Day 1
Day one started with a short classroom lecture and safety brief. The first think I noticed is most of the people attending I knew and have shot with before. This was exciting to me because I was near the bottom of a plethora of good shooters. I like to be in classes where there are people who are better, faster, more experience than I am. I learn just as much from watching them as the instructor. Todd is also very good about pointing this out and using others as examples and templates for developing your technique.
We moved to the range and Todd took a baseline for all of us (F.A.S.T.) After shooting a few marksmanship assessments we moved back to the class room for a very short lecture on fundamentals. After the fundamentals lecture it was back to the range for drills and fundamentals building.
One of the things I like about Todd’s teaching style is he builds on skills and then has us put it all together. In the AFHF class we start with the fundies (grip, sight picture, etc.) We then work on our press outs, then on the draw, then on the reload, then put it all together.
After lunch we continued with drills and a little more rounds down range. Having both Todd and Tom was a great help because we always had someone pointing out what we were doing and how to improve. The students were also very good about helping each other and talking off line about their challenges and successes.
We ended the day with a FAST drill and went for some dinner.
Day 2
Day two again started with FAST and DOT Torture. I did not like my performance for either of these drills.
We continued with working on the draw and press out with a much higher round count then the first day. At some point a lightbulb went off and I realized what I was doing with my trigger. I was not pulling it all the way to the rear. The over travel of a 1911 to an M&P is much different as you know. Once I started pulling the trigger all the way through my shooting improved in an instant.
We moved on to exploring action and reaction as well as multiple targets and shooting on the move. We then did the FAST drill and ended the day with Triple Nickel.
All in all about 900 rounds and two great days of shooting and learning.