Archive for the ‘DotW’ Category
Sunday, November 16th, 2008
To celebrate our new Challenge Coins, this week's DotW is the F.A.S.T. (aka the Fundamentals, Accuracy, and Speed Test). The F.A.S.T. is a simple, easy to set up drill that tests a number of different skills in just a few seconds. The draw, reload, marksmanship, speed, and the ability to ...
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Saturday, November 15th, 2008
I spoke with Scott Warren this afternoon, and he reminded me that there is one additional stage in his drill. There is also a freestyle run at 15yd (which is the fourth stage you shoot). So that is seven total stages and 63 total rounds.
We've changed both the DotW post ...
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Sunday, November 9th, 2008
This week's DotW comes from an active duty U.S. military officer who is directly involved in training for a special operations unit. For obvious reasons, he has asked to remain anonymous, but we very much appreciate that he shared this drill with us. It's a good idea to use the ...
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Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
The DotW this week was inspired by last week's Ken Hackathorn 3-Second Standards. This is an expanded and more challenging version of that drill, as modified by Scott Warren. If you haven't been able to earn a passing score on the original drill yet, put this week's drill in your ...
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Sunday, October 26th, 2008
This week's drill comes from one of the most talented and famous firearms instructors in the world, Ken Hackathorn. While Ken has been responsible for the creation and proliferation of many different drills over the years, his 3-Second Standards is incredibly easy to set up and administer.
For this drill, you will need:
Three ...
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
The September Design a Drill of the Week contest winner comes from an active duty Major in the U.S. Marine Corps who has asked not to be identified. He didn't have a name for the drill, so we just made one up. 8)
The drill provides a way to do color-shape drills ...
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
This week, we're going to work on combining some of the skills that have been the subject of recent DotW's. In particular, we're going to work on strong hand only (SHO) and weak hand only (WHO) shooting along with the reload.
Put up a large target (such as a paper plate ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
The August Design a Drill of the Week contest winner is "Gunslinger" for his drill Tri-10. Thanks for the great drill, "Gunslinger!" Expect your prize (a pistol-training.com hat) to arrive soon.
"Gunslinger's" explanation:
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Here’s another “efficiency in motion” drill that evaluates one’s ability to draw, fire quickly and accurately with a two handed grip, ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
This drill comes to us from a friend at a major federal law enforcement agency.
For the drill, you will need five FBI "Q" targets, such as the one pictured at left. The "Q" target (and countless variants) are available at many online target supplies such as The Target Shop. You ...
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
Following the same thought pattern of the last two DotW (Acceleration and Pyramid), this week we're going to work on speed without getting out of control. For this, we'll use the Deceleration Drill.
You'll need two targets, one large (like a sheet of paper or an 8" plate) and the other ...
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Here is July's "Design a Drill of the Week" winner, M. Lazarus, showing off the pistol-training.com hat he won. And yes, that is Afghanistan in the background, where he is currently serving with the the U.S. Army as part of the GWOT. Thanks again to M. Lazarus for his drill Pyramid and ...
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
The July winner of our Design a Drill of the Week contest is Pyramid, submitted by "mlazarus" who will be receiving a free pistol-training.com hat for his contribution to the site. It's a quick, easy to set up drill which helps work on the all-important balance between speed & accuracy.
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
The last two DotW's were all about accuracy, so now it's time to transition to speed. We're going to take the Press Out drill from earlier this year and put it on the clock, pushing the shooter to speed up. If you aren't familiar with the Press Out drill, we ...
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Apparently, last week's drill was not a successful one for most of you, since no one reported their results. Everyone here at pistol-training.com is very sad.
So as promised, this week we will stick with the accuracy drills. All you will need is a stack of 3x5 cards.
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
Thanks again to Bryan Williams, first winner in our Design a Drill of the Week contest, for bringing us Triple Six last week. We've been getting some outstanding drills and we'll be unveiling one a month.
One thing that Triple Six showed us is that quite a few folks were really ...
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008
This week's drill comes from Bryan Williams, the first winner in our Design a Drill of the Week Contest. Thanks to Bryan for the great write-up. We hope you enjoy your new pistol-training.com hat!
For this drill, you will need three IPSC targets (or similar) and a shot timer.
Bryan explains the ...
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Last week's drill was about delivering precise hits strong and weak hand only under stress. Now it's time to turn up the speed by a notch or two.
Set up two large targets (an 8" paper plate is ideal) about two feet apart. Range is 3 yards. Put your shot timer on ...
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Don't forget the pistol-training.com Design a Drill of the Week contest!
A few weeks ago, we did some one-handed shooting for the Drill of the Week. Response from readers was good, and there aren't many people who don't need to work on their one-handed shooting so we figured it was time to ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
As the number of subscribers and participants at pistol-training.com continues to grow, we realize there is a huge resource of ideas that goes untapped. In order to keep the Drill of the Week fresh and interesting, we'd like to tap into your ideas for some great training drills. Therefore, we're asking ...
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
The DotW this week is designed to improve transitions, moving the gun from one target to the next.
The target array will involve three targets at a range of 5 yards. The targets should be about 1 yard apart. The two outside targets will be large (paper plate, 8.5x11 ...
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