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BOX DRILL

Updated: Nov 5

Focus shift with precision.

The Box Drill forces you to track hits across four distinct aiming points in a single flowing string. It’s about controlled transitions, sight discipline, and making sure your grip and cadence hold up when you’re moving and changing aiming points. Do it right and you’ll learn to present, transition, re-acquire, and fire with the same deliberate quality you use in single point drills.


Why this drill matters:

Most shooters get comfortable dumping rounds into one area and call it training. The Box Drill breaks that habit fast. By moving between four points you’re forced to move your eyes first, drive the gun with intent, and confirm the sight picture for every single shot. That process separates sloppy speed from trained speed and makes clear where your transitions or mechanics fall apart. Put another way: this drill converts aimless volume into meaningful practice.


It also exposes weaknesses like:

  • Overshooting or dragging the sight during transitions.

  • Rushing follow-up shots immediately after movement.

  • Letting your visual focus lag behind your cadence.


If you want tighter groups and smarter strings, this drill builds the habits to make it happen.


Set it up:

  • Distance: 5 to 7 yards

  • Target: Alpha-hex zones A,D,E & B.

  • Rounds: 2 per Alpha-hex, 8 total per rep.

  • Reps: 3

  • Start Position: Compressed ready.



How to run the drill:

a. From compressed ready, present the firearm to the Alpha-Hex A and fire 1 round


b. Transition to the D and fire 1 round.


c. Complete the box pattern , 1 round to the E and 1 round to the B.


d. Track your hits, looking for shot placement.


3. Repeat 3 times, keeping score on control and hit placement

Shooting distance for 7 Yard Speed Drill graphic.


What you are actually training:

Sight-driven transitions: training your eyes to pick the next aiming point first so the gun follows into a clean sight picture.

Shot accountability in sequence: You are reinforcing the habit of confirming each sight picture before breaking the shot.

Target-to-target accuracy: driving the gun between zones with control so each shot is accountable.



Drill Tips

Eyes first. If impacts short or long between points, you’re sweeping the muzzle. In order to snap the sights to the next target precisely you must have visual focus on the point you're driving the gun to.
Use your hips to drive the gun. sharply pivoting your hips towards the intended target minimizes momentum of the arms and creates a sharper, crisper transition.
If you are missing your shots slow down. Make sure you are visually fixed before moving the gun.

The Box Drill appears in Week 8 of the Fusion Targets 12 Week Pistol Program. It’s a fast, focused way to tighten your transitions and build visual discipline in every string.


Want a program that forces better hits, not just more rounds?



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