Sight Index

This drill is designed to strengthen your ability to index the sights and uses an app target.  Expect your times to be a lot slower than a life size target.  However the payoff is a refinement in your technique.  If you can I recommend placing a life size target behind the iPhone or iTouch.

Variations: Add Surr at the end of the name and now you have another set of drills to practice from the Surrender position.   Do Not squeeze the trigger on this Drill.

Start Position: Hands at Side, relaxed. On the variation start on the Surrender position.
Procedure: Facing down range. On the start signal engage target.
Distance: 2 Yards.
Target:  App Target - Circle.
Objective: Improve and refine draw and sight index.

As always remember to find your Baseline.

Name: Sight Index 1
Time Start: Random
Time Min: 00.01.00 Time Max: 00.03.00
Target Start: Circle
Audio Start: Command and Beep
Target Stay Time: +00.04.00 seconds above your baseline
Target Re-appear Time: 00.00.00
Restart Drill In: 00.04.00
Drill Duration: 5 Times
Note: The target will stay longer than necessary, remember, the first one is just to warm up.

Name: Sight Index 2
Time Start: Random
Time Min: 00.01.00 Time Max: 00.03.00
Target Start: Circle
Audio Start: Command and Beep
Target Stay Time: +00.00.20 seconds above your baseline
Target Re-appear Time: 00.00.00
Restart Drill In: 00.04.00
Drill Duration: 5 Times
Note:

Name: Sight Index 3
Time Start: Random
Time Min: 00.01.00 Time Max: 00.03.00
Target Start: Circle
Audio Start: Command and Beep
Target Stay Time: +00.00.10 seconds above your baseline
Target Re-appear Time: 00.00.00
Restart Drill In: 00.04.00
Drill Duration: 5 Times
Note:

Name: Sight Index 4
Time Start: Random
Time Min: 00.01.00 Time Max: 00.03.00
Target Start: Circle
Audio Start: Command and Beep
Target Stay Time: Baseline
Target Re-appear Time: 00.00.00
Restart Drill In: 00.04.00
Drill Duration: 10 Times
Note:

Name: Sight Index 5
Time Start: Random
Time Min: 00.01.00 Time Max: 00.03.00
Target Start: Circle
Audio Start: Command and Beep
Target Stay Time: -00.00.10 seconds below your baseline
Target Re-appear Time: 00.00.00
Restart Drill In: 00.04.00
Drill Duration: 10 Times
Note:

Final Drill Notes: You can adjust the Restart Drill In setting, lower or raise it to increase or decrease the time for the next draw.

Regimen: Sight Index
Tap on the Regimen screen at the bottom
Tap the Plus(+) icon to create a New Regimen
Tap on the Name field and type Strong Hand Draw
Tap the check mark to add new drills

Next:
-Tap on the gray out message for Sight Index 1 and type:  NO PAR TIME
-Tap on the gray out message for Sight Index 2 and type: .2 ABOVE BASELINE
-Tap on the gray out message for Sight Index 3 and type: .1 ABOVE BASELINE
-Tap on the gray out message for Sight Index 4 and type:  BASELINE
-Tap on the gray out message for Sight Index 5 and type: .1 BELOW BASELINE

Now tap on all of the On/Off switches and turn them On. You should see them change to On when the background turns blue. Remember to tap save.

Enjoy.

Video Demo for DFT

All right everyone
I know that when you first hear about the app you might think that its just a gimmick. In order to dispel that idea I've created a small video, using the app and running a drill.

This was shot at my local club.  Now I don't have the greatest camera, as a matter of fact i think that my wife won it at a raffle.  Video quality aside the apps ability to be part of your training is what you should be concentrating on.

Hope you enjoy it and I'm hoping to hear your opinions on the app.

Strong Hand Draw + Weak Hand Draw

With these settings you get two drills.  Create the ones here and name them Strong Hand Draw then create another set and rename it Weak Hand Drill.  These drills are design to strengthen your aim when shooting with your strong and weak hand.  

