Initially, McDaniel would have the student practice shouldering and shooting the BB gun while pointing it up in the air with no target to shoot at. He would tell the student to stand with his feet spread a foot and a half apart, with his left foot six inches ahead of his right foot if he were right-handed, his knees slightly bent, and the majority of his weight on the leading foot. Then, looking up in the sky, the student would shoulder the cocked BB gun and focus, with both eyes wide open, on a point two feet beyond the muzzle of the BB gun as he pulled the trigger. That way, the student could most easily track the flight of the BB that was shot from the gun. When the student could track the fired BB regularly, McDaniel would begin throwing up aerial targets for him to shoot at.