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RDS Operator Courses

RDS O 2 Day

RDS Operator

The RDS-Operator #2529 course is an intensive, performance-driven training program built to develop rapid, predictable, and accountable proficiency with a pistol-mounted optic. This course is designed to help shooters acquire the dot immediately, confirm visual information decisively, and deliver accurate fire at speed under structured standards.

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This is not a “round count” class — it is a performance class. Every drill is built around measurable improvement in efficiency, consistency, and accountability.

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Core Performance Focus:

  • Balancing Speed and Accuracy – Understanding acceptable sight picture and applying performance standards to deliver accountable hits at pace.

  • Developing a Consistent Draw – Building a repeatable presentation that drives the optic into your line of sight predictably.

  • Target Transitions – Efficient visual processing and body mechanics to move between targets without over-confirmation or hesitation.

  • Reloads – Maintaining visual discipline and efficiency during gun handling.

  • Finding the Dot Consistently, Repeatably, and Predictively – Eliminating the “dot hunt” through refined presentation mechanics.

  • Vision for Proper Target Confirmation – Training your eyes to lead the gun and confirm what matters.

  • Individualized Grip Development – Establishing grip mechanics that support recoil management and rapid sight return.

  • Proper Trigger Manipulation – Allowing vision to drive shooting while applying efficient, disturbance-free trigger control.

 

Throughout the course, you will build skill sets that can be sustained and improved through structured dry practice and live fire. The objective is long-term performance development — giving you tools to continue increasing both speed and precision beyond the course.

 

Upon successful completion, students will receive:

  • TCOLE Credit

  • RDS-Operator TCOLE #2529 Certificate

 

Equipment:

  • Pistol with Red Dot Sight already mounted.

  • Ear & Eye protection

  • Duty grade holster and 2 magazine pouches on belt.

  • Recommended 5 magazines, minimum 3 magazines.

  • USPSA Gear is welcome.

  • Rain Gear

  • 500 rounds ammunition recommended. (More is better)

RDS Operator 2 Day

RDS Operator 2 Day is built to develop high-performance shooters who demand speed, accountability, and efficiency under pressure. This course expands on the RDS-O foundation by refining the core mechanics that drive elite-level pistol performance.

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Over two days, students will sharpen the critical skills that directly impact measurable results on target: visual processing speed, grip efficiency, recoil management, predictive gun control, and decision-based shooting. The focus is not simply on shooting drills — it is on building repeatable performance standards that translate to faster times, tighter groups, and greater consistency.

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Core Performance Focus:

  • Vision, Grip, and Trigger Efficiency – Applying the appropriate level of confirmation for the target presented, eliminating unnecessary delay while maintaining accountability.

  • High-Speed Transitions – Reducing wasted movement and driving the gun with visual intent.

  • Efficient Reloads – Minimizing downtime and maximizing continuity in performance.

  • Reactive Shooting – Processing information quickly and responding with the correct confirmation speed.

  • Predictive Shooting – Building a reliable index and understanding recoil behavior to shoot at the limits of control.

  • Performance-Based Movement – Integrating dynamic movement without sacrificing accuracy or efficiency.

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Throughout the course, we focus on skill stacking and integration, combining isolated competencies into performance-based application exercises. Students will leave with a structured training pathway designed to continue pushing speed and accuracy thresholds in future practice sessions.


Equipment:

  • Pistol with Red Dot Sight already mounted.

  • Ear & Eye protection

  • Duty grade holster and 2 magazine pouches on belt.

  • Recommended 5 magazines, minimum 3 magazines.

  • USPSA Gear is welcome.

  • Rain Gear

  • 1000 rounds of ammunition recommended. (More is better)

​RDS Operator Instructor

The RDS-O Instructor Course is a high-performance instructor development program designed to equip firearms instructors — and serious shooters — with the ability to isolate, diagnose, and rebuild shooting skills into subconscious, performance-based behaviors.

This course is built around one central objective: teach you how to see performance clearly, break it down precisely, and build it back up efficiently — both for yourself and for your students.

You will leave not just with improved personal performance, but with a structured pathway to coach others toward measurable results.

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Core Instructor Performance Areas:

  • Pillars of Shooting: Vision, Grip, and Trigger Manipulation - Learn how to isolate each pillar, identify inefficiencies, and build drills that create predictable, repeatable outcomes under time and accuracy standards.

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  • Reloads - Refine efficient reload mechanics while learning how to diagnose visual discipline, hand placement, and timing errors in students.

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  • Target Transitions - Develop and teach visual processing efficiency — eliminating over-confirmation and wasted motion between targets.

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  • Predictive Shooting Processes - Train shooters to recognize appropriate confirmation levels and fire once sufficient information is acquired — avoiding hesitation and over-aiming.

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  • Reactive Shooting Processes - Develop and coach a well-built index that allows rapid engagement at the highest levels of speed while maintaining accountability.

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  • The Draw - Break down presentation mechanics to eliminate dot hunting and build consistent optic acquisition.

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  • Movement - Integrate dynamic movement into performance training while maintaining visual control and shot accountability.​

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Instructional Emphasis

This course emphasizes performance deconstruction — teaching you how to:

  • Break complex shooting tasks into measurable components

  • Identify root causes of inefficiency

  • Build drills that produce subconscious competence

  • Coach vision-driven shooting processes

  • Establish consistency, repeatability, and predictability in students

 

Rather than teaching “what to do,” this course focuses on teaching you how to see and correct performance in real time.

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You will leave with the ability to structure training sessions that create sustainable improvement — not just pass a qualification.

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Required Equipment

  • Pistol with red dot sight (mounted and zeroed)

  • Ear and eye protection

  • Duty-grade holster

  • Minimum of 2 magazine pouches on belt

  • Minimum 3 magazines (5 recommended)

  • USPSA-style gear welcome

  • Rain gear

  • 1000 rounds of ammunition recommended (more is encouraged)

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