3 yd
Distance
5
Rounds
2
Reps
10
Total Rounds
If you can only run a pistol with your dominant hand, you can’t really run a pistol. Injuries happen, hands get blocked, and competition stages love to ask the question. Weak hand only is the cheapest insurance you can buy: ten rounds, no timer, just you and the part of your shooting that nobody trains. The first few reps will feel ugly. That’s the point.
Set up one IPSC target at 3 yards (3 m) — closer than strong hand because the wobble is real. Pistol in the weak hand, ready position, no holster work. Fire two shots, lower the gun, reset. Run five reps for ten rounds total. No par time. Score the target: A zone is 5 points, C is 3, D is 1. Fifty points is a perfect run, and 25 is the line you have to cross before you call this drill done for the day.
When 25+ feels easy, push the target back to 5 yards and rebuild the score. Once that’s clean, add a strong-to-weak transfer at the start of each rep so you’re practicing the handoff under control. This drill belongs in every serious shooter’s rotation — not weekly, but never skipped for a full month.
Range Setup
Setup
1x IPSC target at 3 yd (3 m). Pistol in the weak (non-dominant) hand, ready position. No holster work, no shot timer needed.
Scoring
A zone = 5 points.
C zone = 3 points.
D zone = 1 point.
Max score = 50 points over 10 rounds.
Pass = 25+ points.
Tips
Slow down by half. Press the trigger with your weak hand index finger exactly the way you'd press it with your strong hand — the fingers that normally wrap the grip are now doing all the stabilizing.
Progression
Push the target from 3 yd to 5 yd once you're clearing 25+ consistently.
Add a strong-to-weak hand transfer at the start of each rep.
Drop the ready position and start with the gun pointed down at 45 degrees.