Description Videos Reviews This two-day course focuses on how to optimally train marksmanship at speed with a pistol. This course is not about tactics, although tactical application of all techniques taught will be discussed, but instead is about skill with the firearm. Your skill at shooting drives your tactics, and the ability to make a shot with precision, rapidly, and under pressure, is of paramount importance. Our goal is for every student to finish this class with a deeper understanding of how to construct their personal training in order to improve as efficiently as possible. Topics Covered: Fundamental principles of marksmanship at speed Efficiency and consistency of weapons manipulation at speed Movement principles for application of shooting technique Technical efficiency and individual optimization of technique Isolation of skills and training methodology for improvement Technical experimentation in training Complex drills for training skills in aggregate Maximizing performance under pressure Creating a feedback loop for maximizing efficiency of training Course Prerequisites Good health and a fitness level sufficient for strenuous physical activity. All our classes incorporate vigorous athletic movement. All our classes require safe weapons handling at an unconsciously competent level of skill. This includes drawing from a holster, reholstering, reloads, and weapons safety during dynamic movement and under physical and mental stress. Flagrant or negligent unsafe actions will result in removal from a class without refund. Equipment Requirements Serviceable pistol of 9mm or larger caliber, minimum 3 magazines (6 for single stack guns), belt, holster and at a minimum two mag pouches capable of retaining weapon and magazines during strenuous movement. Minimum 1,000 rounds of ammunition, although more is recommended. Eye/ear protection for range. No Serpa holsters or soft nylon/leather holsters permitted in class. Student Information We send out two student emails for every class. You will receive one email approximately two weeks before the class date containing waivers, student information, range location, and amount of range fees where applicable. Please complete the waiver in a timely fashion, this helps us greatly for the class. You’ll receive a follow-up email the week of the class. If you don’t receive the first email, please check your spam folder. The emails will come from alittle@greybeardactual.com. Pistol Skill Development This two-day course focuses on how to optimally train marksman... 36 Reviews 5 Pistol Skill Development Posted by Gabe R. on 20th Mar 2021 Matt’s Pistol Skill Development Course is one of the best I’ve taken. Not only does this course highlight areas you can personally improve on with your shooting technique but it outlines a method to train in order to set goals and achieve them. Matt was able to articulate the benefits of competitive shooting in the law enforcement world due to his experience in both spectrums. He also demonstrated how the processing speed of competitive shooting improves your processing time in scenario based training such as CQB. I would highly recommend this course for anyone in law enforcement or anyone who carries a firearm and wants to improve their skills. 5 Pistol Skill Development Posted by Charles Larkin on 9th Mar 2021 This class was great. We learned a lot of techniques and drills to use in our practice, as well as a framework and goals for effective practice. By the end of the class I was definitely shooting sooner and more accurately with more consistency. I hope to take a class from Matt again in the future. 5 Pistol Skill Development Course Posted by Former Team Guy on 9th Mar 2021 You absolutely should train with Matt at Greybeard Actual. This is a very well run course that focuses the student on how to improve, not only during the two day course, but during their own training sessions as well. Students ranged from active law enforcement, retired law enforcement, to CCW holders. EVERYONE in the course learned how to improve their training and performance, and even though there were various skill levels, everyone made marked improvement. My intent for the course was to leave shooting better on Sunday afternoon than I did Saturday morning. I believe I achieved my intent, but I also left with three pages worth of typed notes on how to improve not only my shooting, but the shooting of my teammates and those I instruct. Many shooting schools give you a variety of drills and standards to shoot, and the course is spent working on shooting those drills to meet a par time at the end. While this is effective, this type of instruction is purely training. Matt’s course is something more. What we learned in 2 days was a functional model on how to develop your own training plan, then Matt showed us how to execute that training over two days. Did we put a lot of rounds down range? Absolutely. But we didn’t just blaze away, we learned something from every round. This is a mental as well as physical course. If you are a CCW shooter, and