Why You Should Train 3-7 Yards! 

That 1 finger shot was impressive.

2 things: I don't think people know how hard it is to shoot at 25 with that accuracy with 1 finger. And switching to the left on the reload and shooting is tough as well. Great job Alston. Learning a lot.

That 25 yard one was ridiculous

Excellent! 👍 I liked the "sit on the couch and talk trash" remark 😏 I've been shooting since a boy of 8 with my father and my great uncle guiding me. Both were soldiers and lawmen. Both were also veterans of combat, and shootings as an officer. They trained me to draw and shoot from less than 1 ft. to as far as 75m. with a handgun. By the time I went to basic training, I was more than ready. After 3 tours in Vietnam I too became a peace officer, and managed to walk away from 3 shootings during my career. Because of my father's and great uncle's skilled and professional experience in training that I'm still here. Now in my 70s, I still train on my own range, and close quarters drills are a big part of how I train. And fundamentals are at the top of the list. Recently discovered your channel. I was very impressed and immediately subscribed. I'm going back to other videos you've made, and catch myself nodding my head at times thinking "man, this guy knows his stuff". Thought I've been shooting for over 6 decades, I'll be the very first to say I'm still learning. And your channel is an excellent source of knowledge to add to my own. 👍

Another good one, learn to crawl before you walk, and walk before you run

The Dunning Kruger effect is very real. Most gun fights are within a car length (7)yards, and in, and so-called professionals (police) miss at that range. Handgun triggers are heavier than the gun itself,making it easier to disturb during the trigger press. Shooting is simple but not easy.

Always practice what you're best at. Always practice what you're worst at.

Remember guys, the closer the action the less time for reaction. Muscle memory is real and practice at different distances is essential. Check with your sight picture before shooting, and across lanes. Your range won’t thank you for damage to walls etc.

Great videos. I shoot a lot but you've got me questioning how I go about it. Fundamentals are what it's all about. Thanks for the reminder.

I agree with you 💯 I always start with the circle drill up close for marksmanship. My "warm up" 3-5-7 yards

I have annual memberships at 2 indoor ranges and I had to qualify at similar distances with a range officer on a shot timer with speed and accuracy. I'm qualified to practice holster draws and rapid fire drills that many ranges don't allow even for their members. I train predominantly at 3, 5 and 7 years so I did see some new drills and movements that will help me diversify and advance my training. 💪🏾👍🏾

The range 3, 5, 7 etc. is exactly what my fryand & RSO told me when I started trying to become a shooter. The remainder of the lesson was icing on the cake. Thanks for the info and I'll apply what I received to my quest of becoming a better shooter.

In a fire fight distance and Technique are your friends. It's nice to see this being taught, because at point blank your both equal, it's at distance where you shine

My son and I play battle ship at the range. The target has some sized circles on each ship. We run a magazine each, and check the target. Want to find out how good you aren’t? Put that target at 7 yards. When I’m within an inch of those dime sized dots I feel like I’m doing pretty well. Fundamentals up close, at medium distance, and at 25. Shoot small targets. I’ve learned “Aim small, miss small”. Thank you for reinforcing that.

I like the previous video a lot and this one is a great follow up. I agree with every word you said. Subscribed.

Some good drills bro, I appreciate you sharing.👍👍

Good points!

This video comes at a good time. There was a recent incident where a city worker was trying to stop a car robbery but the victim was shooting at point blank and still missing.

Awesome video and strait forward

Very good info. Absolute joy to watch. Keep them coming brother. 10/10

One of my work instructors did the 25 one finger and then had me do it. Excellent instructor. Good video and knowledge 👍

Always good information from you. Everyone needs to practice the fundamentals as you’ve said.

Great video. I train at 3-5 and out too 10 indoor I do tac reloads, move off the x, and offhand shooting. When I go to my outdoor range and have a bay all to myself I can shoot move, multiple targets and other drills. This is good info, just get out there and train people as much as you can.

Great breakdowns and training advice

Your approach, instructional technique, and delivery are above par. I like your approach to convincing and demonstrating why fundamentals at close distances are just as important as when the target is at the far end of the range, I spend 33 years in LE with two thirds of the time as a firearms instructor. For probably 20 of those years, entities where I worked required quarterly qualification course to start at 50 yards. Distance is the most perishable of all shooting skills, especially when someone does not have or has forgotten the fundamentals and eventually the 3-7 yard strings will result in rounds impacting outside the scoring area. I am in the process of transitioning to teaching citizens, and I appreciate your approach to teaching and relating to the student.

Excellent channel. Thank you.

Excellent video and the information was relayed perfectly. Thank you!

Great shot!!! 🔥

Excellent content and presentation. Particularly with the huge amount of similar video tutorials from seals, green berets, etc etc. Clear, concise, direct, subscribed. Thanks!

Thank you so much for this video. I needed this.

I've started referring people at the range to your channel. The information and training you provide in these videos is solid. You have a gift for teaching others. Great channel.

Thank you for this kind of content!!

Grade A drills bro, I appreciate your content. You couldn’t have explain this logic any better. I enjoy trying your drills they definitely help familiarize my skills at these distances really humbling and helps me strive to do better each time. Keep up the awesome content and knowledge good sir 🫡 take care and stay safe brother.

Definitely took your advice my confidence, fundamentals at 3 is getting stronger. Next is 5. Appreciate the game brotha!

