Training Tip: In Praise of the Walk Back Drill

Not so long ago I had an opportunity to help a police woman who was struggling on the range. She was shooting that day for her department annual qualification. That specific day she was having some trouble with the long-range shooting, and the lead instructor was kind enough to as if I might work with her. Knowing she had been doing fine at the near and mid-range targets, I knew we had to find out where the issue was and find a quick remedy. She and I walked up to the target and starting at the three-yard mark and I made a quarter sized circle in the center of the Q target. I then gave her only two suggestions.