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September 2, 2011, 08:42 PM | #1 |
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Real Question...What's the goal of training?
What are you trying to accomplish?
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September 2, 2011, 09:27 PM | #3 |
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An increased knowledge, skill, and understanding in shooting, defense, and legal aspects as such. Some enjoy the knowledge, others perfect their skills, and some wish to do both in order to teach. I personally love knowledge, I know more than I can apply as I am without enough practice, this refers to many things. The more I know, I can put to practice and understand it. Eventually, I can teach those close to me. Increasing skill and understanding sets you to a higher standard in yourself. The more skill, the more discipline. The more you understand discipline, the more you can apply it to all else.
Myself aside, there are those who's job requires training in these skills. Others are training people in these skills, and must understand the skills themselves.
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September 2, 2011, 09:54 PM | #4 |
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1. To maintain and enhance mindset and fundamentals.
2. To build greater speed and accuracy. 3. To maintain an understanding of my capabilities and limitations. 4. To have an enjoyable zen like experience for personal growth and development. |
September 3, 2011, 07:29 AM | #5 |
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September 3, 2011, 09:33 AM | #7 |
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I'm more of a competition shooter then anything else.
My goal it to beat my last score at what ever match I shot, be it rifle or pistol. I'll do what training necessary, (geared to my weak points) to accomplish that goal. It helps with my SD revolver too. I figure using it (642) with its short barrel and short sight radius, helps the shooting of my M-64 I use in ICORE and such.
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To improve or sustain performance on a task.
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September 3, 2011, 07:52 PM | #10 |
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Please define "training."
For some, training is standing on the flat range shooting stationary targets from a stationary position, or some elaboration of the above. For others, training involves a trainer/instructor in a more or less formal class setting, and what takes place on the flat range with no instructor present is "practice" and not training. What exactly are we talking about here?? lpl
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September 4, 2011, 10:52 AM | #11 |
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Being in law enforcement my mindset is defensive shooting and threat neutralization. I need to put myself in stressful situations so I know how I am going to react and fix any shortcomings because when I have to shoot for real there are going to be lives at stake.
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To be able to perform under the pressure of a life and death struggle.
To be able to apply the necessary tactics that increase the odds that I survive the life and death struggle. |
September 4, 2011, 12:21 PM | #14 |
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I Echo what all the other have said. To make what you have learned so deeply set in youre head you just react in a SD situation. You are able to perform because you practiced so many times it is just instictive to do the same thing when it really happens. Thats the goal of training, but you never really know what might happen.
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September 4, 2011, 02:36 PM | #15 |
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...to Increase the ability to apply skills in context.
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September 4, 2011, 03:46 PM | #16 |
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One of my main goals in training is to gain competence that leads to confidence. Being confident often leads to a demeanor that communicates to people that you can handle problems. The common criminal doesn't want a fight. He wants an easy victim. If you don't look like an easy victim you're not likely to be attacked or even targeted.
Since you win every gunfight you can avoid, and criminals tend to avoid tough targets, I'd prefer to look like a tough target. Training gives me the confidence I need to communicate that on a subconscious level. |
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When I started, my goal was safety (for myself): I wanted to be able to safely use the tools I had decided to carry.
Not long after that, my goal became safety (for others): I did not want my decision to protect myself to endanger innocent others. My final goal, the one that still drives me today, was to become better at meeting those two non-negotiable baselines in a wider variety of situations and contexts. The better able I am to perform the physical skills, the more my brain is freed up to solve the problem at hand. And that's ultimately what it's all about. pax |
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The ultimate goal of training is to become one with your gun, so that it becomes an extension of your mind and body.
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September 5, 2011, 01:33 PM | #20 |
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This is another one of those questions where I'm not sure if the OP is joking or actually ignorant and looking for knowledge.
The dictionary defines being trained as: to make proficient by instruction and practice, as in some art, profession, or work: to train soldiers. Therefor, training, is the pursuit of the above noted definition. |
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It would really suck if a person was drawing his weapon and dropped it due to a lack of practise or training as some put it. I prefer to call it practise and as we all know practise makes perfect. It is how a guy can draw and fire hitting his intended target, without training or practise it will be almost impossible to do that.
Same as any skill set, more you do it the easier it becomes to do. So practise what is important to you like getting the gun out of the holster and on target as fast as possible. Without practise and or training you may not make it in time. A good trainer can watch what you do and how you do it, offer up pointers that may help you. Why do they train anything? if it wasnt beneficial? |
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Only perfect practice -- repetitively doing something properly and perfectly -- makes perfect. Training (preferably hands-on training with someone qualified) will show one how to do something properly and therefore what to practice. |
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For defense: To go home at the end of the day instead of the hospital or prison.
For range/competition: To be accurate and consistent regardless of external stimulus.
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Yeah, I didn't word it all that well. I was interested in each person's personal goals...What they train for and why it's important to them. For two reasons. 1) cause i find it interesting, and 2) to help me better understand my own fascination. Just being open minded and looking at things from different points of view and don't call me ignorant Last edited by pax; September 7, 2011 at 11:31 PM. Reason: Rules 2 & 3 of the forum rules |
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