Dope. Great instruction. I appreciate you brother!

Very good!

Absolutely sound training! Just subscribed.

I learn so much from your videos THANK YOU Alston, Ive watched some two or more times. So glad YT recommended your channel, and I’m glad you’ve recovered from the flu.

Great training video Alston.

Another reason to support our 2A Rights. Thanks for the video; addressing the fundamentals are so important.

Spot on, great video!

So very well demonstrated brother. I hope to utilize this in my training

Good stuff right here!!!

OUTSTANDING TRAINING VIDEO

I can’t lie, your channel is becoming my favorite on this platform. I always feel like I can take something away from your videos and apply it. I can’t wait to try some of these drills this weekend! BUT sheesh that shooting was absolutely ridiculous bro! 🔥🔥🔥

Seen a lot of videos on shooting this ranks top 5 thanks for advice.

I absolutely agree,fundamentals are everything.

Awesome vid, can't stress the fundamentals enough. Thanks for another banger!

Very informative. Thank You!..👍🏽

Just watched your video for the first time. You just got a new Sub! Great video

My friend, your video helped me, quite a bit, not this one, another but I told you I’d come back n tell you, n man, thank you so much, it was the muscling the gun down/anticipation of shots

Great vid & tips. 👍🏾

Great shooting and video brother! 🫡

Great and informative video

Awesome info! 🤙

That was a good video. Makes a lot of sense, and I know it will be very beneficial to me. BTW I just wanted to let you know you have a fan from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 🇺🇸

Good, simple info.

I love this video..went at the range like 5 days ago ..his first video change everything for me...started at 3 and then moved to 5 great info man and thanks for the first video and this video....

Excellent video

Great video.

Great video, as a fellow instructor incorporating new drills benefits everyone.

Your back to basics approach is the best bro ....👌🏾🇿🇦

I usually start at 5 than 6 than 7 , but i am going to try this , Thank you man

still loving the videos you provide for our benefit here in West Virginia..

Fundamentals, dry fire practice, and stress inoculation. Good video 👌

Good information and well produced video. I hope your channel does well.

Haha let em know bro! Dope video per usual 🙌

I never understood why people at the range shooting pistols would have their paper target all the down the range the entire time they were shooting. It is lack of fundamentals and common gun knowledge training. This is very good stuff in this video. Thank u Sir.

Good Job Sir

ONE FINGER😳 That’s some Wyatt Earp shit right there! Great video👏🏾👏🏾

dope video Alston👍

Good Stuff!! 🫡

That's a nice range! I have to bring a range finder w/ me to confirm distances. You also have the whole range to yourself to be able to mount a spotlight 'on the range itself' and shoot at another lane...That's some privilege! Us 'regular folk' would never have the 'ability and means' to 'train like that...'

Smart man makes a good trainer

Good informative video

Awesome Teaching and Shooting Alston. Way to put people in their lane. Greetings My Bro From Sunny Warm Puerto Rico

Good job! Subscribed.

Thank you SIR. For the GREAT INFO. For a new outlook on training. From and OLD DEVIL DOG. KISS ALWAYS

Nice video!

Other instructors that I’ve had also suggested to train at 3,5,and 7 yards. Statistically speaking that is the range of most armed defense distances. Anything after that you should be able to run away or hide. Thanks for your videos. They’re very informative. Good advice and views for things

I agree that short distance is the way to go because with practice comes speed.

You just got a long time subscription brother

My boy got some skills… I wasn’t planning on going to the range today but now I think I will. Great vid.

You have my attention and my subscription.

Good stuff -learn fundamentals and get really really good at closer distances then get out of the comfort zone and make training challenging!

Fire video

When I started I felt like I needed to hold good groups at close range before I had any business opening it up. It worked, focused on 3-7 for a quite a while before I went 10, 15, 25. Eventually I tried 50 and even 100 just for fun. If your fundamentals suck shooting long range isn’t going to do much to fix it.

still excellent!

THANK YOU for your video ………. Thank you for stressing the significance of fundamentals ……….Thank you for providing a rationale < 10 yards practice- real world and legally prudent The 2A community needs more videos like this They are educational for the novice and experience firearms user These videos also provide an ambassador service for the 2A community to others who are not knowledgeable in the fact that firearms enthusiasts are regular folks - not tactical super humans or tactical wannabes ……. Thank you again

Good Stuff.

100% agree crawl, walk, run. Working law enforcement and being prior military we train as close as 2 meters. When dealing with a person and they pull a weapon at close range you need to know how to get them away and get rounds off immediately. You can never overtrain you can only be over confident and cocky. Nice 25yd shot by the way.

I often use the 3x3x1 drill. Three rounds at three yards into a one inch circle. Increase speed as you progress

Great video

Close distance also helps diagnose misses, a lot harder to do out past 7 or 10 yards. Great video

Smooth.

Tear it up bro!! Damn good. I’m going to train the 3-5-7 which by the way is a nice caliber 😂

Impressive! With good fundamentals no red dot required.

Great stuff. The farthest distance I can see without my prescription glass is 7 yards. Your 3 to 5 yards video was great.

I noticed training at this yardage and a red dot gripping the pistol properly you never have to search for the dot it's always where you point it this my favorite yardage to practice

Good advice. Unfortunately, most public indoors ranges won't allow this kind of training. I'll be setting this up on some private property. Thank you.