3 Range Drills for Developing Accuracy, Speed & the Ability to Shoot Under Pressure

The One Hole Drill starts with the shooter firing one shot at the center of a small, circular bullseye on the target. The next four shots are then aimed at the hole made by shot number one. It sounds fairly straightforward, but it takes intense concentration to master. The One Hole Drill is usually performed with a target that has six 3-inch dots spread out on a 24-by-36-inch piece of paper. The One Hole Drill begins with the shooter firing at the target from a distance of 3 yards. There is no time limit to begin with. Once the groups cluster within a 3-inch dot at 3 yards, the shooter can use a smaller dot and move the target back to 5, 7, 10 or 15 yards. Use a timer to add stress. When using a timer, the interval between the start and stop buzzer should initially be set at 10 seconds. As your skill increases the interval can be decreased a second at a time until accuracy starts to fall off. At that point, no further difficulty is added until the shooter is able to shrink the size of the groups.