Author: Ken Nelson

Practice: Anticipation Therapy, 300 Rounds Summary:  A practice devoted to eradicating anticipation from the known universeRounds: 300Time: About 2 hours. Required:  Berm,  3 Inch Circle Targets, Blank Sheet of Paper,  1.  We will work our way up to seeing the sights.  2.  Wrist/Cam Pressure – at chest height, 40 rounds.        Key – use safe part of…
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Summary: Anticipation can be tough to kick. Let’s face it straight on with 100 rounds.Rounds: 150 dry, 100 liveDistance: 3 to 7 yards varying with skillTarget: 3 Inch Round Circles (don’t have one, 3 inch square duct tape works)Start Position: Compressed Imminent ThreatDry Variant: Do just the dry part.   Procedure:  Earn your live shots…
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Practice: 300 Rounds, Focus on Fundamentals This is a practice designed for improving fundamentals as well as seeing what fundamentals need more work. You will advance to rapid shooting, done deliberately, and then document in your journal what worked and what you will do to improve.  It’s always important to catch  yourself doing things right…
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Summary: Rhythm means performing a sequence of steps correctly and in the right order at a particular speed. This exercise builds your ability shoot correctly at faster and faster speeds.Target: PractiMini @ 5 to 10 yards depending on your skill (this needs legal sized paper) Rounds: 88 minimum, 100 or more with retries Procedure:Not sure about rhythm speeds?  Here…
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Excercise: Confidence thru Constant Wrist Cam and Grip Pressure Summary:  Build confidence in your grip by shooting tight groups without using a sight picture. The key is constant wrist camming and grip pressure – once set, do not change it with the shot, and then calmly letting recoil happen. Target: Blank piece of paper Rounds:…
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Exercise: Diminishing Dots – Give the Target Its Due Summary:  This exercise is another vision “See What You Need to See” honing tool.  You might guess, correctly, that we think Seeing What You Need to See is important. Time:   30 minutes Rounds: 100 live, 100 dry Target:  Diminishing Dot Start Position: Compressed Imminent Threat, 3 to…
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Exercise: 1″ Dots at Speed Summary:  Shoot dots as fast as you can hit them. An exercise for the “speed” portion of a practice.  You can try this cold as well from time to time to see where you are on high pressure shooting with no warmup.   Rounds: 75 Target: 1″ Dots (https://aug2019.tacticalperformancecenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/TPC_1_Inch_Circles_Target.pdf) Time:  < 1…
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Exercise: VP 170/100 – See What You Need to See for different targets An exercise improves a fundamental. A drill improves a set of connected skills or fundamentals. This exercise builds up 2 core fundamentals – seeing what you need to see, and deciding as early as you can what you need to see.  These…
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Summary: Present at the same speed for hard or easy shots. You will save time you can spend confirming your sight picture and ensuring a hit. Try this on the WB40 exercise. It’s very common when you know you have a tough shot to present the gun slowly. That just wastes time better spent either…
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Summary:  A complete “package” for the defensive shooter includes a triad of shooting skill, mindset, and tactical processes. Competition can greatly aid shooting skill without detracting from mindset or tactical skills.   In particular, competition will help:   your shooting accuracy speed on single and multiple targets, ability to recognize and deal with malfunctions early and…
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