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Sat, 9 November 2024, 8:00 AM until
Sun, 10 November 2024, 6:00 PM
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Top Gun Academy
2770 Whitten Road, 38133, Memphis, TN, United States
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This course teaches experienced shooters how to teach a basic defense-oriented pistol curriculum in the paradigm of "gateway instruction" developed by Citizens Safety Academy.
There are many instructor certification courses available, but most suffer from at least one of three common shortcomings. First, they often spend too much time on shooting and not enough time on teaching how to teach. Second, they often focus on teaching intermediate-level shooters without enough attention paid to the nuances of managing a class full of brand-new, first-time shooters. Third, many instructor courses tend to ignore the cultural and demographic dynamics of today's market of firearms trainees.
With the recent explosion of gun purchases by urbanites, millennials, trauma victims, and others who don't fit the traditional stereotypes of gun ownership, firearms trainers must adapt to the rapidly-evolving 21st Century market. CSA developed what we call the "gateway" instructional model in an effort to fill those gaps in the training community.
Instructor candidates will learn and demonstrate organizational and teaching skills via participation in practical exercises during the course (including leading a line of live-fire shooters through a course of fire). Candidates will also have to pass an instructor certification examination and a shooting qualification course of fire. The course also includes an Instructor's Guide that participants can take home with them for future reference.
Every class is a little different, so we often have to make adjustments based on time and facility constraints; but our standard Gateway Instructor curriculum includes the following:
Instructor candidates must possess and demonstrate a solid background in firearm safety and shooting skills acquired through previous firearm training and/or previous shooting experience. Candidates will be required to demonstrate how to safely handle, load, and unload both a revolver and a semi-automatic pistol.
Note that you will NOT need a holster for the range exercises. This is a course about TEACHING, not about shooting. The limited range work will be to make sure you are competent in the basics and above all, SAFE. We'll send an email to all students within a week of class with more details on what to bring and what to expect.
When we say "gateway instruction," we mean true entry-level content, designed for students who overcome boundaries, obstacles, social disincentives, or other adverse odds to learn to shoot for the first time. We have found that many "beginner" classes on the market today are often weighed down by assumptions and misperceptions about what new shooters typically bring to the table. These classes often take for granted that every student has the same opinion about guns, everyone has the same understanding of gun safety, and everyone generally understands how guns work and what they're used for. But that's not the case.
At CSA, we take a different approach. Gateway instruction levels the playing field by allowing all students to enter the firearms training world without any pressure to know more than they know or to be someone other than who they are. One of the many benefits of this teaching technique (and the reason we call it "gateway instruction") is that it increases the chances of students investing in more training and becoming members of the training community rather than just visitors or sightseers. We hope to be an "on-ramp" for those who might otherwise see themselves as outsiders to the gun world.
Top Gun Academy
2770 Whitten Road, 38133, Memphis, TN, United States