Weaver Stance
A shooting stance with the support-side foot back, support hand pulling, strong hand pushing.
Also: modified Weaver, Chapman stance
Developed by deputy Jack Weaver in the late 1950s for Jeff Cooper’s Leatherslap matches at Big Bear, the Weaver stance uses isometric tension — the strong hand pushes the gun forward while the support hand pulls back — to control recoil. The support-side foot is staggered behind the strong-side foot. Once dominant, Weaver has been mostly displaced in modern competitive and defensive shooting by isosceles variants, though it remains taught and used.