What Does it Mean to Succeed?
Article 050 – Whether what we are doing works or not depends heavily on what the definition of success looks like. Why do we still not have an answer?
Point Shooting Fail
Article 045 – Teaching point shooting first injures students’ performance potential. It’s physics!
2019 GALEFI Conference
The second hour of our prepared remarks from the Georgia Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors conference.
Point Shooting Follow-up
Article 044 – More about why teaching point shooting first can harm entry-level students.
Kinesthetic Shooting – Killing a False God
Article 042 – Teaching point shooting first can harm students, permanently.
Are Cooper’s Rules Obsolete?
Article 039 – Jeff Cooper helped advance the firearms industry and make us all safer. Now it’s time to honor his legacy by moving past it.
The State of the Training Industry
Article 032 – Prepared remarks from our April 11 speech to the FBI Firearms Instructor Conference and the FBI National Academy.
A Tale of Two Failures: Part 2
Article 027 – In the firearms training industry we use tests to measure student performance. We don’t do it very well.
Shooting Ourselves in the Foot
Article 009 – How Our Use of Standards Negatively Impacts Operational Outcomes and How to Fix It.
Debunking Training Myths: Myth 3 – Training to Standard, Not to Time.
Article 006 – The Phrase “Training to Standard, Not to Time” often seems like the sign of a seasoned instructor and a great idea for everyone involved. It’s actually not.