I agree with someone going in cold, the more face time the better. But this day and age getting a middle schooler to have 5 weeknights in a row with nothing going on is a near impossibility. After getting partway through two other courses only to have to bail for conflicts, this one was definitely the way to go. The full Saturday FTF course and shoot was still pretty good and thorough. A couple of those evening courses (I sat through all of them with each of my kids) were pretty weak.
