Women Learning To Shoot:
A Guide for Law Enforcement Officers
by Diane
Nicholl and Vicki Farnam
144 pages
Hitting your target isn't luck, it's skill!
In this profusely-illustrated companion to the
ground-breaking Teaching Women To Shoot: A Law Enforcement Instructor's
Guide, we switch to the student's point of view - particularly the female
student. The techniques we have used to help hundreds of women improve their
shooting are here for you to learn.
Our new book is different because it is written
for women by women. We have listened, asked questions and observed how women
learn to shoot for many years. Our students include women shooting a handgun for
the first time to those with many years experience in law enforcement and the
military. They share many of the same problems and frustrations, so do not feel
like you are the only one struggling to hit the target!
Women differ in how they learn and how readily
they develop new skills. We have found women tend to learn more quickly if the
material is broken into several parts and is mastered one step at a time.
At the beginning of every class, we ask our
students what their shooting problems are. The most frequent complaint is their
lack of consistency. Sometimes they go to the range and shoot well and other
times they do poorly. They cannot explain why this happens.
They do not fully understand what they need to do
to accurately hit their target and they do not know why they miss. Our book
provides the information you need to learn to make consistently accurate hits
and to be able to self correct if you miss.
There are many things that can help or hinder
accurate shooting. You will find shooting requires you to do several things all
at the same time. Women are good at multi-tasking, given the proper instruction.
We break shooting down into parts, thoroughly explain each one and describe how
to put them together.
A Case History
A law enforcement officer with 15 years of
shooting experience was often laughed at because of her poor performance. The
grip she had been taught did not work with the gun she used. Every time she
pressed the trigger, she pushed the front sight out of alignment.
Frustrated, she searched for help on her own and
read our book, Teaching Women To Shoot: A Law Enforcement Instructor’s Guide.
She learned how to modify her grip to hit more accurately. Now she can control
the trigger and sights and consistently hit the target.
She has gone on to share her knowledge with other
female officers as well as her instructor. She actually enjoys shooting now!
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Risk and Opportunity
Chapter 2: Stance
Chapter 3: Grip
Chapter 4: Sight Alignment
Chapter 5: Trigger Control
Chapter 6: Launch Platform
Chapter 7: Recoil
Chapter 8: Safety
Appendix: Gunhandling Skills
Glossary
Index
Resources
