After many years of successful competitive sports target shooting experience, Mr. Ruslan Dyatlov decided to make his expertise and services available to other striving athletes to achieve their best possible competitive results in the field of Olympic Style (ISSF) and International Pistol (NRA) Target Shooting, founding the Midwest Academy of Target Shooting in 2004.

Mr. Dyatlov encourages his students to apply the fundamental principles of success in sports to their personal lives and professional careers also.

Specializing in the two most widely practiced and recognized target shooting disciplines, the Olympic Style Target Shooting Program (ISSF) and International Pistol (NRA), the Midwest Academy of Target Shooting can help you to achieve the confidence together with a practical solution to realize your potential aspirations as Sport Target Shooting Athletes.

Target Shooting is one of the oldest and most challenging sport disciplines in Modern Olympics to practice and to master. The benefits of this sport over traditional pistol target shooting are many.

One of these benefits can be successfully realized in personal protection. Single-hand hold pistol shooting allows the athlete greater freedom of movement, and keeps the shooter from exposing up to 60% of body surface area if ever having to face an armed opponent. In this way, one-handed practice target shooting is a more effective way to secure the highest level of personal protection possible, when non-violent alternative means have been exhausted.

Whatever your performance goals are in practice and in competition,
Midwest Academy of Target Shooting can help you get there faster!

It is not an easy sport to master, but that's what makes it that much more interesting and rewarding when you finally reach your goals in competitive tournament performance. Let a brighter future start for you today. Challenge yourself in a way that is worthy of your abilities and ambitions. Set goals that you know you will be proud of once accomplished. Set goals on how high of a position you will earn on the USAS National Ranking. Set that goal for yourself TODAY, and begin pursuing it IMMEDIATELY!

With our extensive competition AND coaching experience, we are able to help motivated students and individuals to reach any skill level in target shooting that they truly desire, up to and including successful international competitive performance, while emphasizing proper firearm use and safety. If you are motivated to attain a high level of proficiency and are willing to work hard to reach your objectives, training at the Midwest Academy of Target Shooting will help fill in the missing pieces in your plan for victory. Success is available to anyone who truly wants it, who can picture himself as being successful, and who is willing to take the necessary steps toward becoming a Champion.

The first step is always hardest. Contact us promptly to take that step together!

Working with a qualified Olympic Style Pistol coach carries with it many financial advantages also. Lacking proper knowledge and supervision, aspiring athletes often end up practicing mistakes and acquiring bad shooting skills and habits in the process. When you finally decide to learn proper techniques and the correct way of practicing techniques that carry you to victory (after you began without the proper knowledge and education background in these disciplines), more time and money will be spent trying to UNLEARN the wrong, and to then learn the same techniques from the beginning after having eliminated the bad habits of the past. You can save a great deal of time and money on ammunition and range fees by practicing CORRECTLY from the start. For that, you will need to set appropriate goals, and acquire the right knowledge from a qualified coach.

Remember, only perfect practice makes perfect!

The skills and knowledge you will gain from classes at the Midwest Academy of Target Shooting will help to reach goals at any level. You will become a better pistol target-shooting athlete, being more aware of personal protection and safety issues also. These skills can be applied to a job as a professional bodyguard, armed law enforcement professionals, but also at World-Class sports target shooting competitions. If your dream is to become an Olympic Champion, taking our classes will be an important milestone on your path to greatness. Proper target shooting skills are an asset, which responsible citizens must master. We encourage you to explore the wealth of knowledge presented on our website. If you decide that the sport of Olympic Pistol Target Shooting is something that may be of interest to you, contact us today for more information!

Free performance evaluation provided for signing up for any scheduled classes, with 50% initial deposit.

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Midwest Academy of Target Shooting
Email: rdiatlov@hotmail.com

Recent Accomplishments

2005, 2006, 2007 Air Pistol and Free Pistol USAS NE Regional Champion.

2007 USA Shooting National Championship Performance: Top placement in three (3) disciplines:

10m Air Pistol (Men) - #5
50m Free Pistol (Men) - #7
25m Standard Pistol (Men) - #11

25th Anniversary Canadian Airgun Grand Prix (2007):

#2 Place in 60 Shot Men's Air Pistol, earning 1st place in "Master" category ranking.

Education and Background

BA in Physical Education.

NRA Certified Instructor.

20+ years of successful competition and coaching experience.