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\"Mental<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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If the government cannot forbid an activity by making it a crime, they will tax the hell out of it. Consider alcohol and cigarettes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So failing to outlaw guns, the government will certainly\nheap various taxes on guns, licenses and ammunition. They not only punish you\nfor engaging in an activity, they make a profit doing so. In the fullness of\ntime, one can expect to pay through the nose for ammunition to practice your\ngun-fighting skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, there is one thing that no one can interfere with,\nand that is thinking \u2014 an activity of the brain. With this introduction, allow\nme to introduce you to a non-secret that athletes and sports psychologists have\nknown for some years: mental rehearsal.1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the last 30 years, sports psychologists have adopted\nmental rehearsal as a means of enhancing performance for athletes. This same\ntechnique can also be used to perfect shooting skills \u2014 especially point\nshooting, where the body uses only gross motor skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mental rehearsal can be defined as the mental rehearsal of a\nskill without physical movement. It activates a network of neural programs that\nwould normally entail the actual physiological responses, meaning you are\nactually strengthening the neural pathways required for that skill. This might\nbe considered as \u201csoft-wiring\u201d the brain. Also, by mentally practicing, you\nbecome more familiar with each specific action required to perform a skill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of us are familiar with employing mental rehearsal early\nin life. Consider this: Place a piece of paper in front of you and, in detail,\ndescribe the manipulation of hands and fingers necessary for tying a shoelace.\nOdds are you can\u2019t. The reason is what some refer to as \u201cmuscle memory.\u201d The\nbrain has been hard-wired over the years to download the instructions to the body,\nmuch as you would download an app on your computer. Just press the GO<\/em>\n(or \u201cEnter\u201d) key. It is the same reason why you can drive to work with a\ncompanion, all the while carrying on a conversation and listening to music on\nthe radio. The driving part has been placed in memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenneth Baum writes in his book The Mental Edge<\/em>2<\/sup>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Soviets were preparing for\nthe 1980 Winter Olympics Games, and their elite athletes were assigned to one\nof four training programs. The first group consisted of athletes who spent all\ntheir time on physical training. A second group devoted 75 percent on physical\ntraining and 25 percent on mental training. A third group divided its time\nequally between physical and mental regimen; and the final group spent 25\npercent on physical aspects of training and 75 percent on the mental side.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe results of the study were\nastounding. The more time the athletes devoted to mental training, the more\nthey improved! Those who made the greatest strides spent the majority of their\ntime (75 percent) on the mental aspects of sports. The least progress was\nachieved by the athletes who worked exclusively on physical training.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baum continues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt Hunter College, 72 players\nfrom eight basketball teams participated in a study in which they worked the\nmental side of shooting free throws. One group began each day with relaxation\ntechniques, followed by visualization or mental rehearsal in which they\nimagined every detail of the foul shooting: They pictured preparing for the\nshot at the free-throw line, bouncing the ball a few times, raising their\nshooting arm with the ball balanced on their palm, bending at the knees and\nreleasing the ball toward the basket. Using this technique, the shooting\naccuracy improved by 7 percent \u2014 a change so significant that coaches reported\nthat the better shooting produced eight additional wins during the season.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similar results were found in research at Harvard and\nStanford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the Brain Works at Mental Rehearsal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s say that you want to improve your catching ability, so\nyou have your son throwing a baseball to you from different angles. Your son\nthrows the ball to you and you reach out your gloved hand and catch it. We must\nexamine exactly what the process was that allowed you to catch the ball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your brain (through the retinas of your eyes) received a\nneural message of the ball traveling toward you and your decision to catch the\nball. The brain (cerebral cortex) then analyzes the size, speed of travel and\ntrajectory and determines how your arm and hand should be directed to meet that\nball at a certain instant in time and space. At the determined moment, you\nreach out (the muscles activate) and your gloved hand meets the ball. Now you\nmust imagine that you see your son throw the ball, and you intend to catch it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The brain cannot tell the difference from what your eyes see\nand what you imagine your eyes see, so it goes through all of the preparation\nto signal the muscles of your arm and hand to catch the ball. But, instead, you\nimagine your muscles responding and imagine your hand reaching out and catching\nthe ball. You have just soft-wired the brain to catch that ball. Repeat this\nmental exercise often enough and your brain develops a neural pathway to\nactivate the muscles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman (U.S. Army, retired) describes it as\na cow walking through a field of tall grass. As the cow passes along, it\nflattens the grass, which partially straightens up after the cow\u2019s passage. Now\nhave that cow walk the same path every day and soon the grass lies flat. A\npathway has been created and will remain as such as long as that cow uses it.\nShould the path no longer be used, it will eventually return to normal growth.\nSo it is as we grow up. We learn certain skills (like tying our shoelaces) that\nare difficult at first, but eventually we master the eye\/hand\/finger\ncoordination and we no longer even think about the task. The simple intent to\ntie the laces is enough for the brain to send a signal to the muscles to\ncomplete the task. We do not think about it; again, some refer to it as \u201cmuscle\nmemory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Point Shooting and Mental Rehearsal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mental rehearsal can best be practiced when alone \u2014 sitting\nor standing \u2014 as long as you can relax and concentrate. Close your eyes and take\ndeep breaths and exhale slowly. As you exhale, imagine that stress is leaving\nyour body. Start at your feet. Feel all the stress leave your feet. Then your\nlegs. Then your chest. Then the top of your head. Free your mind of\ndistractions and allow your mind to focus on the relaxation process. Then\nimagine what you will see just before you begin the task. