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At Lethal Force Institute, we have the instructors shoot what we call a pace-setter drill on the last day. Just before the students shoot their final qualification test, the staff will shoot the same course of fire as a demonstration. This does several good things. First, it lets the students see what’s expected of them. Second, watching us do it helps them “set their internal clock” which in turn helps them make the times required for each string of fire. Third, it gives them a mental image of what they are supposed to be doing.

“Simunitions” has ushered in a new dimension in reality-based training. This Glock has been factory modified to fire only the Simunitions paint pellet rounds.

Be able to shoot effectively from non-standard positions. National IDPA champ Ted Yost shows his form with a “cover crouch,” which gets him down behind the rear of a car faster than conventional kneeling.

Bob Lindsey, the master police officer survival instructor, noted in the 1980s that a number of cops who were losing fights would suddenly see in their mind’s eye an image of an instructor performing a technique. They would act out that image, make it work, and prevail. He called it “modeling.” This is the main reason we do the pace-setter drill. Until then, I had followed the advice I’d been given in firearms instructor school. “Don’t shoot in front of the students,” I had been told. “If you’re as good as you’re supposed to be, it will make some of them despair of ever reaching your level. And if you blow it, you lose your credibility.”