you are focused on keeping yourself and your family safe, this course will show you how you can structure your training to do that. Are you looking to become or are you already a competitive shooter? This course will show you how to become more efficient and make better choices in training and execution to achieve the results you want. Are you a Law Enforcement or Military shooter who is looking to increase their abilities for operational application? This course will show you how to push your and your team’s cognitive bandwidth in the practical application of marksmanship, to allow you to execute your tactics effectively to have the greatest opportunity for mission success. In a time when ammunition is expensive and time at a premium, you owe it to yourself and your team to train with Matt. You are not getting just a two day course with Matt, you are getting a way to structure and plan all your training to achieve the results you want. 5 Pistol Skills Development Posted by Tony Yglesias on 9th Mar 2021 Matt did an excellent job explaining what we were doing and why. His insight on how to train was very helpful and informative. He was also open to different suggestions on different aspects of the class. I highly recommend training with Matt and Angela. 5 Pistol Skill Development - Outstanding Posted by Jeremy B. on 9th Mar 2021 I came to Matt's course with three decades of shooting for various applications under my belt and a decent foundation for accuracy on the flat range. I was hoping to build accuracy at speed and increase my consistency. I personally found Matt's course and method of instruction to be simply outstanding. Not only did my shooting improve markedly during the course, but Matt left us with a framework and methodology for continuing to build after the class. Matt, Angela and the others in the class were not only great shooters, but just a really solid group to spend the weekend with. I cannot recommend Matt's course highly enough. 5 pistol skills Posted by Chris on 25th Feb 2021 To start with I’m not an “advanced” shooter. I’m getting back into shooting after a break. This class will pay for itself in the money that I will save on training rounds alone and will take seconds off my time as well. I can’t recommend this class more. This was not a train for 2 days and there you go, it gave me an understanding of what I needed to practice on to be better and gave me the tools to do it. I will be applying what I learned in this class to train better and improve my shooting in less time than I would have without the class. If you are on the fence of taking it take it. It will pay for itself in seconds off your time and definitely shortcut your training curve. 5 Great class... Posted by Wyn T. on 24th Feb 2021 Especially good was the emphasis on the how-to of self-coaching, making better use of time and ammo. 5 Phenomenal class, very highly recommended! Posted by Aaron on 16th Jun 2020 Matt's Pistol Skill Development class is a must for both defensive and competitive shooters! Matt understands his material deeply enough that he not only presents a method, but is able to articulate why it works as well as how it is applicable to both a defensive and a competitive shooter. Matt's course is laid out in a manner that makes sense, conveying a wealth of information without "firehosing" it at you and hoping some sticks, you're able learn from all of it. Matt doesn't sugar coat it, it will be a lot of work but you will take with you the ability to establish a training path that is going to be effective at improving your pistol shooting abilities! Thank you again Matt and Angela for putting on the class, and LHGK for hosting it! 5 Pistol Skills Development Class Posted by Rob S. on 12th Jun 2020 Solid and Well Founded Content, Easily Digestible Format, Skilled Delivery...without a doubt a "Go-To" class for ANYONE looking to Step Up not only thier Skill with the Pistol, but also their Training Methodology with a Pistol! Previous Next
5 Pistol Skill Development Posted by Gabe R. on 20th Mar 2021 Matt’s Pistol Skill Development Course is one of the best I’ve taken. Not only does this course highlight areas you can personally improve on with your shooting technique but it outlines a method to train in order to set goals and achieve them. Matt was able to articulate the benefits of competitive shooting in the law enforcement world due to his experience in both spectrums. He also demonstrated how the processing speed of competitive shooting improves your processing time in scenario based training such as CQB. I would highly recommend this course for anyone in law enforcement or anyone who carries a firearm and wants to improve their skills.
5 Pistol Skill Development Posted by Charles Larkin on 9th Mar 2021 This class was great. We learned a lot of techniques and drills to use in our practice, as well as a framework and goals for effective practice. By the end of the class I was definitely shooting sooner and more accurately with more consistency. I hope to take a class from Matt again in the future.
