Advanced Handgun Instructor Development Course

This course is designed specifically for firearms instructors who want to enhance their professional instructing abilities with advanced firearms training techniques.  This program requires a high degree of motivation and participation from each student.  This is not designed to be a beginning shooting school.  Students who attend the Instructor Development Course must already hold a firearms instructor certificate or equivalent title.

This course includes classroom instruction, practical shooting and instructor development exercises and student presentations.

Upon successful completion of this course you will enhance your knowledge and instructor abilities as a professional firearms instructor.  You will be able to safely and effectively design and instruct course curriculums, present classroom lectors, perform shooter analysis and teach students with proven instruction methods. 

Course topics include:

• Training theory and principles of learning

• Speaking and presentation techniques specific to the law enforcement community

• Instructor Standards

• Writing and implementing firearms policies, procedures and documentation

• Training goals and objectives

• Design, development and implementation of training programs

• Range safety procedures

• Testing and evaluating of students

• Shooter analysis

• Instructor/student issues

• Properly identify and correcting shooting mistakes

Range time will be used to teach students proven methods of instruction with drills in the following areas:

• Marksmanship skills

•  speed and accuracy

• Proper weapon manipulation

• Immediate action drills

• Shooting from cover and concealment

• Movement drills

• Target selection and engagement

• Low-light/night shooting

• Strong/weak hand shooting and manipulation

• Weapons retention

• QCB tactics

• Range

• Selection of target and range equipment

• Practical Firearms training and review