Training Team
Diamondback Shooting Sports provides quality and professional firearms self-defense training to military, law-enforcement, and private citizens from all walks of life. To ensure our clients ability to exercise their right to self-determination through the Second Amendment, we are committed to sharing the most knowledgeable, peer reviewed, and tested information available.
Diamondback Training Core Values:
- Access: We believe that all people should access the highest level of training available to ensure their personal freedom and right to self-determination.
- Personal Development: We believe that it is our responsibility to continually advance our skills through continued education, individual training, and competition. The student/instructor relationship begins by knowing we are all still students.
- Integrity: We believe that it is our responsibility to provide our highest standards of training possible to the community. This is a means of giving back to the people that make our careers possible.
- Data Based: We believe that our approach to training should be a scientific process so that the information we provide is supported by empirical data.
Meet Our Instructors
Michael Maurer – Director of Training
Mike has been part of the Tucson shooting community since 2015, when he first walked into Diamondback as a student. That experience led to a deep passion for practical shooting sports — particularly competitive pistol — where he earned Master class standing in Carry Optics through the International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA).
Mike regularly travels for competition and training, having studied under some of the most respected names in the industry including Drew Estell, JJ Racaza, Scott Jedlinski, Fabio Spinella, Gabe White, Nick Young, Tim Herron, AJ Zito, Ernest Langdon, and Rick Crawley. He brings that same drive to his students — blending technical knowledge with a patient, calm teaching style to help shooters at every level close the gap between where they are and where they want to be.
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Certifications & Awards:
– TCCC Certified
– NRA Pistol, Rifle & Shotgun Instructor and RSO
– GWT Turbo Pin #43
– AHT Man Card #141