Cones, Barrels & Boxes: Drilling Without Bunkers

So recently I've had to resort to training without bunkers on a few occasions. Once because it was so windy the bunkers were just going to destroy themselves and join the traffic on the M5 if we blew them up and recently because we only have scarce amount of time to make use of the training field. Lugging the bunkers about wasn't really a viable option.

Therefore when we wanted to practice some of our core skills we had to make use of static targets that don't shoot back. We used cones, barrels and boxes as targets, temporary bunkers to snap from and markers.

Here are some examples of the drills we were doing and how to replicate them.

Box Drill: 

Skills: running and gunning

Set up 4 cones in a wide rectangle with a single target in front of you. You have plenty of options with the box drill to practice running and gunning laterally, diagonally and forwards whilst shooting your target and of course switching hands whilst you go. You can go side to side as often as you want but due to the set up of the box you only really go forward once with each run through meaning you're either going to go forward (red) or diagonally (blue):

Make sure you mix up your 2 starting cones so you work on each direction / hand equally.

Here is the box drill in action:

 

The Line drill: 

Skills: Snapshooting and Running & Gunning

So for this one we put a barrel on top of another so we had something to snap from. Whatever you can fit behind and snap from will work. Put a cone a distance away to the left - maybe 7m or so - and another one the same distance away to the right. Snapshoot our from one side of your makeshift bunker and then when you've hit the target x amount of times (3, 5, 10, whatever) you then run and gun out that same side to the cone, switch hands, then run and gun back. Rinse and repeat on the other side. Don't forget to work at all heights, mix it up from standing to crouching and everything in between.

Here is the line drill in action:

I will post up more options when I have some more footage to share.