5 Pistol Skill Development Course Posted by Former Team Guy on 9th Mar 2021 You absolutely should train with Matt at Greybeard Actual. This is a very well run course that focuses the student on how to improve, not only during the two day course, but during their own training sessions as well. Students ranged from active law enforcement, retired law enforcement, to CCW holders. EVERYONE in the course learned how to improve their training and performance, and even though there were various skill levels, everyone made marked improvement. My intent for the course was to leave shooting better on Sunday afternoon than I did Saturday morning. I believe I achieved my intent, but I also left with three pages worth of typed notes on how to improve not only my shooting, but the shooting of my teammates and those I instruct. Many shooting schools give you a variety of drills and standards to shoot, and the course is spent working on shooting those drills to meet a par time at the end. While this is effective, this type of instruction is purely training. Matt’s course is something more. What we learned in 2 days was a functional model on how to develop your own training plan, then Matt showed us how to execute that training over two days. Did we put a lot of rounds down range? Absolutely. But we didn’t just blaze away, we learned something from every round. This is a mental as well as physical course. If you are a CCW shooter, and you are focused on keeping yourself and your family safe, this course will show you how you can structure your training to do that. Are you looking to become or are you already a competitive shooter? This course will show you how to become more efficient and make better choices in training and execution to achieve the results you want. Are you a Law Enforcement or Military shooter who is looking to increase their abilities for operational application? This course will show you how to push your and your team’s cognitive bandwidth in the practical application of marksmanship, to allow you to execute your tactics effectively to have the greatest opportunity for mission success. In a time when ammunition is expensive and time at a premium, you owe it to yourself and your team to train with Matt. You are not getting just a two day course with Matt, you are getting a way to structure and plan all your training to achieve the results you want.
5 Pistol Skills Development Posted by Tony Yglesias on 9th Mar 2021 Matt did an excellent job explaining what we were doing and why. His insight on how to train was very helpful and informative. He was also open to different suggestions on different aspects of the class. I highly recommend training with Matt and Angela.
5 Pistol Skill Development - Outstanding Posted by Jeremy B. on 9th Mar 2021 I came to Matt's course with three decades of shooting for various applications under my belt and a decent foundation for accuracy on the flat range. I was hoping to build accuracy at speed and increase my consistency. I personally found Matt's course and method of instruction to be simply outstanding. Not only did my shooting improve markedly during the course, but Matt left us with a framework and methodology for continuing to build after the class. Matt, Angela and the others in the class were not only great shooters, but just a really solid group to spend the weekend with. I cannot recommend Matt's course highly enough.
5 pistol skills Posted by Chris on 25th Feb 2021 To start with I’m not an “advanced” shooter. I’m getting back into shooting after a break. This class will pay for itself in the money that I will save on training rounds alone and will take seconds off my time as well. I can’t recommend this class more. This was not a train for 2 days and there you go, it gave me an understanding of what I needed to practice on to be better and gave me the tools to do it. I will be applying what I learned in this class to train better and improve my shooting in less time than I would have without the class. If you are on the fence of taking it take it. It will pay for itself in seconds off your time and definitely shortcut your training curve.
5 Great class... Posted by Wyn T. on 24th Feb 2021 Especially good was the emphasis on the how-to of self-coaching, making better use of time and ammo.
5 Phenomenal class, very highly recommended! Posted by Aaron on 16th Jun 2020 Matt's Pistol Skill Development class is a must for both defensive and competitive shooters! Matt understands his material deeply enough that he not only presents a method, but is able to articulate why it works as well as how it is applicable to both a defensive and a competitive shooter. Matt's course is laid out in a manner that makes sense, conveying a wealth of information without "firehosing" it at you and hoping some sticks, you're able learn from all of it. Matt doesn't sugar coat it, it will be a lot of work but you will take with you the ability to establish a training path that is going to be effective at improving your pistol shooting abilities! Thank you again Matt and Angela for putting on the class, and LHGK for hosting it!
5 Pistol Skills Development Class Posted by Rob S. on 12th Jun 2020 Solid and Well Founded Content, Easily Digestible Format, Skilled Delivery...without a doubt a "Go-To" class for ANYONE looking to Step Up not only thier Skill with the Pistol, but also their Training Methodology with a Pistol!