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RDS Operator Courses

RDS O 2 Day

RDS Operator

The RDS-Operator #2529 8 hour course is designed to provide you with the foundational skills and techniques for acquiring a pistol-mounted optic quickly and efficiently. This course focuses on:

  • Balancing Speed and Accuracy

  • Developing a consistent Draw

  • Target Transitions

  • Reloads

  • Finding the Dot Consistently, Repeatably, and Predictively

  • Vision for proper target confirmation

  • Grip that suited for the individual shoot 

  • Proper trigger manipulation with a focus on letting our vison drive out shooting 

 

In this course, you will gain skills and knowledge that you can continue to develop at home, enhancing your proficiency as a shooter to develop the highest levels of speed and accuacy. Additionally, you will receive TCOLE credit and, upon successful completion, a certificate for the RDS-Operator TCOLE #2529.

 

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

This course is designed as the expansion pack version of the RDS-O. In this course, we will cover the fundamental concepts and principles of running a gun and achieving the highest levels of speed and accuracy. The curriculum includes:

  •  Vision, Grip, and Trigger Manipulations: Techniques based on the appropriate level of confirmation needed for specific targets.

  • Transitions: Efficiently moving between targets.

  • Reloads: Speed and efficiency in reloading.

  • Reactive Shooting: Responding with our vision and appropriate levels of confirmation.

  • Predictive Shooting: Understanding how the gun behaves though a solid index point to achieve the highest levels of speed and accuracy

  • Movement: Incorporating dynamic movement into shooting scenarios.

 

Throughout the course, we will begin skill stacking and integrating these elements into combination and application exercises. This will provide you with a training pathway to continue developing your skills in individual training 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 designed to equip firearms instructors and motivated shooters with the skills, techniques, and training pathways to break down skills into isolated parts and build them into subconscious practices.

 

Key topics include:

  • Pillars of Shooting: Vision, grip, and trigger manipulations.

  • Reloads: Efficient reloading techniques.

  • Target Transition: Smooth and quick movement between targets.

  • Predictive Shooting Processes: Utilizing the appropriate confirmation levels and reacting once the appropriate amount of information is acquired.

  • Reactive Shooting Processes: The ability to utilize a well developed index point to appropriately engage targets at the highest levels of speed and accuracy.

  • The Draw: Effective drawing techniques.

  • Movement: Incorporating dynamic movement into shooting scenarios.


The course emphasizes how to break large training areas into digestible pieces, allowing you and your students to identify inefficiencies and develop skills grounded in consistency, repeatability, and predictability.

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 ammunition recommended. (More is better)

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