Variations:  Strong Hand, Weak Hand using the app targets will provide you with a great challenge.  Expect your times to be much slower than when using life size targets.  Also you can create these just to acquire the sights and other drills for acquiring the sights and squeezing the trigger.

Start Position: Hands at Side, relaxed.

Procedure:  Facing down range.  On the start signal engage target.  

Distance: 10 Yards

Target:  Life size target.

Objective:  Improve and Refine draw and sight acquisition.

As always remember to find your Baseline.

Name:  Strong Hand Draw 1

Time Start: Random

Time Min: 00.01.00  Time Max: 00.03.00

Target Start: None

Audio Start:  Command and Beep

Target Stay Time:  00.00.00

Target Re-appear Time:  +00.02.00 seconds above your baseline

Restart Drill In: 00.04.00

Drill Duration:  10 Times

Note:  The target will stay longer than necessary, remember, the first one is just to warm up.

Name:  Strong Hand Draw 2

Time Start: Random

Time Min: 00.01.00  Time Max: 00.03.00

Target Start: None

Audio Start:  Command and Beep

Target Stay Time:  00.00.00

Target Re-appear Time:  +00.00.20 seconds above your baseline

Restart Drill In: 00.04.00

Drill Duration:  10 Times

Note:  

Name:  Strong Hand Draw 3

Time Start: Random

Time Min: 00.01.00  Time Max: 00.03.00

Target Start: None

Audio Start:  Command and Beep

Target Stay Time:  00.00.00

Target Re-appear Time:  +00.00.10 seconds above your baseline

Restart Drill In: 00.04.00

Drill Duration:  10 Times

Note:  

Name:  Strong Hand Draw 4

Time Start: Random

Time Min: 00.01.00  Time Max: 00.03.00

Target Start: None

Audio Start:  Command and Beep

Target Stay Time:  00.00.00

Target Re-appear Time:  Baseline

Restart Drill In: 00.04.00

Drill Duration:  10 Times

Note:  

Name:  Strong Hand Draw 5

Time Start: Random

Time Min: 00.01.00  Time Max: 00.03.00

Target Start: None

Audio Start:  Command and Beep

Target Stay Time:  00.00.00

Target Re-appear Time:  -00.00.10 seconds below your baseline

Restart Drill In: 00.04.00

Drill Duration:  10 Times

Note:  

Final Drill Notes:  You can adjust the Restart Drill In setting, lower or raise it to increase or decrease the time for the next draw.

Regimen: Strong Hand Draw

Tap on the Regimen screen at the bottom

Tap the Plus(+) icon to create a New Regimen

Tap on the Name field and type Strong Hand Draw

Tap the check mark to add new drills

Next:

-Tap on the gray out message for Strong Hand Draw 1 and type:  NO PAR TIME

-Tap on the gray out message for Strong Hand Draw 2 and type:  .2 ABOVE BASELINE

-Tap on the gray out message for Strong Hand Draw 3 and type:  .1 ABOVE BASELINE

-Tap on the gray out message for Strong Hand Draw 4 and type:  BASELINE

-Tap on the gray out message for Strong Hand Draw 5 and type:  .1 BELOW BASELINE

Now tap on all of the On/Off switches and turn them On.  You should see them change to On when the background turns blue.  Remember to tap save.

Enjoy.

2-Yard Index Surr

Alright here is another Drill.  You might think that indexing your sights on a target 2 yard away might seem a bit unnecessary, specially on one so small.  Well the first thing you will find is that doing so requires a real refinement of your technique.  You'll also find that your speed has been reduced somewhat.  I also noticed that you have to be really conscious of your movements to get them right every time.  I suspect that with time and facing a bigger target your speed and initial sight index should be greatly improved.  I say that because of the effort it takes to index right.  For a bigger challenge switch the target from circle to square.  Now that is a challenge specially if you match front sight to center square.

