Rules of Training Execution

1. Rule one:   Training Design must be correct (is you haven't read the design page, or understand the design cycle, click the hyperlink and read that page first!)
2. Rule two:   Execution of the training program and repetitions must be done precisely and correctly more than 95% of the time, if not   the "trainee" is wasting his or her time   (although I would like to say 100%, no human can accomplish this).
3. Rule three:   Read and heed rules one and two, there is nothing else!

Definitions:

• Training Execution: The act of practicing (hopefully with a training plan designed correctly).
• Training Program:   A complete set of pre-planned drills, exercises, mechanics, thought processes, or repetitions that is designed to meet a training objective (goal).   Training objectives may be static (one measurement one goal), or dynamic (constantly evolving measurement or goal).  
• Training Drill:   A specific set of mental and/or physical skills done together to form a desired learning response or skill.
• Technical Skill:   Something that requires training and experience to do well, e.g. an art or trade.
• Repetition:   An act of doing something again.   This is also the term we use when we perform a skill over and over to cause the process of learning. (this causes Mylenation)
• Mylenation:   This happens when we do repetitions.   Our nerves become efficient at firing   along certain pathways that have become mylenated (coated with a substance that makes the electrical signal travel faster).   THis is a big part of the   act of creating   a "program" by performing repetitions over and over.   (For a more complicated definition, email me!)   (one key point: mylenation occurs and creates a "grooved in" pathway or program that repeats the input repetitions, so if the input is bad, the output will be bad!)
• Program:   A complex pattern of neuron activations, resulting from mylenation and a subconscious mental program (repetitions of a specific movement)

How to (steps):

1. Design  the training program correctly.  
2. Schedule the training sessions with frequency and length corresponding to the goal (my goal may be different than yours).
3. Execute the training session with absolute focused attention on performing the training repetitions correctly.   The mind and body must be connected, and in firearms training, one of our biggest keys is paying attention to our visual feedback.
4. STOP the training session when we cannot maintain a high level of focused attention.  
5. Document the sessions   with as much detail as is realistic.   Attempt to capture notes on: how your gear worked, how your firearms worked, key times and or accuracy details, goals met (each session should have a goal), and problems or issues you need to work out.
6. Repeat these correctly executed sessions as much as you training program calls for.
7. Questions?   Email me:   mikeseeklander@shooting-performance.com