It’s definitely something that the USCCA wants to have more readily available in more locations, but the courses are limited based on instructors in those areas. Have you considered becoming a USCCA instructor?
Yes, that was my first approach to become firearm Instructor in 2020… but because of type of my work and USCCA’s requirements (minimum 20 students per year) I chose NRA Instructor path (no annual limitations).
I personally am OK with lack of advanced / real scenarios classes - I’m doing this by myself with few friends of mine on frequent basis.
I’m more thinking about all other shooters who miss such training.
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I drill anytime I’m the only shooter at my local range.
Funny story… I was practicing a draw and shoot from retention drill with my new 9mm. Did pretty well. Ran about 5 or 6 drills then decided to do it with my snubby .357 I also brought that day. I do not recommend shooting a .357 at retention unless your life depends on it. Good drill, based on what I learned, but whew – a .357 snubby at that location is brutal.
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Yeah.
Revolver is not nice for shooting from retention. 
But at least you know it and you know what to expect when you need to shoot like this.
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Once you’ve heard the “szzzip-snap” of a bullet passing 2 or 3 inches from one of your ears, felt the searing pain of a bullet passing through a non-deadlyl part of your body or experienced the sledge hammer blow of a bullet striking bone and perhaps knocking you to the ground and you have to shoot from the prone position, all of the drills of Any Kind that you have practiced at the range will become “Moot”! There are NO drills that will prepare you for this! My advice: Practice good stance (Sideways and off the “X”) Practice good grip control. Practice aqquiring your target. Practice good trigger control. Practice until you can put every round into a spot the size of a Doughnut! “Every shot”. “No Flyers”. After you can shoot flawlessly, then you can try some of the many drills available for fun!
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Ha ha, next time I get to the range with some buddies, we’re hanging donuts. The last person to have an intact donut gets to eat it slowly while the losers watch.
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You raise an interesting point. If your training is consistently “draw/present, aim, fire” then it would make sense that is what you would do in a real life situation (draw/present, aim, oops).
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Once you are a USCCA CCHDF instructor, you can meet the 20/year by giving one hour mini-classes, either in person or on live video (e.g. Zoom or Google Meet). The mini classes are based on teaching any one of the seven CCHDF classroom lectures as a stand-alone topic, plus a couple of added topics like safety for real estate agents and Constitutional Carry.
I am trying to line up a couple of community association meetings to be theri program speaker to do this method.
I recommend keeping your NRA Instructor and adding USCCA CCHDF Instructor,I think the USCCA curriculum is more well thought out, and also more flexible, than NRA’s. There is a place for both sets of classes in the market.
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In USCCA’s basic level of draw-and-shoot training, Defensive Shooting Fundamentals Level 1, the guidance is to move when not shooting (e.g. moving to cover or reloading) , and shoot when not moving. It is very difficult to get accurate shots on target if you are firing as you move. That said, I have had some independent (not NRA or USCCA) advanced classes as well as some IDPA stages that required shooting while moving.
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I like the class curriculum to be as much similar to reality as possible. I know it’s not a basic training anymore… but after 4 years of constant training my basics are the safety briefings and safety precautions.
Muscle memory is used for proper draw stroke and follow through. Thinking, analyzing and constant moving… just like everyday’s life. More movement, less chances to lose the fight.
As for now, I’m keeping my NRA Instructor credentials only. I don’t feel needs for USSCA one. Definitely I’m happy to use USCCA’s training ideas and their videos… but my training and classes use every best parts from all available sources.
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FWIW I miss shooting on a Hogan’s Alley range. Properly done—a shooter cannot observe the course of fire before it’s time—you can learn a lot about your skillset and problem solving.
It’s not elegant, nor is it really competitive in the conventional sense, but it is challenging, educational and often humbling.
What’s not to like except that for most of us it’s simply not an option.
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