Drill of the Week: Changing Gears
This week, we’re going to readdress some of the issues from Tracking Your Sights and Tracking Your Sights II in January. Sometimes you can make…
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Drill of the Week: Circle Drill
After spending a couple weeks working on accuracy, it’s time to ramp up the speed again. No drill serves better as a bridge between “slow”…
The Israeli Draw: A Timed Comparison
Although many people have heard of the Israeli method, there is little available information about how much time the extra step of racking the slide…
The “Israeli” Draw
The so-called “Israeli” Draw is a technique advocated by some for presenting a pistol from the holster. The gun is carried with an loaded magazine…
Drill of the Week: Dot Torture
We warned you last week that this was going to be an accuracy-intensive drill, and we weren’t kidding. It’s called Dot Torture for a reason.…
Drill of the Week: Ball & Dummy
This week, we get back to basics with one of the oldest, most proven pistol drills in existence: the Ball & Dummy drill. As most…
Drill of the Week: Knockdown
Following up from last week’s Reactive Response Drill, this week’s drill will require access to a Pepper popper steel target. The goal this week: get…
Men Are from Mars …
While a decent instructor should be able to teach both men & women, the cold hard fact is that many female students are much more…
More Thoughts on the SIMP Principle
I’ve read through the thread on the other board (editor:
Drill of the Week: Reactive Response Drill
Last week, we began breaking the “two shots per target” habit with Rich Verdi’s Non-Standard Response Drill. Now we’ll expand on that concept to simulate…