Training Concepts
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Let There Be Light
More thoughts on low light firearms training….. Article by: William G. Low Light and adverse light shooting problems are similar, but different. This will primarily be about low light aspects. This is a good a place as any to readdress Jeff Cooper’s 4 safety rules: All guns are always loaded. Check them when you pick… Continue reading
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Have a Plan
Article By: Leo H. So. Here we are. My next installment. So much for the promise to myself to write something every month. My new promise is to finish… sometime. I think I will be able to manage that one. Perhaps it is ironic that this endeavor concerns “Lack of Focus.” Here, I suggest focus… Continue reading
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Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged
Article by: William G. My, my, my, my. What a wicked web we weave, when at first weave a wicked web. So there I was, in front of the entire command staff of a multi thousand man agency, and an observer from a literal Tier One Counter Terrorist Unit. I was called in do perform… Continue reading
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Evolving is Hard
Article By: William G. If I had it my way, Patrol would be carrying heavy barreled Smith and Wesson Model 10 revolvers loaded with Super Vel and using Kel Lights, and SWAT would be carrying 1911’s loaded with hardball, and have Laser Products 6P’s (because SWAT is elite, and better, and has to have better… Continue reading
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The Mental Game
Article By: Leo H. If you have an interest in researching the concept of mental training and how it helps your firearms training, I’d suggest starting by reading “With Winning in Mind” by Lanny Bassham. Most of what I write below was liberated from either that source or the book, “Secrets of Mental Marksmanship –… Continue reading
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How Fast is Too Fast?
Article by: William G. Speed kills? Sometimes. Going too fast can mean missing the target completely, shooting an aggressor that ceased being a threat two shots ago because you were going too fast, shooting too soon, mistaken identity, on and on. Going too slow can get you, your partner, or an uninvolved party killed. Where… Continue reading
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Nobody cares about YOUR gunfight
Article by: William G. I said what I said. Is/was your gunfight important? Yes, but what is it in the grand scheme, and to who? Most certainly we can learn from it. We can absolutely use some elements from it in training. However, it was unique, and only certain elements are valid for others. For… Continue reading
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It’s Not About the Drill
Article By: Leo H. Recently, I had the opportunity to assist on the range with a group of mandate students. The academy I was working with assigned students to a specific lane and the various instructors tended to work the same lane throughout the day. The instructors lead their students through drills called by one… Continue reading
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Get Your Random Thoughts! Random Thoughts, Here! Get Them Before They Are All Gone!
Article by: William G. While I am not on the training junket that I got burnt out of about a decade or so again, I still train. Sometimes it is in a tactically oriented semi-private outlaw old school style IPSC match, sometimes it is on my own testing various theories’ or other’s courses of fire,… Continue reading
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Learning Strategies
Article By: Leo H. Let us consider strategies which can be utilized to overcome lack of focus or inattention. It is important to understand and accept the fact a large portion of the learning process is the responsibility of the student. Teachers, trainers, and instructors can assist in providing a learning environment. They can present… Continue reading
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