DRILLS OR PRACTICES?

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

Two ways to practice. Choose what works for you.

CLASSIC PRACTICES: Want to use your own targets, customize distances, measurements, scoring, and feedback? Start here. New to LaserHIT? We recommend exploring Classic Practices at least once to learn how the App works.

DRILLS: Want a ready-to-use challenge with preset objectives, settings, scoring, and automatic Progress and Success tracking? Choose a Drill and get started.

Both options let you review and save your session results. And you can switch between Practices and Drills whenever you want.

That's the short answer. Want to know what makes each approach different? Read on.

CLASSIC PRACTICES. EXPLORE, LEARN, AND CUSTOMIZE.

Some shooters want to control every detail of their practice. Others prefer to keep things simple. And sometimes, the same shooter wants both.

Classic Practices give you the flexibility to build your training session around your own needs.

If you're new to LaserHIT, we recommend starting here, at least for your first session.

Why?

Because the setup process does more than prepare your phone to register laser shots. It introduces you to the LaserHIT system and helps you understand what you can do with it.

Step by step, you can explore your target options, adjust target scale and recreated distance, choose the number of shots, set timing, and customize visual and audible feedback.

Along the way, you'll find Tutorials, About videos, and Help links explaining the available settings and how to use them.

Want to take your time and learn what each option does? Go through the full setup.

Already familiar with the App? Use Express Setup (under More Settings on the Firing Range Setup screen) to reduce the number of steps and get to your practice faster.

And here's where the flexibility of Classic Practices becomes particularly useful.

Training for competitive shooting? Classic Practices offer specialized scoring options, too. For example, Top Score lets you choose between decimal scoring, X-count scoring, or whole-number scoring, depending on your discipline and training objectives.

That's another reason to return to Classic Practices whenever your training requires more specific settings.

AN EXAMPLE. FREE TARGET ADVANCED VS. ACCURACY DRILL.

Imagine you have your own target and want to practice placing shots within a specific area.

In Classic Practices, you can select Free Target Advanced and build your session around that objective.

Want to define your own Vital Zone radius? Select your measurement units, enable Windage-Elevation On-Screen Results, and drag the reticle with the Vital Zone to your intended point of aim on the target.

Want to know where your shots land without constantly checking your phone? Turn on the Virtual Spotter for audible shot-placement announcements. Or mirror your phone's screen to your TV using the Wireless X LaserHIT adapter for a larger view of your results.

You decide how much information you want and how your results should be presented.

But what if you don't need all those options today?

Maybe you simply want to work on accuracy without configuring every measurement and feedback setting.

That's where the Accuracy Drill comes in.

It's based on the same shooting purpose as Free Target Advanced, but LaserHIT has already selected the settings, scoring, and objective.

Choose the Drill, complete Express Setup, and start practicing.

Same fundamental skill. Two different ways to work on it.

DRILLS. PRESET OBJECTIVES. AUTOMATIC PROGRESS TRACKING.

Drills take selected capabilities from Classic Practices and organize them into ready-to-use exercises.

Each Drill comes with a defined objective, target configuration, shot count, timing, and scoring rules. Express Setup is the default, so you can spend less time preparing and more time practicing.

Want to tighten your shot groups? Choose a Precision Drill.

Want to work on shot placement? Try Accuracy.

Finding it too easy to achieve full Success with a Practical goal? Add some physical activity before taking your shots, or select an Ultimate Drill for a greater challenge.

Interested in speed, target transitions, or rifle practice at recreated distances? There are Drills for those purposes, too.

And there's another important difference.

Drills automatically track your Progress and Success, giving you a way to review your performance across completed sessions.

You don't have to create your own system for comparing results. The Drill does that work for you.

One thing to keep in mind: some Drills support your own targets or alternative LaserHIT targets and scales, while others require specific targets and settings. Check each Drill's Disclaimer to see which options are supported.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR SESSION RESULTS?

Whether you choose Classic Practices or Drills, you can review screenshots of your completed shooting sessions and save the ones you want to keep to your device's Photos.

The difference is how your progress is recorded.

With Classic Practices, you decide which session screenshots to save and compare over time.

With Drills, Progress and Success Reports are maintained automatically, in addition to the option to review and save session screenshots.

And your training records stay on your device. LaserHIT works offline and doesn't require a user account.

YOUR PRACTICE. YOUR CHOICE.

There's no need to choose one approach forever.

Some days you'll want to explore the details, customize your targets, or work with specialized measurements. Other days you'll just want to pick a Drill and get started.

That's why we built both into the LaserHIT App.

Your practice. Your choice.