Grant calls this Drill the X8 Drill, and its a drill that combines physicality with skill-building.
Also, it can be used as a repetitive exercise instead of something done to train simply for speed.
In fact, this is a drill that can also be run with your pistol.
We stacked two sets of barrels a few feet apart to create our faux doorway.
For example, the farther the targets are apart, the more complex the transitions will be.
The Drill
Here is how the X8 Drill will actually work.
The shooter will start on the opposite side of the doorway from the targets.
From there, the shooter will walk between the fake doorway, creating a Figure 8.
Now, as you pass through the doorway, you will naturally alternate which targets you start viewing first.
Technically, in an actual room-clearing situation, you would shoot both targets on the side you see first.
So, you will shoot the top target on the first side.
This course of fire will effectively create an X pattern.
It is the same concept as patting your head and rubbing your belly simultaneously.
This drill is not usually run with a shot timer, although it could be.
Its mainly about getting a bunch of quality reps in.
When you break down this drill, its working many skills at once.
And you do all this while not neglecting the basics.
It will make you exhausted, that is for sure.
It can be a natural thing for you to want to stop in the doorway and engage the targets.
You will instinctively want to plant your feet and shoot when you engage a threat.
In a real engagement, however, that can almost certainly equal an untimely end.
