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BILATERAL TRANSFER DRILL

Updated: Nov 5

One Hand teaches the other.

The Bilateral Transfer Drill trains you to shoot with your support hand, your strong hand, and both hands. This drill uses the bilateral transfer effect (the proven phenomenon that practicing a motor skill with one hand improves performance in the other.) Every rep with your support hand builds neural patterns that cross over, refining your grip, trigger press, and overall control when you return to your dominant side.


Why this drill matters:

Shooting one-handed exposes everything the two-handed grip hides: weak wrist stability, poor trigger press, and dependence on the support hand for recoil management. This drill forces each hand to stand on its own and teaches your brain to mirror fine motor control both ways. It’s essential for real-world adaptability and true grip mastery.


It also exposes hidden flaws:

  • Over-dependence on your dominant hand to mask poor trigger path or wrist tension.

  • Grip pressure that shifts between shots instead of staying consistent.

  • A trigger press that moves laterally rather than straight to the rear.


Shooting with both hands enables you to learn twice as fast.


Set it up:

  • Distance: 5 to 7 yards

  • Target: Focus-Point™ mark on four corners of the upper A-zone.

  • Rounds: 3 per grip × 3 positions (9 each rep)

  • Reps: 4

  • Start Position: Full Presentation.



How to run the drill:

a. Aim in on one of the 4 Focus-Points™ and fire 3 rounds with your dominant hand only.


b. Safely transfer the gun to your support hand, aiming in at the same Focus-Point™ fire 3 rounds support-hand only.


c. Establish a full 2-handed grip and fire 3 more rounds to the same Focus-Point™.


d. Repeat this full sequence 4 times (9 rounds per Focus-Point™).


Focus on maintaining the same sight picture and trigger control throughout

Shooting distance for 7 Yard Speed Drill graphic.


What you are actually training:

  • Cross-dominant neural transfer: strengthening shared motor programs that improve both hands.

  • Grip symmetry: learning equal wrist and palm tension across sides.

  • Trigger path awareness: isolating a true linear press without side pressure.

  • Error detection: noticing differences between hands and correcting them immediately.

  • Confidence and control: building skill redundancy — either hand, any condition.


Drill Tips

Support-hand work feels awkward, embrace it. Skill comes fast when you stop avoiding it.

The Bilateral Transfer drill appears in Week 2 of the Fusion Targets 12 Week Pistol Program. It's the kind of drill that exposes weakness and replaces it with skill, on both sides of the gun.


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