Variations:  Turn and draw Surr, Hands at Side, Strong Hand, Weak Hand.  Those are just for the settings for the targets in the app.  You can recreate all of them for live size targets at different distance.

Start Position: Hands on the Surrender position

Procedure:  Facing down range.  On the start signal engage target.  

Distance: 2 Yards

Target:  Round Target in App.

Objective:  Improve and Refine draw and sight acquisition.  In order to succeed you must acquire the target before it disappears.

As always remember to find your Baseline.

Name:  2-Yard Index Surr 1
Time Start: Random
Time Min: 00.01.00  Time Max: 00.03.00
Target Start: Circle
Audio Start:  Command and Beep
Target Stay Time:  00.04.00
Target Re-appear Time:  00.00.00
Restart Drill In: 00.04.00
Drill Duration:  5 Times
Note:  The target will stay longer than necessary, remember, the first one is just to warm up.  You can increase the reps to ten when you build up some strength.

Name:  2-Yard Index Surr 2

Time Start: Random

Time Min: 00.01.00  Time Max: 00.03.00

Target Start: Circle

Audio Start:  Command and Beep

Target Stay Time:  +00.00.20 below your Baseline

Target Re-appear Time:  00.00.00

Restart Drill In: 00.04.00

Drill Duration:  5 Times

Note:  

Name:  2-Yard Index Surr 3

Time Start: Random

Time Min: 00.01.00  Time Max: 00.03.00

Target Start: Circle

Audio Start:  Command and Beep

Target Stay Time:  +00.00.10 below your Baseline

Target Re-appear Time:  00.00.00

Restart Drill In: 00.04.00

Drill Duration:  5 Times

Note:  

Name:  2-Yard Index Surr 4

Time Start: Random

Time Min: 00.01.00  Time Max: 00.03.00

Target Start: Circle

Audio Start:  Command and Beep

Target Stay Time:  Baseline

Target Re-appear Time:  00.00.00

Restart Drill In: 00.04.00

Drill Duration:  10 Times

Note:  

Name:  2-Yard Index Surr 5

Time Start: Random

Time Min: 00.01.00  Time Max: 00.03.00

Target Start: Circle

Audio Start:  Command and Beep

Target Stay Time:  -00.00.10 below your Baseline

Target Re-appear Time:  00.00.00

Restart Drill In: 00.04.00

Drill Duration:  10 Times

Note:  

Final Drill Notes:  You can adjust the Restart Drill In setting, lower or raise it to increase or decrease the time for the next draw.

Regimen: 2-Yard Index Surr
Tap on the Regimen screen at the bottom
Tap the Plus(+) icon to create a New Regimen
Tap on the Name field and type 2-Yard Index Surr
Tap the check mark to add new drills
Next:
-Tap on the gray out message for 2-Yard Index Surr 1 and type:  NO PAR TIME
-Tap on the gray out message for 2-Yard Index Surr 2 and type:  .2 ABOVE BASELINE
-Tap on the gray out message for 2-Yard Index Surr 3 and type:  .1 ABOVE BASELINE
-Tap on the gray out message for 2-Yard Index Surr 4 and type:  BASELINE
-Tap on the gray out message for 2-Yard Index Surr 5 and type:  .1 BELOW BASELINE

Now tap on all of the On/Off switches and turn them On.  You should see them change to On when the background turns blue.  Remember to tap save.

Enjoy.

Burkett Reloads

Here is a great reload drill created by Mark Burkett.  All credit for this is his.  Also make sure to visit to his site www.mattburkett.com.  Now I hear a lot of gripping about having to pick magazines off the floor when doing this exercise.  Really? Here is how i've solved that.   I get a night stand and place it in front of me, then I place a cloth basket with a couple of things on top of it to soften the fall of the mags.  Reach down to grab them without having to bend.  Specially nice on the range.  You can place the iPhone/iTouch in front on you so you can see the Drills message.

