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DRILL Crowded House: Move To Find Your Targets<br />
BY KEVIN MICHALOWSKI<br />
»LIFE IS MOVEMENT. Our world is not a static place. You can pretty much count on the<br />
fact that any deadly force incident will be dynamic and perhaps a bit confusing. You cannot<br />
train for every eventuality, and you cannot hope to simulate the rapid violence of a deadly<br />
attack, but if you don’t even try, you are certain to fail in the face of such adversity.<br />
If you restrict your training<br />
to stationary targets engaged<br />
from the 7-yard line, you will<br />
likely die while standing still. If<br />
you don’t at least try to negotiate<br />
a busy shooting scene,<br />
you will likely be paralyzed by<br />
indecision and die while standing<br />
still or be overwhelmed by<br />
the activity and make mistakes<br />
you might regret for the rest of<br />
your life.<br />
ABOUT THE DRILL<br />
This drill is not designed to be<br />
an accurate representation of<br />
what it might be like to engage<br />
multiple opponents in a crowd.<br />
This drill is designed to force<br />
you to focus on the basics<br />
of dynamic shooting and the<br />
skills needed to control your<br />
environment. Like all good<br />
training drills, this drill will force<br />
you to think, move, shoot and<br />
communicate. As always, start<br />
slowly for form and then pick up<br />
speed as your skills improve.<br />
This is not a race. It is a training<br />
sequence designed to make<br />
you think about many different<br />
things at once.<br />
WHAT YOU WILL NEED<br />
Start this drill with at least<br />
three targets. Five targets<br />
would be better. If you can<br />
make two of the targets reactionary,<br />
that would be even better.<br />
For this drill, we used two<br />
polymer Popper Targets from<br />
Newbold (newboldtargets.com)<br />
and three standard cardboard<br />
targets.<br />
The Newbold Poppers represent<br />
the bad guys, and the<br />
cardboard targets are the good<br />
guys. These cardboard targets<br />
are the “no-shoot” targets.<br />
Arrange the targets into a close<br />
group with at least one noshoot<br />
target directly in front of<br />
one of the Poppers.<br />
Your goal is to move around<br />
the periphery of the target<br />
group, shooting the Poppers<br />
only when you have a clear<br />
shot and only when a passthrough<br />
shot will not impact<br />
one of the no-shoot targets.<br />
Your goal is to drop the Popper<br />
targets and leave the cardboard,<br />
including the target legs,<br />
untouched.<br />
MAKING IT WORK<br />
Run this drill more than once.<br />
Begin from various positions<br />
and move targets to make the<br />
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