And in regards to triggers............

I am now shooting a thumb trigger full time. I am actually shooting a Carter Just Cuz now and have been for about 2 months, and was shooting a TRU Ball ST3 before that since about September.

It took me a full year of shooting nothing but a hinged back tension release to get a good shot sequence down to the point that I was comfortable going back to a thumb trigger without worries of going back to punching and timing. My first 4 months or so back on a thumb trigger had me with a very stiff trigger (6-7lbs), I would preload the trigger as part of my shot sequence. Now however I am using a much lighter trigger (3-4lbs) because I know I am shooting good strong shots, and this lighter trigger cuts precious seconds off my shot sequence and allows me to get more shots in that timing window that perfect shots are likely to happen. I use the same shot execution technique whether I am on a thumb trigger or hinge.

***Edit - One last thing. I do not use a pure backtension technique such as what Larry Wise teaches, however I do use the same muscles to hold and execute my shot as what Larry teaches. While pulling through the shot with rhomboids like Larry teaches, I alsorelaxing my release hand at the same time similar to the Dave Cousins video TFOX showed a few months ago. It is repeatable for me, and I am not rotating my wrist at all during execution however I do relax that release hand during execution. If you zoom in close up on my release hand with a video camera, you can actually see the color change in my fingers right before execution because the relaxation allows blood to flow into my fingers just as the shot breaks...........