Training for the IPSC World Shoot: Lessons from South Africa 2025
Training for the IPSC World Shoot: Lessons from South Africa 2025. GM shooter Eric Kamps breaks down how he trained for the 2025 IPSC World Shoot in South Africa — volume, dry fire, weak-hand work, and key takeaways. { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/greybeard_actual#person", "name": "GreyBeard Actual", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/greybeard_actual", "description": "GreyBeard Actual is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/c95acb3d-0497-4641-b71c-855f21aee6a4.png" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/ipsc-world-shoot-2025-training-breakdown#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/ipsc-world-shoot-2025-training-breakdown" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/ipsc-world-shoot-2025-training-breakdown", "headline": "Training for the IPSC World Shoot: Lessons from South Africa 2025", "name": "Training for the IPSC World Shoot: Lessons from South Africa 2025", "description": "GM shooter Eric Kamps breaks down how he trained for the 2025 IPSC World Shoot in South Africa — volume, dry fire, weak-hand work, and key takeaways.", "articleSection": "Training & Skills", "articleBody": "Training for the IPSC World Shoot is a different animal than prepping for a domestic USPSA major — the round counts climb, the weak-hand work matters more, and the logistics of hauling guns and ammo across continents becomes part of the game. In Episode 316 of The Way is in Training on Greyhive, GM-class shooter Eric Kamps sat down to break down exactly how he prepared for the 2025 IPSC World Shoot in South Africa. Kamps, who earned GM in production back in April 2018 and has since traveled to shoot matches in Jamaica, Estonia, Aruba, Greece, Canada, and twice now in South Africa, walked through his training cycle, his ammo strategy, the stages that demanded new skills, and where he ended up finishing among 150 of the best shooters on the planet. This is the kind of unvarnished post-match breakdown competitive shooters rarely get from the top of the sport — no sponsor talking points, just a GM shooter explaining what worked, what didn't, and what he's changing for the European Handgun Championships in Hungary next summer. Key Takeaways Kamps shot 2,000–3,000 rounds per week during peak World Shoot prep, with 30–45 minutes of daily dry fire built around a 20–25 minute core routine. The 2025 IPSC World Shoot had 30 stages over five days, including four mandatory strong-hand or weak-hand stages with movement and steel at distance. Kamps finished…