MOST TRAININGS FAIL WHEN IT MATTERS THE MOST

A lot of training is built for comfort and not reality. Training usually falls short because most programs focus on standing still, predictable drills, zero pressure and no consequences.

This type of training in my experience creates more performance rather than preparedness. What happens in a real situation?

1. Heart rate spikes

2. Fine motor skills Drop

3. Vision narrows (Tunnel Vision)

4. Decision making get slower

This is where weak training breaks down. I am not criticizing training at all in fact anything is better than nothing. I am saying how do you become creative in a safe environment to train for real life situations?

I remember in my law enforcement career we were supposed to qualify every quarter, but being in a small agency calls were higher, you get busy and training would happen about once a year.

To be honest, most officers hate range day, its a very small group of individuals, but that that small group of good people are possibly intimidated. They have never had real instruction or coaching and truly never fired a gun before except the police academy.

Now I will just express these are my opinions that I have seen over the last 30 years and teaching classes and police officers. I am no expert, well not anymore (Wink). I do know a lot of information about a lot of different things.

New holster? How often to you practice just drawing your firearm from its new resting place? I can tell you this, I have actually seen officers loose their minds on just this simple task. They’re on the range getting ready for the course of fire, never used the department issued holster before, the call comes out, “Up or Fire” and seconds lost because their firearm was stuck inside their level 3 holster.

Before I leave the house at least 10 times a day, with anew holster I will draw minimum 1, 000 draws (Not all at once, GOD no!) before I implement that holster as a daily carry.

I can tell you this from and over years and years of doing this 1 basic step helps more than you think.

I will end this with a question. What are you willing to do to make it home safe?