a lot of the younger guys have forgot that SOF got a lot of training from the IPSC guys in how to shoot. I had a Team Sergeant that had been to training put on by Barnhart and also another big IPSC name that I have forgotten (It may have been Shaw), but he had started his SF career in the early 90's. At the time I retired Kyle Lamb was pretty much the only name being mentioned.
I've also seen the "that stuff will get you killed" mentality while I was in the Army and I've also seen guys who had been downrange and kicked in a ton of doors in the real world, (Iraq) fall completely apart under match stress like Bluedreaux mentioned.
My first pistol match ever I was shaking like a leaf and it was just a bullseye match. I don't remember my final placement but it was bad. It never seemed to hit me as hard when it was a rifle match or maybe I had learned to deal with it better by the time I started shooting rifle matches.
