Outline Syllabus
1. Attend probationers course (2-3 hrs) – classroom and practical tuition with a focus on safety. Provided course documentation (11 pages) covers basic concepts.
2. Practice for 1-2 sessions with supervision but no new concepts – re-iterate & reinforce course contents.
3. Further coaching to focus on sight picture, stressing concept of zone aiming, trigger control and follow through.
All the above using isosceles stance and 2 handed grip.
4. Practice above for 2-3 further sessions until able to maintain a reasonable (sub 4 ring) grouping with 2 hands.
5. Introduce 1 handed shooting. Explain 1 handed grip, picking up firearm, one handed stance including pre-shooting concepts. Discuss bringing up gun and attaining sight picture. Re-iterate sight picture and introduce importance of not canting sights. Provide 1-pager ‘Pistol Shooting Basics’.
6. Practice above for 2-3 further sessions.
7. Instructors to move to phase of watching shooter and diagnosing and feeding back errors.
