Thursday, September 11, 2014

Concentration and Tactical Decision Making…


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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