Lesson Details

PRE-COURSE ASSESSMENT - Range

• Safely load and unload all available demonstration firearms, covering at least:
• A revolver
• A semi-auto pistol
• Complete pistol shooting exercises as follows:
• Two-handed standing position
• One-handed standing position
• ‘Random’ (TC choice) position
• Must shoot 5 rounds into a 4" circle from 10', 15' & 20'. Must shoot 10 rounds into a 10" circle from 45"
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• LESSON SIX (30 min) - Classroom

• Introduction to NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course Lesson Plans

LESSON SEVEN (90 min) - Classroom

• Teaching Pistol Lesson I: Pistol Knowledge and Safe Handling

LESSON EIGHT (30 min) - Classroom

• Teaching Pistol Lesson II: Ammunition Knowledge and the Fundamentals of Pistol Shooting

LESSON NINE (60 min) - Classroom

• Basic Pistol Instructional Method

LESSON TEN (90 min) - Range

• Teaching Pistol Lesson III: Firing the First Shots

LESSON ELEVEN (90 min) - Classroom

• Teaching Pistol Lesson IV: Two-handed Standing and One-handed Standing Shooting Positions

LESSON TWELVE (60 min) - Classroom

• Evaluating and Improving Performance of Beginner Pistol Shooters

LESSON THIRTEEN (60 min) - Classroom

• Teaching Pistol Lesson V: Pistol Sports and Activities

EXAMINATION & CONCLUSION (90 min) - Classroom

• Role of the examination in the training process
• Student evaluations
• Importance of student recognition
• Take instructor certification test: Score of 90% required for full certification
• Applying to the NRA for certification

TOTAL

• 11- Hour Classroom & Range