I'm looking at being an instructor when I retire. Since I have the funds, and the bonus of a weekend alone with my wife (kids at inlaws). I talked her into taking a class at an upscale club where I'm looking to retire. My wife is a genuine noob, and I wanted to see how they taught and how their program was set up. I originally intended to play dumb, but to credit the female (former MP 10 years) instructor, she wasn't having anything of it. I didn't break to who I am and what I do, but simply said, "I know what I'm doing with pistols." She made a bold statement, 'my wife would outshoot me by the end of the class'. Thankfully, I had a mask on since we were in a public area.
The class was good enough, she covered everything that I think should be covered in an intro to pistols class. Not a CCW or any kind of actual 'shooting' class. This was a "This is a pistol" class. How to load a mag, how to hold the gun, she went over some common issues when shooting (stovepipe and double feed). The 'classroom' was probably 30 minutes of 'basics'. I didn't really know what to expect, my agency uses the firehose to drink methodology in everything.
The last half of the course was on the range. We shot 50 rounds doing various drills. My first 5 shots were a little scattered by my standards, my second 5 were a single hole at 5 yards. She looked at my target and moved it to 7 yards. My response was, "That's not fair, dammit". Her response, "Tough". If I were single, I'd be in love.
I was more watching how she instructed than anything else, I was ripping my shots to do the course of fire then observe. After we were done shooting, I asked if I could have 5-10 minutes to talk. When I told her who I worked for and my certs, she just started laughing and said "I knew something was up". We had a good talk and she let me know what it's like being an instructor in a private setting vs teaching a bunch of window lickers. Overall, wife seemed to enjoy herself and my Springfield 1911 might not be mine anymore
. I mentioned taking another class together and she didn't say no. This place has a virtual trainer, but not as snazzy as the VirTua trainer I have at work (which is amazing if you ever get the chance to use one).
The class was good enough, she covered everything that I think should be covered in an intro to pistols class. Not a CCW or any kind of actual 'shooting' class. This was a "This is a pistol" class. How to load a mag, how to hold the gun, she went over some common issues when shooting (stovepipe and double feed). The 'classroom' was probably 30 minutes of 'basics'. I didn't really know what to expect, my agency uses the firehose to drink methodology in everything.
The last half of the course was on the range. We shot 50 rounds doing various drills. My first 5 shots were a little scattered by my standards, my second 5 were a single hole at 5 yards. She looked at my target and moved it to 7 yards. My response was, "That's not fair, dammit". Her response, "Tough". If I were single, I'd be in love.
I was more watching how she instructed than anything else, I was ripping my shots to do the course of fire then observe. After we were done shooting, I asked if I could have 5-10 minutes to talk. When I told her who I worked for and my certs, she just started laughing and said "I knew something was up". We had a good talk and she let me know what it's like being an instructor in a private setting vs teaching a bunch of window lickers. Overall, wife seemed to enjoy herself and my Springfield 1911 might not be mine anymore
. I mentioned taking another class together and she didn't say no. This place has a virtual trainer, but not as snazzy as the VirTua trainer I have at work (which is amazing if you ever get the chance to use one).
