Air-Soft and SIMS Training
Air soft and SIMS Training has become a major factor in dynamic firearms training. They both offer rapid decision making, dynamic movement (by every party) and add a bit of confusion and stress. One thing this brings out is that your fundamentals have got to be mastered. If the fundamentals are not mastered you will find yourself having to think about things you should have already been doing. Draw stroke, movement, reloads, stoppage drills, painting the zone and scanning have got to already be re-active. I can attest that if you do not train to move, get off that X you won’t do it at any point, you have to add this to your training and it has to be reactionary, moving to cover or making a lot of distance. Just remember we cannot run as fast as a 350 fps piece of plastic much less an 850 fps piece of lead. Make it dynamic, get your movement down right and if all possible go to cover.
Keep your eyes on the threat, taking the eyes off the threat to reload or perform a stoppage drill and you look up and he is either on you or you have no idea where he went. Learn to see what you have to shoot and shoot it to the ground.
Once your threat is on the ground and you know it’s safe, scan. Look left, right and check the six to make sure bad guys do not still need to be shot. When you do this scan be sure you pay attention, do not just do lip service to it, look and know what is there. We some times add something to the background and ask the student what you saw. Most cannot tell you and it’s not something small, maybe a target stand with something on it.
Once that is done get the gun topped off!!!!
If it is a situation where you have been hit with the adversaries round, don’t just stop. This trains your mind that if you are hit you are supposed to stop, lie down and die. Keep the fight going for at least a few rounds as not to train yourself to perform bad habits. Then go thru the 360 scan. Always train to win, keep your mind focused on winning.
Video tape your air soft and SIMS training as well as your gun training. You will notice that you do not always perform as we thought we did. The video will tell you exactly what you did. Even in dry firing video tape it, review the tapes and critique yourself. I have thought I had done certain things and would have sworn I did it that way, and after looking at a video, say holy hit I did that or didn’t do it.
Master the fundamentals!! Once that is done everything else will just fall into place a little bit easier.
Keep your eyes on the threat, taking the eyes off the threat to reload or perform a stoppage drill and you look up and he is either on you or you have no idea where he went. Learn to see what you have to shoot and shoot it to the ground.
Once your threat is on the ground and you know it’s safe, scan. Look left, right and check the six to make sure bad guys do not still need to be shot. When you do this scan be sure you pay attention, do not just do lip service to it, look and know what is there. We some times add something to the background and ask the student what you saw. Most cannot tell you and it’s not something small, maybe a target stand with something on it.
Once that is done get the gun topped off!!!!
If it is a situation where you have been hit with the adversaries round, don’t just stop. This trains your mind that if you are hit you are supposed to stop, lie down and die. Keep the fight going for at least a few rounds as not to train yourself to perform bad habits. Then go thru the 360 scan. Always train to win, keep your mind focused on winning.
Video tape your air soft and SIMS training as well as your gun training. You will notice that you do not always perform as we thought we did. The video will tell you exactly what you did. Even in dry firing video tape it, review the tapes and critique yourself. I have thought I had done certain things and would have sworn I did it that way, and after looking at a video, say holy hit I did that or didn’t do it.
Master the fundamentals!! Once that is done everything else will just fall into place a little bit easier.
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