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Where I shoot, we break into squads on two lanes, each lane about 50 feet wide and 100 feet deep. Only ONE lane shoots at a time. Targets, both moving and static appear and disappear as the shooters move through the course. Movement is in any direction to solve the problem without ever breaking the 180 safety fan. Cover must always be utilized and so too must the tactical reload. The only time you can drop your mag is when you are at "slide lock." If we start from a position opposite to that of the target, the draw can't be completed until you're facing the target to prevent a sweep of nearby shooters and safety officers. There will be times where it is necessary to "go prone" because the only available cover is a simulated street curb or something similar. Likewise, when shooting from cover it is necessary to "slice the pie" in engaging targets and only 50% of any "A" zone on your body can be exposed at any time, including your head. You know how tough a shot that is when you must fire over the hood of a car or a wall? I swear, the guys who design our courses studied under the Marquis de Sade. Remember, you're dropping points for any hit outside an "A" zone (center mass either torso or head) and for time and for hits on the plentiful "no shoot" or hostage targets available. Failure to "DO RIGHT" is a major penalty which means you act in such a way as to "win the competition" rather than to solve the problem as you would on the street.

Man, that is impressive. I need to get out of Cali and find something like that! The only thing I might disagree with (but I haven't seen it so I'm not sure) is the prone behind a curb for cover. If it's like a small wall in front, fine. But if it's a wide sidewalk above the curb, not so good, because bullets coming at you don't bounce off streets or walls like a pool table to go over or past you. They tend to mash and follow the street or wall very closely, so the sidewalk, street or wall (vertical orientation) will actually guide the bullet right into you. The military now teaches troops NOT to hug walls on street patrols for this reason, and to be very careful firing around cement wall corners. On attack, they now teach "skip shooting" to use the street or walls to guide ricochet bullets right into your enemy who is hugging them.