Training at Applied Ballistics
Training at Applied Ballistics
I wanted to take a moment to put out some information regarding our new training format. We have been presented with some unique challenges with regard to training over the last year and it has lead us to rethink our approach.Over a series of posts I plan to lay out each individual course we will be offering but this first post will be about the reasons for our change and how to navigate the courses we will be offering in the immediate future. Right now we plan to have the following courses available through 2021:
– Introduction to Shooting
– Handgun Marksmanship Fundamentals
– Introduction to Defensive Pistol
– Defensive Pistol 1 – Fundamentals
– Defensive Pistol 2 – Core Skills
– Defensive Pistol 3 – Intermediate Skills
– Defensive Pistol 4 – Advanced Skills
For those who have trained with us before, you have probably noticed that we have added several levels to our defensive pistol classes and removed our competition shooting classes.
First, we haven’t actually added levels to defensive pistol, we have just shortened the classes and broken them up into smaller parts. We have done this for several reasons. With the current ammo shortage we are all dealing with it is increasingly difficult to source enough ammunition for a high round count class. By making the classes smaller we can spend available ammunition addressing the most important skills first before moving on to other things. We are also able to spend more time on a particular set of skills by not overloading the student in one class.
We will conduct a skills test at the end of each class to evaluate a student’s mastery of the skills covered in that course. This will help the student gauge whether they are ready to move on and learn new skills or if another round in that class would serve them better. Students progress at different paces and each class builds on what was taught in earlier classes. Moving on too soon can leave a student struggling to keep up in a class they aren’t ready to tackle.
This will also mitigate cost. With ammo prices rising we are able to offer these short classes at a very reasonable price. Students can take these short classes without spending large sums of money and can move on when time, skills, and resources allow.
As for the competition classes, we hope to bring those back in the future. With the current influx of new gun owners and the primary focus of that group being on self defense we have decided to direct our time to addressing that need. Participation in shooting sports is down, despite the volume of new gun owners, simply because the industry hasn’t been able to keep up. We all hope that changes and when it does we hope to again add competition classes.
In the coming weeks watch for a class by class breakdown here on the blog. I will go through and provide a course description for each class detailing what experience level a student should have as well as what equipment will be required to take each class.
– Aaron