This exercise is hard at first.  Having to hold your arms through 50 reps is not easy.  If you need to lower the repetitions to 5 to build up some strength, do it.

Drill: Burkett Reloads

Start Position: Pointed at target.  

Procedure: Do a reload but do not introduce the mag into the firearm.  Simply present it at the mag opening on the pistol.  

Distance:  The distance to the target can vary since what I'm looking for is to perform the reload.  Make it two yards or 10yards.

Name: Burkett Reloads 1

Time Start: Random

Time Min:  00.01.00  Time Max:  00.03.00

Target Start: Off

Audio Start: Beep only

Target Stay Time: 00.00.00

Target Re-Appear Time:  00.02.00 plus your baseline

Restart Drill in 00.04.00

Drill Duration:  10 Times

Note:  This first one is just to get you warm up, that is why the Target Re-Appear so add plus (2) seconds to your baseline.  Of course you can set this higher or lower according to your skill level but for the first one I like to leave it high.

Name: Burkett Reloads 2

Time Start: Random

Time Min:  00.01.00  Time Max:  00.03.00

Target Start: Off

Audio Start: Beep only

Target Stay Time: 00.00.00

Target Re-Appear Time:  + 00.00.20 above your baseline

Restart Drill in 00.04.00

Drill Duration:  10 Times

Note:  N/A

Name: Burkett Reloads 3

Time Start: Random

Time Min:  00.01.00  Time Max:  00.03.00

Target Start: Off

Audio Start: Beep only

Target Stay Time: 00.00.00

Target Re-Appear Time:  + 00.00.10 above your baseline

Restart Drill in 00.04.00

Drill Duration:  10 Times

Note:  N/A

Name: Burkett Reloads 4

Time Start: Random

Time Min:  00.01.00  Time Max:  00.03.00

Target Start: Off

Audio Start: Beep only

Target Stay Time: 00.00.00

Target Re-Appear Time:  Your baseline

Restart Drill in 00.04.00

Drill Duration:  10 Times

Note:  N/A

Name: Burkett Reloads 5

Time Start: Random

Time Min:  00.01.00  Time Max:  00.03.00

Target Start: Off

Audio Start: Beep only

Target Stay Time: 00.00.00

Target Re-Appear Time:  - 00.00.10 below your baseline

Restart Drill in 00.04.00

Drill Duration:  10 Times

Note:  N/A

Name: Burkett Reloads 6

Time Start: Random

Time Min:  00.01.00  Time Max:  00.03.00

Target Start: Off

Audio Start: Beep only

Target Stay Time: 00.00.00

Target Re-Appear Time:  - 00.00.20 below your baseline

Restart Drill in 00.04.00

Drill Duration:  10 Times

Note:  N/A

Final Drill notes:  Another setting you can adjust is Restart Drill In, lower it or raise it to increase or decrease the time for the next reload.

Regimen:  Burkett Reloads

Tap on the Regimen Screen at the Bottom

Tap the Plus (+) icon to create a New Regimen

Tap on the Name field and type Burkett Reloads, 

Tap the check mark to add new drills.  

What I want you to do is:

-Tap on the gray out message for Burkett Reloads 1 and type: NO PAR TIME

-Tap on the gray out message for Burkett Reloads 2 and type: .2 ABOVE BASELINE

-Tap on the gray out message for Burkett Reloads 3 and type: .1 ABOVE BASELINE

-Tap on the gray out message for Burkett Reloads 4 and type: BASELINE

-Tap on the gray out message for Burkett Reloads 5 and type: .1 BELOW BASELINE

-Tap on the gray out message for Burkett Reloads 5 and type: .2 BELOW BASELINE

Now tap on all of the On/Off switches and turn them On. You should see them change to On with a blue background. Remember to tap save. 

You are done.