Howdy BH and all!
Well, this is my first post here on CCFH. And a good one to respond to.
I fall in between Doc Shapiro and Drifter. I don't have the time, money or interest in doing 1200 rounds per week. If that means I won't win matches, so be it. On the other hand, I do like to practice, once a week if possible (on weeks that I'm not shooting a match).
I think one of the biggest problems most SASS shooters face is that they don't do enough (or any) practicing. Timers are nice, but you can draw and fire without one. Steel is nice, but you can use paper and, in fact, paper is better if you are trying to figure out where your guns shoot. A range is nice, but heck, you can shoot (dryfire) the tv if you can't make it to the range!
Although speed is the name of the game, I will never be a fast shooter, so I concentrate of being an accurate shooter. To me, the fun is hitting the target everytime, preferably in the same place on the steel. So, I practice trying to put all my shots in one spot when I practice. When I get that right, I know that during a match, I can speed up some and still get on the target. Although I never win a match, sometimes I can take second or third place in Classic Cowboy and most of the time, the difference in seconds can be counted on how many misses the person behind me has and how many less I've got. That's what practice does for me.
Bystander