Intermediate
Pistol
Position Entry/Exit
Source: Common dry-fire training standard
5s
Par Time
5 yd
Distance
10
Reps
Position Entry/Exit teaches the most universal stage skill in practical shooting — getting to a new spot with the gun already pointed where you need to shoot. You mark two positions on the floor about five yards apart and decide which targets get shot from which. At the signal, you draw and engage from the first position, then move explosively to the second and engage from there. The clock punishes any wasted motion.
The goal is not a specific time. It is a feeling. When you stop at the second position, your weight should land like a brake — feet wide, knees a touch bent, sights already settling on the first target you intend to shoot. If your sights are bouncing as you arrive, your legs let you down. If you are still finding your stance when the gun reaches eye level, you took the corner badly. The whole stop has to happen before the gun stops.
Train laterally first. Then forward, then backward, then diagonally. Most matches will throw all of these at you, and backward movement in particular catches people off guard. Mix the target difficulty — start on partials or head shots, which force a complete stop, and only graduate to easy open targets once you can plant cleanly on the harder ones.
Range Setup
Setup
Two shooting positions marked on the floor, roughly 5 yards apart. 2 or more targets, with assigned engagement order per position. Pistol confirmed unloaded, holstered. Shot timer.
Scoring
At the par beep, you must be stopped in the second position with the gun on the first assigned target and a stable sight picture. Sights bouncing on arrival = failed rep. Set your own par and work it down.
Tips
Land like a brake. Wide stance, weight down, weight stopped — the gun arrives last. If the gun gets there before your feet, you are not stable.
Progression
Master lateral movement first. Then forward, backward, diagonal. Start on partials or head shots to force clean stops, graduate to open targets. Add reloads on the move once the base movement is reliable.