Three Reasons Why You Should Mentor A New Shooter
Article 029 – The distributed, less formal training structures that are usually involved in mentoring can produce better, safer, and more effective shooters and gun owners than virtually any other known training method.
Learned Helplessness
Article 028 – In gun culture and the firearms industry we often sell women short – negatively impacting their personal safety. We should be doing the opposite.
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.
A Tale of Two Failures: Part 1
Article 025 – Two ways the firearms and tactical training industry gets it fundamentally wrong.
Shooting People in the Back
Article 024 – Lessons From A Real World Shooting – Part 2
Child’s Play
Article 023 – The key to optimizing learning potential isn’t a single technique or method. It is understanding what we are doing and why at each point of a student’s development.
The Real Thing
Article 022 – Lessons From A Real World Shooting: Part 1
Fake Expectations
Article 021 – When instructors have the wrong expectations about student performance, scenario-based training can be as likely to hurt as it is to help.
The Gift of Ignorance
Article 020 – Often we look down on people who are ignorant of subject matter we think is important. We really shouldn’t.
Foundations
Article 019 – Spending More Time Upfront to Build a Solid Foundation is a Quicker Path to Proficiency