Tight Profile
Overview
A tight profile is a compact body posture that minimizes the player’s visible target area when shooting, moving, or engaging from a bunker.
Key Points
- Reduces visible mask, hopper, and shoulder exposure.
- Essential for winning contested gunfights.
- Achieved through controlled posture, grip discipline, and bunker contact.
- Minimizes chip shot vulnerability during peek sequences.
- A core skill for all position types, especially front players.
Details
A tight profile describes a refined, compact stance where the player reduces the amount of body surface exposed during engagements. Achieving a tight profile requires deliberate positioning of the marker, hopper, mask, elbows, and shoulders. The player stays closely connected to the bunker, angles their marker efficiently, and avoids unnecessary lean.
This technique is crucial in high level gunfighting. Maintaining a tight profile reduces the chance of being clipped by crossfield shooters or mirrored opponents. It pairs with snapshot fundamentals, edge peek discipline, and timing strategies.
Tight profiles differ by bunker shape snake beams require horizontal compactness, center bricks require vertical compactness, and doritos require angled posture refinement. Elite players constantly adjust their profile based on threat vectors and lane geometry.
Video References
Related Topics
Linked From
- Avoidance Move
- Gunfighting
- Hit Zone
- Keep Low
- Off-Hand Shooting
- Profile Management
- Stepping Out
- Window Shot (Tight Angle)
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