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The easiest way to practice target discrimination is to put on an action movie with lots of badguys. Then dryfire on the badguys. Targets appear and disappear quickly on the screen. Do that with several movies and when you get around to live fire... live fire discrimination drills will be boring. At least it was for me.

Ruark wrote: ↑Sun Jul 11, 2021 12:43 pm

Paladin wrote: ↑Sun Jul 11, 2021 11:38 am
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Good article to save on the HD. He mentions always including "discrimination drills" in your practice. What are those? Target identification?

Discrimination drills test your judgement with Shoot/no-shoot targets.

The Process is to scan:
1. The whole person
2. Hands (both)
3. Waistline
4. Immediate area
5. Demeanor

The typical "See gun, shoot" is dangerous as it's gotten good guys killed.

Paul Howe favors photo realistic targets with velcro backed pictures of badges, cell phones, weapons, etc that can be changed up on every target, for each run.

Great discussion here. Without quality force-on-force training I don't think people are as prepared as they think they are for a gunfight.

In our training progression we first focus on gun safety & threat awareness, then fundamentals of marksmanship & tactics, and testing/maintaining your gear. Then use of a concealment holster and proper use of cover... then point shooting, retention shooting, firing on the move, etc. Reloads under time are mixed in, but not a major focus until the more advanced levels that include Force-on-Force to integrate and bring all skills together in a realistic fashion.

Pulling the trigger on a live opponent on a two-way range is often an underappreciated skill in itself.

Once fundamentals are solid, advanced training should include realistic targets, target discrimination, as well as time & physical stressors.

If anyone tells you that they can teach you all that effectively in a single weekend, they are lying.

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