Specialty Training
3 Day RDS Pistol Instructor Development
Gives each student the tools, knowledge, and confidence to facilitate and teach an audience.
- Length
- 3 days
- Hours
- 8 AM – 5 PM each day
- Ammo
- 600–800 rounds
- Price
- $1,200
About the course
About 3 Day RDS Pistol Instructor Development
Our 3 Day Pistol Instructor Development Program provides a framework for each student with the necessary tools, knowledge, and confidence to facilitate and teach an audience. This is accomplished through a true understanding of fundamental principles that you can quantify.
The Instructor Development Program will assist you in building the confidence needed to develop viable curriculum for your audience, further developing your delivery of this material and the ability to execute on demand in front of an audience in an efficient & disciplined manner. Performance on demand.
This course drives instructors to exceed their comfort levels in order to grow through constructive criticism, all while inside a conducive learning environment. This course will teach you the essential steps and provide you with the knowledge necessary to build a confident shooter.
PERFORMANCE > PROMISE.
What you’ll work on
This course covers
- Curriculum construction
- Conveying effective messaging
- Skill building drills
- Proper execution of demonstrations
- Target and course of fire design
- Trained observation techniques
- How to create a conducive learning environment
- Adult learning theory
- Facilitation of an audience
- Delivery of material
- Conducting a safe range
- Public speaking
- Performance on demand application
- Articulating fundamentals
- Target diagnosis
- Shooter diagnosis
- Student development & relations
- Safe weapons handling while teaching
- Coaching/mentoring
- Observation & diagnosis
- Par timer utilization
- Range bag essentials
- Emergency medical planning/staging
- Business model evaluation
- Promotions/marketing strategy
Before you sign up
Prerequisites
Students must be safe & confident in their shooting abilities. Prerequisite: Pistol 1 completed by a reputable instructor or organization. Students will be held to a high standard and will be expected to develop their own curriculum, which they will teach during the 3 day course. Evaluations will be conducted by students and instructors to provide healthy feedback and constructive critique.
What to bring
Minimum gear requirements
- OWB (outside the waistband) or IWB (inside the waistband) holster
- Reliable and sturdy EDC (everyday carry) or duty belt
- At least 2 magazine holders
- At least 3 magazines
- Reliable pistol
- 600–800 rounds of ammunition
- Ear & eye protection
- Permanent marker
- Appropriate clothing for the range
- Weapons maintenance & cleaning equipment
- Food & water
- Par timer
- Note-taking gear
- Range bag
Dates & booking
Upcoming classes
Was $1,500, now $1,200