Procedure:
Start with your hands relaxed at sides. At the signal, draw your pistol and aim it at the target.
Focus:
Learn to draw quickly and consistently.
Goal:
Draw your pistol and get a sight picture with a good grip in 0.7 seconds, 0.6 seconds if you are using a “speed” holster.
Micro Drills:
Drill One:
Start with your hands relaxed at sides. Get a firing grip on your pistol and move your non-dominant hand over to your dominant side.
Your goal is a 0.4 second par time, with time to spare.
Drill Two:
Start with your gun holstered. Have a firing grip on your pistol with your dominant hand and have your non-dominant hand in position to receive the gun after you draw it. From this start position, draw and aim at the target.
Your goal is a 0.5 second par time.
Optional drill:
Attach your timer to your holster. From a wrists above shoulders start position, slap the timer when you hear the start beep. The timer should pick up that slap and record a time. Strive to make that time as low as possible.
Commentary:
This series of drills and micro drills should help you develop explosive speed from the holster and a reliable grip.
Most people can easily achieve very fast par time in a matter of a few minutes of practice, they just to have the desire to do so, achieving a fast time is one thing. Hitting a perfect grip and sight picture reliably is quire another. It will take regular practice to be able to do this stuff at speed under match pressure. Don’t neglect your training.
There is one major caution that needs to be issued. Note that this drill doesn’t call for you to pull the trigger at any time. Please don’t. Many shooters get in the habit of “racing the beep.” They can build a habits where they end up pulling the trigger at any time. Please don’t. Many shooters get in the habit of “Racing The Beep” They can build a habit where they end up pulling the trigger fast enough to beat the par time, but may or may not have had the sights on target when the trigger was pulled. This is a good way to send rounds into the dirt below a target and in some extreme cases get yourself send home early from a match with a Dairy Queen gift certificate. Don’t be that person !
Gary Hybridge 