556mp
09-26-10, 21:40
I have searched the internet as well as this forum and have come up with no answer to the following question about professional operators clearing rooms, buildings, streets, etcetera:
When the operators engages a threat, does he act using muscle memory learned through extensive training or deliberately and efficiently go through the steps of target acquisition, sight alignment, trigger pull, search and assess? Does the operator perform using a combination of these actions?
The reason for this question is as follows:
When I train, I deliberately go through each of this steps. I am improving my speed tremendously, while still improving my accuracy. I shoot easily two times the speed I could four months ago, my group sizes have decreased to 1/3 - ¼ of their original size, at nearly twice the distance. However, when I shoot competitively, I seem to not pay attention to individual actions. Rather, I am focused on the task at hand as a whole. I shot over 200rounds in the last competition I was in, under pressure, and do not remember reloading a single time out of the twenty or more reloads that I performed. I do not recall paying attention to sight alignment, however, I do recall paying attention to trigger pull on the longer range shots. Is it possible that I did focus on each of these actions but simply do not remember them because of the adrenal rush?
Should I work some more stress into my training while still paying attention to each fundamental task so that I can more consciously perform the fundamentals? Or, Is shooting based off of suspected muscle memory, based on training experiences the norm?
When the operators engages a threat, does he act using muscle memory learned through extensive training or deliberately and efficiently go through the steps of target acquisition, sight alignment, trigger pull, search and assess? Does the operator perform using a combination of these actions?
The reason for this question is as follows:
When I train, I deliberately go through each of this steps. I am improving my speed tremendously, while still improving my accuracy. I shoot easily two times the speed I could four months ago, my group sizes have decreased to 1/3 - ¼ of their original size, at nearly twice the distance. However, when I shoot competitively, I seem to not pay attention to individual actions. Rather, I am focused on the task at hand as a whole. I shot over 200rounds in the last competition I was in, under pressure, and do not remember reloading a single time out of the twenty or more reloads that I performed. I do not recall paying attention to sight alignment, however, I do recall paying attention to trigger pull on the longer range shots. Is it possible that I did focus on each of these actions but simply do not remember them because of the adrenal rush?
Should I work some more stress into my training while still paying attention to each fundamental task so that I can more consciously perform the fundamentals? Or, Is shooting based off of suspected muscle memory, based on training experiences the norm?