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Support-Hand Shooting with Tatiana Whitlock

In this month’s Virtual Girls Night Out: Pistol Skill of the Month, Tatiana Whitlock takes center stage to teach the fundamentals of support-hand shooting, a crucial skill for improving accuracy, control, and overall confidence with your firearm. Whether you’re a beginner looking to build a strong foundation or an experienced shooter aiming to refine your technique, Tatiana’s step-by-step guidance makes it easy to understand and apply these essential skills.

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10/16/2025
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Building Confidence One Hand at a Time 

Life throws curveballs, and sometimes those curveballs mean one of your hands is occupied; holding a flashlight, fending off a threat, wrangling a toddler, or bracing against an obstacle. That’s why we train not just with two hands, but with one. 

The dominant-hand-only skillset is often overlooked until shooters are thrown into a match stage that requires it, or worse, until life demands it. It’s humbling. The gun feels heavier. Your sights dance like they’ve had one too many cups of coffee. And yet, this is where true mastery begins. 

This month’s drill isn’t about showing off; it’s about building competence, composure, and confidence when you’re operating with just your strong hand.

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09/07/2025
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Strong Hand Only Shooting: Top 5 Tips to Improve Accuracy and Control 

Someone, somewhere, probably told you that shooting with one hand is difficult. The reality is that when you shoot with both hands, each hand exerts influence on the gun. Sometimes that input stabilizes the pistol, and sometimes it introduces errors. Think of it as a 50/50 partnership. Each hand has the power to help or to hurt. Remove one of those variables, and suddenly you have 50% fewer problems to solve. Strong Hand Only shooting is less about making do without your support hand and more about discovering exactly what your dominant hand can accomplish on its own. 

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09/01/2025
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Safely Passing the Gun

Becoming ambidextrous is a worthy goal for any serious pistol shooter. Very few people are naturally ambidextrous, meaning they can use both hands equally well.

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11/07/2022
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One-Handed Shooting

While shooting with a two-handed grip is ideal, there are many times when a shooter may have to shoot with one hand.

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09/22/2020
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One-Handed Wonders

In this video, Lou Ann Hamblin addresses the importance of single-hand weapon shooting and manipulation. Participants will explore various drawing, firing and manipulating techniques. Tactics will address what is happening that is causing you to fire one handed as opposed to two? Stationary introduction to one handed presentation (primary) and firing will progress into moving and use of cover options.

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08/05/2020
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Shooting With Your Support Hand

There are times, both in competition and self-defense, that you may need to shoot with your support hand. In competition, the course of fire may call for it or in a self-defense situation, you may not have use of your strong hand. Practicing shooting with your support hand is an important skill to develop.

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12/10/2017

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