good ol days of training over?

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Nothing will beat going to get Chocolate Frosty's with Chris and Travis, the golden age of training...

[LowSpeed_HighDrag]

Tons of classes being offered right here in N. Colorado: Travis Haley, Dave Kleiber, Kyle Defoor, and Sentinel all out here this summer.

[chuckman]

Not only have I not seen a decline of classes, I have seen several prominent instructors go outside the box with media, like using zoom or video feedback. It's not 'same as' having them live, right at your hip on a range, but it's really good for a lot of things.

[npena84]

https://firearmstraininghub.com

This is a website that attempts to aggregate alot of the more reputable training operations around the country. From every discipline you can think of.

[Hank6046]

https://firearmstraininghub.com

This is a website that attempts to aggregate alot of the more reputable training operations around the country. From every discipline you can think of.

Thanks for this, I didn't know about this site before.

[ST911]

Here's the nutshell, some already touched on these points.

Not as many threads doesn't mean people aren't training. It means they aren't posting.
Fewer AARs, time consuming to do good ones, honest and candid ones aren't common. There's no incentive to write them, but plenty of potential butt-hurt.
Instructors and training companies are using different media platforms, IG, FB, etc.
Some instructors and study groups have gone dark, doing more closed/private events.
COVID- host site and training vendor limitations
COVID- less disposable income
COVID- less ammo availability
COVID- even if an event is occurring, traveling may have meant a quarantine on return home
COVID- even if an event is occurring, some combine tourism with training, and options may be reduced

Several 2020 events I had planned to attend or was coordinating cancelled or weren't viable enough given the above. Almost all are bouncing back. The 2021 schedule will be interesting. Many instructors and companies are revising deposit, cancellation, and host agreement conditions.

There's still a lot of training available out there and much of it is worth attending.

[Korgs130]

I’d ay that there are way more training opportunities now than 10 years ago. Follow trainers on Instagram and they post when they release their class schedules. Between traveling for work and coaching, time is the biggest limiting factor for me. I try to get in one class a year, but that doesn’t always happen. Last year I fit a 1 day Shrek McPhee carbine course and a 1 day low light/no light defensive pistol course. I even got my wife to got to that pistol course with me. The DMR course at The Site had been on my list for several years. Scheduled for that next month.

[AKDoug]

I'm personally not attending any more training because I currently don't benefit from it. Until I put in the effort of more practice and better physical fitness, attending another intermediate class is pretty much pointless for me now. I've attended four intermediate/advanced classes instructed by three nationally recognized instructors and it's become pay $500 (or more)plus another $200 in ammo (or more) to get my blaze on with very little individual attention to my shooting. Those classes were necessary to get my shooting to the level it is at now, but going forward I'm going to have to find something different.

[chuckman]

I'm personally not attending any more training because I currently don't benefit from it. Until I put in the effort of more practice and better physical fitness, attending another intermediate class is pretty much pointless for me now. I've attended four intermediate/advanced classes instructed by three nationally recognized instructors and it's become pay $500 (or more)plus another $200 in ammo (or more) to get my blaze on with very little individual attention to my shooting. Those classes were necessary to get my shooting to the level it is at now, but going forward I'm going to have to find something different.

Locally a couple gun clubs went in together hired a "nationally recognized instructor" who did a 2-day pistol for 10 guys. It worked out to something like $300/person, but they each got a ton of one-on-one. But yeah, that can be a problem in big classes. I like LAV's and John McPhee's use of zoom and one-on-one video tutorials. Again, not same as being there, but almost as good.

[Hank6046]

I've attended four intermediate/advanced classes instructed by three nationally recognized instructors and it's become pay $500 (or more)plus another $200 in ammo (or more) to get my blaze on with very little individual attention to my shooting. Those classes were necessary to get my shooting to the level it is at now, but going forward I'm going to have to find something different.

I do agree on the individual attention, I would also add goal set. I can take classes in my home town about 10 minutes from my house by said "nationally recognized instructors" and I have before. The issue is that most of this is set up by the county and local PD and Swat guys, and because I know a few I fill out their rosters for attendees and in return the classes are usually a little cheaper. There is some good training taking place, and I tend to always learn something, however, I am not a cop, and the training is almost always focused in that direction. It can become monotonous, but I honestly feel like I get to learn something every time, and because I'm friends or have a decent relationship, they will point out one or two things that I can improve on if the instructor doesn't say something first.