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A target \u2014 a man with a gun \u2014 is in front of you, 10 feet\naway. Relax, visualize and focus on the target before you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visualize yourself as an active participant, not a passive\nobserver. To mentally rehearse shooting at an aggressor, you must imagine that\nyou are standing before the subject rather than watching yourself perform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You crouch and feel your arm and then hand reaching for your\ngun and grasping the grip. The elbow lifts and the gun clears the holster. You\nstraighten your arm and bring the gun up before the subject, and as he appears\nin your line of sight, you convulsively squeeze your hand twice.3<\/sup>\nThe gun kicks as you fire, and two holes appear in the chest of the subject\nexactly where you were concentrating. You must see the subject fall (positive\nreinforcement). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repeat this process several times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now you must imagine various situations where you will have\nto shoot: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 A man staring at you and reaching for his gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 A man running at you, knife in hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 A man slowly approaching you with an upraised club. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In each imagined situation, you must crouch while bringing\nyour gun up and convulsively squeezing your gun hand twice. Feel the gun kick\nagainst your hand, then see the person fall before you. Repeat each situation\nseveral times, then several more times each day for a week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An additional aid is to cue your performance with a word\nthat will start the practice. Use the same word in the same tone each time. Try\nusing the word \u201cgo\u201d to kick in the movement. Visualize the scene and as you\nthink \u201cgo,\u201d bring up the gun and convulsively squeeze your hand twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will also help to concentrate your vision, not on the\nwhole body of the aggressor but on a small point on his chest. Always\nconcentrate on that point as you shoot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a firearms instructor, I have found students fired all\nover a silhouette target in the black, which is not unusual. I would then\nreverse a silhouette target so that the white side was facing the shooters.\n(You can still see the outline of the silhouette, but you can also see your\nbullets striking the paper.) I would then place an empty beer can on top of a\nstick embedded in the sand a few inches in front of the target. Although it was\ndifficult to hit the beer can from 25 yards, the students\u2019 misses were only\ninches from the can and seen clearly. When they started to hit the can, I\nreplaced it with a flashlight battery. Then I turned the silhouette targets and\nplaced a white 2-inch piece of tape in the center of the black, allowing the\nstudents to concentrate their aim. Hits were thus much more centered near the\ntape in the target\u2019s center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planning to Defend<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mental rehearsal can be used to perfect the mental and\nphysical response to a lethal threat. Essentially, this incorporates planning\nby visualizing the threat and the response. Planning one\u2019s actions when faced\nwith a lethal threat should include situations one might anticipate in the\nroutine of daily living, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 An intruder entering your home during the night. Do you\nhave a gun and flashlight easily available? Are there others living in your\nhome? Are young children asleep?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Walking on a public sidewalk (with or without a\ncompanion). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Leaving a business or restaurant (and facing an armed\nsuspect about to enter).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Entering your vehicle at night in a parking lot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 While in your vehicle stopped in traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Observing a crime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other situations might come to mind. An important point to\nconsider is that if you are with a female companion, she should know enough to\nimmediately put distance between both of you. You must tell her to run, seek\ncover and call 911, or whatever the situation demands or allows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember, any plan mentally practiced is much better than\nhaving no plan or relying on luck. When the amygdala hijack occurs, you might\nhave only three choices: flight, fight or freeze.4<\/sup> Fleeing is seldom\na choice considering the close contact usually experienced in lethal\nconfrontations. Freezing, called hyper vigilance, occurs when the brain\n\u201cstalls\u201d and you can\u2019t think of a reaction to the threat. It sometimes results\nin irrational and repetitive actions, such as scratching your leg or repeatedly\npulling the trigger of an automatic when the safety is on. Of course, you might\nalso submit \u2014 a fourth choice that might not be available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prepare by imagining as many situations as you can where you\nmight be confronted with a lethal threat and mentally rehearse your response.\nWhen you have the opportunity for live fire, repeat the situations you have\nrehearsed, and commence the action after exhaling the word \u201cgo.\u201d This is\npre-planning, well in advance of the need to act, so that when the time comes\nto act, it will require no cognitive process or decision-making. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ENDNOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(1) <\/strong>Visualization. <\/em>(2) <\/strong>Baum,\nKenneth, <\/em>The Mental Edge, 1999, The Penguin Putnam. <\/em>(3)<\/strong>\nConvulsive: anticipating the body\u2019s reaction to stress and the loss of feeling\nin your fingers, you must clench your entire hand. <\/em>(4)<\/strong> Amygdala\nhighjack refers to the operation of the sympathetic nervous system that takes\nover body functions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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