Shooting Under Stress

On a perfect day, you should be able to go through your duty as a bodyguard without a hitch, however, when things do go south it is important to be prepared, and equipped with the mental strength and training to protect your VIP in a stressful situation.

Now, when it comes to traditional firearms training courses, many instructors try to focus on training under stressful conditions. However, the drills they create for shooting under stress can lead to the development of bad habits. Moreover, with such stressful shooting courses, shooters already know where they have to shoot, and while shooting against time, and introducing other stressors to the drill may put the shooter under more stress, it doesn't prepare them to make quick decisions.

It doesn't matter how fast, or how accurately you can shoot when stress takes away your ability to think clearly and make educated decisions.

Therefore, our modern shooting simulator is designed to help you train your shooting skills under realistic situations. Instead of going through a pre-planned shooting course, while introducing stressors like counting backward, standing on one leg, or maybe lunging in different directions, our shooting simulators allow you to experience a realistic and dynamic combat scenario, with similar stressors that you will face during actual combat.

Moreover, our shooting simulations focus on much more than improving your marksmanship under stress. They are designed to help you develop all of your combat skills as a bodyguard, and make them as resilient to stress as possible. Furthermore, they help you learn how to remain calm and composed under stress so that you can make the right decisions to protect your VIPs and yourself.

Our shooting simulations help you focus on the right kind of stressors, instead of over-exerting your mind with unrealistic stress situations. Unlike most traditional training exercises, where you start the course with your pistol in your holster, our bodyguard training simulations allow you to train in much more realistic situations, for instance, when your pistol is on the ground, or perhaps you have a long rifle in the car that you need to retrieve before you can shoot back.

Our shooting simulations are dynamic, and they respond to the actions of the trainee. Wrong decisions can lead to failure, and increased stress, whereas making the right decisions, allows trainees to succeed. This helps our trainees to police their cognitive awareness and makes them more resilient to stress. They can learn to make logical decisions, instead of freezing under stress, and when they do decide to engage a threat, they can land quick and decisive shots to eliminate it.

Training how to shoot under stress is essential for bodyguards, especially those who don't have combat experience. Many former law enforcement officials and military personnel become bodyguards as well, and where they may have combat experience, Executive protection training is a whole new ballgame that requires specific training. We have a wide range of shooting simulations, from basic bodyguard training courses to advanced stress shooting courses. Therefore, no matter what your skill level is, you can always improve your combat skills training in our modern shooting gallery.