Just got home a few days ago after attending PR1/PR2 in Alaska taught by Frank and Marc. I’m not quite sure exactly what I was expecting, but I can say it ended up being somewhat different than I had imagined.
As a ER doc, I’ve had a lot of teaching/training from a variety of people from college through the end of residency which spans over a decade of constant learning/training. I was fortunate during that period to have some amazing people teaching me and some others who were not so amazing. I can say without hesitation that Frank and Marc rank right up there with the top echelon of academic physicians I have trained under in the medical field. What these 2 guys bring to the table, besides their obvious knowledge/experience, is a high-level commitment to teaching along with the actual teaching skills to be successful at such a high level.
Fundamentals. This is the single word I’d choose if I had to summarize what the courses are all about. Here is an example. One day on the range the mirage was particularly bad during the part of the day when we were shooting targets from 700-1000 yards. Marc and Frank go down the line working with each shooter, one after another. When they got to me, we were shooting to the 900 yard target. The mirage was so bad that the red light hit indicator on top of the target sometimes could only be seen for a brief second because of the mirage, then it would disappear into the mirage again. We had been doping our rifles progressively to further distances that day so we had pretty good actual data given all the variables of the day. My first shot on the 900 plate was a clear hit. Pretty good given the conditions, right? Not so much. I fucked up the the trigger press and sorta snatched it back. Marc and Frank didn’t give a fuck that I hit the plate in those conditions. They didn’t even mention the hit. They both immediately gave corrective measures with all attention being given to proper fundamentals, in this case the trigger press. I made the correction, hit the plate again and was told to continue to focus on the press. They don't care about the hit, that is going to be the expected outcome if the fundamentals are sound.
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the scene each day at Sheep Creek Lodge after we’d get back from the range. We’d all sit at a long table and have food/drinks (some of us drank more than others) and basically just bullshit about anything. It would be next to impossible to attend the courses and not make new friends which will last beyond the course. Nothing is off-limits to discuss and more than one night I’d realize everyone else had gone to bed there was just me or one other still hanging and BS’ing with Marc and Franc.
I know that was a long-winded review but it’s the best I could do to try and describe the focus and atmosphere of the course for anyone considering attending. My plan is to attend the course yearly until they boot my ass out.
Pat
As a ER doc, I’ve had a lot of teaching/training from a variety of people from college through the end of residency which spans over a decade of constant learning/training. I was fortunate during that period to have some amazing people teaching me and some others who were not so amazing. I can say without hesitation that Frank and Marc rank right up there with the top echelon of academic physicians I have trained under in the medical field. What these 2 guys bring to the table, besides their obvious knowledge/experience, is a high-level commitment to teaching along with the actual teaching skills to be successful at such a high level.
Fundamentals. This is the single word I’d choose if I had to summarize what the courses are all about. Here is an example. One day on the range the mirage was particularly bad during the part of the day when we were shooting targets from 700-1000 yards. Marc and Frank go down the line working with each shooter, one after another. When they got to me, we were shooting to the 900 yard target. The mirage was so bad that the red light hit indicator on top of the target sometimes could only be seen for a brief second because of the mirage, then it would disappear into the mirage again. We had been doping our rifles progressively to further distances that day so we had pretty good actual data given all the variables of the day. My first shot on the 900 plate was a clear hit. Pretty good given the conditions, right? Not so much. I fucked up the the trigger press and sorta snatched it back. Marc and Frank didn’t give a fuck that I hit the plate in those conditions. They didn’t even mention the hit. They both immediately gave corrective measures with all attention being given to proper fundamentals, in this case the trigger press. I made the correction, hit the plate again and was told to continue to focus on the press. They don't care about the hit, that is going to be the expected outcome if the fundamentals are sound.
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the scene each day at Sheep Creek Lodge after we’d get back from the range. We’d all sit at a long table and have food/drinks (some of us drank more than others) and basically just bullshit about anything. It would be next to impossible to attend the courses and not make new friends which will last beyond the course. Nothing is off-limits to discuss and more than one night I’d realize everyone else had gone to bed there was just me or one other still hanging and BS’ing with Marc and Franc.
I know that was a long-winded review but it’s the best I could do to try and describe the focus and atmosphere of the course for anyone considering attending. My plan is to attend the course yearly until they boot my ass out.
Pat
