Executive Training Group
Founder, Garret McLaren

Founder and Head Instructor, Garret McLaren, has been shooting for 12 years and has a real passion for training and instructing.  He takes a performance-based training style to teach skills that will translate to real-world applications.​ while overseas he gained experience working on personal security details. He believes there is no such thing as trained, just training.  A blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and constantly looking to find new ways to help folks grow and train.

Garret is a former U.S. Army Sniper, Master Class USPSA Shooter, USCCA Certified Instructor, and leads the ETG firearm training initiatives.

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Stance and Grip for Rifle

Stance and grip for a rifle.

Standards for Holster Draw

Here Garret shows a holster draw standard for you to practice on your next range day.

Pushing vs. Maintaining

Pushing versus maintaining standards.

Natural Point of Aim Drill

Drill to improve your perceived point of aim.

Pistol

1R1 Reload Drill

Practical reload drill. One round, reload, one round.

Click Banger vs. Prepper

Basics of Marksmanship: Prepping the trigger or the old click bang method coined by JJ?

Drill: Using Grip as Sight Picture

Drill using grip as sight picture.

Gripping a Handgun

Properly gripping your pistol is critical to placing consistent rounds on target.

Holster Draw

Drawing your pistol from a holster.

How to Appendix Carry

Concealed / EDC. How to appendix carry.

Pistol Speed Reloads

Pistol speed reloads.

Pushing vs. Maintaining

Pushing versus maintaining standards.

Standards for Holster Draw

Here Garret shows a holster draw standard for you to practice on your next range day.

Stop the Slow Draw

Some shooters have a tendency to slow their draw when shooting a smaller, or further target.

Target vs. Sight Focus

In this lesson, Garret Breaks down the difference between target focus and sight focus. There is a lot of debate on which is used when, hopefully, thi

Trigger Press: Slack, Sights, Press

Trigger press: slack, sights, press.

Useless Tension when Pushing Standards

Demonstrating how tension impacts performance with maintenance and pushing standards.

Rifle

High Ready, High Port, Low Port

You will use these rifle positions all the time when moving with your rifle.

Loading, Unloading, and Clearing a Rifle

How to load, unload, and clear your rifle.

Natural Point of Aim Drill

Drill to improve your perceived point of aim.

Rifle Ready Positions: High Ready, High Port, Low Port

Rifle ready positions: High ready, high port, low port.

Rifle Ready Up Drill

Rifle ready up drill.

Rifle to Pistol Transition

Rifle to pistol transition.

Stance and Grip for Rifle

Stance and grip for a rifle.

Understanding LPVOs

Understanding low power variable optics (LPVO).

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