Mike Levy is Owner and Chief Instructor for Assault Dynamics.

Mike is a retired Swat Officer with over 14 years of experience.

Offering advance firearm training and consultation with a variety of courses and services.

Flat-range training generally focuses on competency with your firearm.

As you progress and your skills improve, you find yourself thinking less and less about how to shoot your gun because much of it has become a subconscious response to feedback.

You’re not thinking about a reload or a stoppage or anything else — you just fix it and shoot it based on feedback.

If you really think about it, how much brain power are you actually using when you’re at the range?

It’s not until we venture outside of the flat-range mentality that we recognize decision-making and how our choices impact outcomes.

I’ve run this drill with many people to evaluate their decision-making (click photo to watch the video).

About 90% of them will plant their feet and shoot from that position without considering the things within their immediate environment that can help them.

Decision-making and tactics are probably the least discussed topics on social media, and for good reason. Everyone has a different opinion on what you should do, while others make up context to support their argument even though no context was provided.

While there’s some value to the dialogue, much of it becomes toxic and inflammatory.

The key to elevating your training is to also challenge your decision-making and find ways to exploit your weaknesses.

In many ways this can be viewed as an “experience” as much as simply training.

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