New Drill Added: the X-Drill
Friday, March 7th, 2008The X-Drill, a comprehensive multiple target drill, has been added to the Drills section.
Archive for the ‘Teaching’ Category
The X-Drill, a comprehensive multiple target drill, has been added to the Drills section.
New Article: Laser Sighting Systems as Training Aids
Monday, February 11th, 2008pistol-training.com contributor Rich Verdi's article Laser Sighting Systems as Training Aids is now available in the Articles section. This article first appeared in the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors (IALEFI) journal. For anyone involved in training law enforcement officers, we strongly recommend you get involved with IALEFI as ...
The “Training Issue” Fallacy
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008All too often, instructors and enthusiasts alike use the phrase "It's a training issue" as justification for troublesome equipment or poor techniques. Of course, we here at pistol-training.com are the last ones to excuse lack of training, but a dose of reality is needed. When someone accidentally discharges a Glock ...
Zero to Hero in 3 Simple Lessons?
Saturday, January 26th, 2008Tonight at the range I saw an all-too-common incident: new student being taught by someone who was basically a new student himself. The "instructor" is someone I've seen at the range taking basic lessons and learning fundamentals over the past few months. Now he's a self-appointed instructor and ...
The Price of Negligence
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008Negligent Discharge Page is an ongoing report from a forthright gentleman who shot himself in the leg. Some of the images may be considered graphic by folks who are sensitive. From his site: I learned two valuable lessons.
Wait!
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008Instructors: Don't move on to the next lesson until your student understands the first one! At the range this evening I saw someone "teaching" -- I'm sorry, just can't bring myself to type it without quotes in this instance -- a new shooter. After receiving mediocre instruction on marksmanship fundamentals, ...
Too Much Gun
Sunday, December 30th, 2007From Break.com, a classic example of what happens when you have too much gun and too little training. Click the image to see the whole video.
The Finger
Thursday, December 20th, 2007I watched three different instructors teach seven students over the course of a range session tonight. Over and over again, I saw the same safety violation go unnoticed and uncorrected. When you are talking to your student, or your student is talking to you with a gun in his hand, ...
Limp Wristing: The New Gremlin
Thursday, December 6th, 2007I can't tell you how many times I've seen a shooter, instructor, or firearms "expert" blame a malfunction on limp wristing. Please, just stop. Limp wristing is the gun industry's version of gremlins. Gremlins, if you don't know, were first "discovered" by pilots in the 1920's. They are ...
New Drills Added
Saturday, November 17th, 2007Three new drills added to the Drills page: Bill Drill Changing Gears Reload Drill
Training Priorities
Saturday, November 10th, 2007There is a simple progression in training that should be followed for new shooters. Too often, the self-trained skip a lot of these steps and sometimes even experienced instructors jump around instead of focusing on the right priorities. From a skill-building standpoint, this is my recommendation:
Check Your Ego
Friday, October 12th, 2007Someone who knows a lot and can convey that knowledge to a student is a good teacher. Someone who thinks he knows everything and can only bask in his own self-proclaimed radiance is not. It’s a temptation that strikes down too many instructors. A few students start to look up to ...
Worst Demo Ever
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007Today, I had the opportunity to teach a class for a group of extremely skilled agents from a highly respected full-time federal tactical team. As I always do when teaching, I tried to demonstrate most of the drills. Instructors who won't demo are always suspect, in my mind. ...
Training and Communicating
Monday, September 17th, 2007Trainers are always looking for ways to be more effective teachers. Usually I present lessons to a group in a classroom and coach students one-on-one on the range. Most of my students have limited experience shooting, and a fair number have none at all. That first lesson ...
Those who CAN’T shouldn’t TEACH
Thursday, September 13th, 2007We all want to see more folks getting involved in shooting. But please ... if you don't know what the hell you're doing when you shoot, don't try to teach someone else. Once again at the range tonight I witnessed this fiasco. Guy brings a cute girl to the ...
