While we are talking semantics, what is the difference between training and practice?
In my vernacular, "training" involves instruction. Shooting without instruction/oversight/review is "practice."
well, if we are going to tear into what words mean, may as well go to the source. From m-w.com, "training" is
: a process by which someone is taught the skills that are needed for an art, profession, or job
: the process by which an athlete prepares for competition by exercising, practicing, etc.
So if you are using training to mean the classroom "I'm getting training" definition (the first), then practice is something else.
If you are using training to mean the preparation "I'm training for a marathon" definition (the second), then practice is training.
I didn't mean to imply the first was wrong (how you prefer to use it), I was trying to help clarify what I thought CB45 was saying... which was based on the second definition.
CB45 and I are interchanging training and practice based on the second definition.
"Training" with an instructor is not much benefit if one doesn't follow it up by "training" through practice.
"Training" in the classroom is where knowledge is transfered and possibly errors identified; "training" in practice is where the real learning happens.
-rvb
ps. oh crap. the second definition refered to athlete. time to cross post to the athlete vs caveman thread?
maybe that scews perception of "training."
