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Competitive shooting provides practice in manipulating the gun, engaging multiple targets, moving and shooting, sometimes shooting while moving and sometimes shooting moving targets. To boot, these opportunities can provide some stress to the situation (but nothing like a full-on adrenaline dump).

Depending on the specific league rules, you may or may not be able to use your carry gun, carry holster and clothing. For self-defense, you'll also want to train in presentation of the gun from how you carry it. You can practice this using an unloaded firearm at home to a good degree.

Other things you may or may not get exposed to in competition are low light shooting, use of cover and concealment, one-hand and/or off-hand shooting. You can sometimes find training opportunities that focus on these skills.

Another thing to consider is how to get to your gun if an attacker is already engaging you. To me this part of self-defense is every bit as important as any of the other aspects already mentioned, so I train in empty-hand skills as well.