Concentration and Tactical Decision Making…
The ability to concentrate and focus under stress is
essential to the LE professional. Yet, knowing the importance of this skill is different
than being able to do it. Understanding the dynamics and physiological impact
of Combat-Stress is the least trained; yet most important aspect of Combatives
training.
Studies show that the on-duty milieu demands that warriors perform
simultaneous, complex tasks in extreme environments with little room for error.
Advances in weapon systems, computer aided technology and more interactive/responsive
tools will continue to evolve. This will place a premium on attention-capacity,
decision-making processes, and motor-control in order to recognize and maximize
the viability and advantages of these
technologies.
At any given moment an officer’s five senses (don’t forget
about the 6th-etheric sense) takes in 11 million pieces of
information/raw-data. However, the officer can only process 40 pieces of info
at any given moment. Concentration skill training and honing becomes more and
more important. Take skills training into the “affective” domain as well as the
psychomotor and cognitive…
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