I know that his board is oriented toward more experienced pistol shooters but I was wondering what could be done to some of the drills to make them more approachable to less experienced shooters. To give you a perspective of where I am coming from, I have started "seriously" shooting over the last 9 months as a hobby. Before that I was the once or twice a year shooter with basic marksmanship training from the Army almost 20 years ago. I have taken a couple of NRA based classes and private lessons from a local instructor to get a handle on my fundamentals. I just got into IDPA where I have shot the classifier as SSP/Marksman and one match. In that match, one of the stages was a Double Bill Drill with a slidelock reload which I completed in 13.21 with zero points down which put me as second best for that one stage for SSP/Marksman.
Taking last weeks DoTW as an example, the 99 Drill, what would be the preferred way to modify the drill for a less experienced shooter? I can see three aspects that you can change to make the drill "easier":
- Target Size - The drill allows you to choose 3x5 or 4x6. Is 6x6 (IDPA Head box) another valid option?
- Distance - Changing the distances to 3/5/7 or 5/7/10
- PAR time - increasing PAR times. I could run the drill to establish a baseline for PAR and decrease the times as I get more comfortable at speed.
Is there any one preferred way to change a drill or does it really depend on the drill?