DRILLS

Shooting drills are an important part of formal training and an important part of practice. Whether for self-defense or competition, a drill establishes a goal, and goals are…

Most shooting exercises serve a specific purpose. Exercises like transition drills involve a common skill practiced by most dedicated students of firearms. A transition occurs for two reasons—because…

Shooting practice and performing live-fire drills are solid ways to get yourself into a rhythm, whether you’re looking for improved defensive reaction time or to cut down competition…

As an avid student and teacher, I use drills and exercises to isolate skills. Drills are not scenarios. They should be viewed as an exercise. Like going to…

Text by Jared RestonIllustrations by Charles Lasky One of the core tenets of Reston Group has been to combine tactical training with the information gained from competition and…

In the teachings of the Martial Arts, there must be a close synchronization between closing and opening distance and the various actions of the hands and feet. The…

Every time I set this drill up students are immediately like… but Will, this isn’t real life! There’s no way I’d fight 15 dudes around a vehicle like this. And…

A key training objective I try to achieve when shooting is to always observe the effects of my bullet impacts on and around my target. I refer to…

As with everything else in life, doing anything well boils down to getting the fundamentals down pat. This includes shooting. Your shooting stance, grip on the weapon, trigger…