Mike has given excellent information. I would only add emphasis on trigger control. A pull to the left usually means your jerking the trigger in response to anticipating the recoil. Practice dry fire alot. Work on keeping the motion smooth. Also a good way to test your trigger control is to use dummy rounds mixed in a magazine of live rounds. Load up a magazine with some live and some dummy (snap caps or orange bullets). Don't count where it's at and shoot at the range. If you're shooting and you the gun goes click, but you've jerked the gun anyways you know you're anticipating the recoil and "pulling" the trigger more than pressing the trigger.
Think of trigger control as pressing the trigger rather than pulling. Press, press, press, press, press, then BANG! Don't make the gun go bang, just let it happen. As long as everything else is in place, stance, grip, etc. (see Mike's excellent post above) then the gun shouldn't move at all if you've hit a dummy round.
That'll take a whole lot of practice. Another good thing about have a dummy round in the mix is that it prepares you mentally for malfunctions and drilling in the immediate action drill/ response to a misfire. TAP-RACK-FIRE. So it serves a double purpose.
I shoot and was trained in the isoceles. I prefer it for a lot of reasons. I've been shooting since a kid and the first gun I shot was my Dad's S&W 29 .44mag 8 3/4in revolver. Not shooting in isoceles would have knocked me all over the place.
And of course movement, but that comes after mastering the basics. As was mentioned earlier you shouldn't be "standing" anywhere in a gunfight. Stepping of line while drawing and returning fire is a must. Remember one of the possible stress induced physiological responses is tunnel vision. Meaning your opponent might very well be experiencing it as he's engaging you. You're stepping off center could very well put out of his sight and confuse him while you respond and engage.
One of my favorite books on the subject (and I apologize for deviating slightly from the topic) is: On Combat by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. I believe it is a must read for all military and law enforcement personnel. It's great mental preparation for entering the realm of the universal human phobia: interhuman aggression, the toxic, corrosive, environment of combat.
Good luck on improving your marksmanship.
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