03-31-2011, 02:40 PM
You are spot on about physical induced stress to try and imitate the physiological stress that occurs in real life. Sometimes the whining is just a way to deal with the fact that they are not in shape and don't want to admit it, in other cases it's a way the ones in shape try to encourage the others to deal with it and move on.
The military and the more experienced civilian tactical units I have had the chance to train with all use physical stress as a training tool, and as training is expensive, they would not stick with something that was not working.
Keep up the good work, and the ones that get into the training will improve faster than the ones who don't. What some of these officers don't understand is that it is alot easier for the instructor to stand at a static line and point than it is to run around with the shooters and keep them motivated.
We had an exercise that started officers at the fifty yard line, behind misc. pieces of cover that required them to shoot from uncomfortable positions. After firing 5 rounds on paper targets we made sure the line was safe and rifles were onsafe then the group runs down to their targets to check and tape them. The group runs back to the firing line and shifts to the next piece of cover in line. A range officers confirms the range is clear and the next shooting position/ cover is used. This continues until every officer fires from all positions. We used roll over prone, firing through small openings, unlevel ground etc. and whatever cover you can imagine or pull from on the job experience to shoot from over or around. The instructors get a good workout themselves and with a couple of groups it can get tiring.
We got alot of bitching but overall the end feedback was great. We called it the Gauntlet.
The military and the more experienced civilian tactical units I have had the chance to train with all use physical stress as a training tool, and as training is expensive, they would not stick with something that was not working.
Keep up the good work, and the ones that get into the training will improve faster than the ones who don't. What some of these officers don't understand is that it is alot easier for the instructor to stand at a static line and point than it is to run around with the shooters and keep them motivated.
We had an exercise that started officers at the fifty yard line, behind misc. pieces of cover that required them to shoot from uncomfortable positions. After firing 5 rounds on paper targets we made sure the line was safe and rifles were onsafe then the group runs down to their targets to check and tape them. The group runs back to the firing line and shifts to the next piece of cover in line. A range officers confirms the range is clear and the next shooting position/ cover is used. This continues until every officer fires from all positions. We used roll over prone, firing through small openings, unlevel ground etc. and whatever cover you can imagine or pull from on the job experience to shoot from over or around. The instructors get a good workout themselves and with a couple of groups it can get tiring.
We got alot of bitching but overall the end feedback was great. We called it the Gauntlet.