Pick187
12-23-2009, 05:38 PM
We are just months away from implementing airsoft into our training. My proposal is to have 4 to 6 officers per training session once a month. Within a year every officer will have gone thru the training. The first years training will be shooting drills in the morning and then force on force scenario training in the afternoon. The following year, mix it up to something like traffic stops in the morning and building searches in the afternoon. This training WILL NOT take any time away from our current firearm training. Airsoft does not replace actually throwing lead down range. I plan on posting my drills on here for many reasons. I want people to pick it apart and show me flaws or what could be changed for the better.
Drill #7 The underused drills
So often we have drills that we just don’t spend very much time on a square range throwing real lead around. Why, because it is often so dangerous. Now with airsoft it opens so many new avenues. Some of these drills consist of:
1. Hitting the target with your weak hand and drawing and shooting from the hip, close in so the suspect cannot grab it. Things to watch for is if the officer has the gun straight up and not a little canted the slide will strike the officers and causing a malfunction.
2. Weak firing. The drills mentioned before can all be run using weak handed. How often do we train with our weak hand?
3. Firing from lying on your back or on your side. Too often we don’t do a lot of this because we are afraid the officer will shoot himself in the foot or leg. Well, now they will just ping themselves with an airsoft bb.
Any other under used drill can you think of?
Drill #7 The underused drills
So often we have drills that we just don’t spend very much time on a square range throwing real lead around. Why, because it is often so dangerous. Now with airsoft it opens so many new avenues. Some of these drills consist of:
1. Hitting the target with your weak hand and drawing and shooting from the hip, close in so the suspect cannot grab it. Things to watch for is if the officer has the gun straight up and not a little canted the slide will strike the officers and causing a malfunction.
2. Weak firing. The drills mentioned before can all be run using weak handed. How often do we train with our weak hand?
3. Firing from lying on your back or on your side. Too often we don’t do a lot of this because we are afraid the officer will shoot himself in the foot or leg. Well, now they will just ping themselves with an airsoft bb.
Any other under used drill can you think of?