In my research for in mental strength and athletic performance and I found many aspects that can cross over to tactical and combat athletes and to some degree to self-protection and self-defense.
In previous posts I have discussed the use of peripheral vision and tactical breathing to help with arousal control.
In my research for more information [...]
Can the amount of sleep really affect a tactical athlete’s performance? After all, you’re trained for this, right, to go on 4 hours sleep and sometimes less then this for days and expected to perform correctly.
Sure, there are situations where you don’t have a choice, but when you do have the opportunity to get 6 [...]
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Last week we finished with the stating that by developing mental strength in the knowledge of the five major premises of highly aroused states a tactical athlete can be in better control of their performance.
In this is last segment on OODA we’re going to look at these five major states of high arousal that [...]
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In last two weeks we began to understand OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide and Act) by first looking at Observe. We looked at all the factors that go into this first step and how the Observe step is a simple as seeing or looking at the situation.
In this post I’d like to look at decision [...]
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In last weeks post we began our in-depth look at OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide and Act) by looking at Observe. We looked at all the factors that go into this first step and how the Observe step is a simple as seeing or looking at the situation.
Today I’d like to continue with the Observe [...]
In the next few posts I’m going to take a look at the OODA model from a different perspective and see how mental strength training can assist a tactical athlete understand and utilize this model for effectively.
Tactical athletes in many environments, especially mission critical domains, operate under the principle of the OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide [...]
I think assessments are a powerful tool, especially mindset assessments that help in developing mental strength for tactical athletes.
Unfortunately many individuals and departments don’t agree with this and often don’t see the value for mental training.
One mental strength assessment I use is the MSQ48. It provides a reliable and quick assessment of a tactical athlete’s [...]
If you’re new to my blog you probably have noticed that I talked a lot about mental strength and not mental toughness. I’m sure by now you’re wondering, what the difference between mental strength and mental toughness is, right?
You’re probably also curious how to develop mental strength, specifically for operational and tactical athletes as well [...]
So far in this mini-series of mental strength strategies for combat, operational and tactical athletes I’ve covered state control, self-talk and mental rehearsal.
Today I’m going to go over goal-setting.
Let’s get this straight, when I say goal-setting I don’t mean “what are you going to do with your life”. I mean, “How are you going to [...]
This is a continuation in a series of posts that are digging deeper into the four mental strength skills utilized by the Navy SEALs. Today is about self-talk, specifically positive self-talk.
What we say matters!
Most of us are in constant mental chatter. We talk to ourselves all day long and, unfortunately, this self-talk is frequently negative. [...]
