We have something a little different for you today. Today, we’re going to talk about STDs.
(No, not that kind of STD. Get your mind out of the gutter!)
Seriously, though, the drill that we’re talking about today is a dry fire drill called an STD (it really is called that). STD, in this case, has nothing to do with your private parts (I don’t want to think about firearms and private parts. Just makes me shudder…). It actually stands for Sensory Trigger Drill.
A sensory trigger drill is something to help you to integrate your trigger use into your nervous system by using multiple sensory systems in the body. In plain English, that means that the learning process doesn’t use just sight (seeing the drill done) or just touch/feeling (just experiencing how it feels). In this case, the drill uses sight, touch/feeling, and hearing at the same time in the drill.
And why should you care about using multiple sensory systems? Great question to ask. An article at educational website primtedtolearn.com puts it this way:
Multisensory learning is a tried and true teaching strategy that taps into the way our brains work best. Combining information from different sensory inputs, this approach can make learning more efficient, effective, and, most importantly, enjoyable!
The article continues by mentioning a number of benefits of learning using more than one of the body’s sensory systems including the following:
- Improved Understanding
- Better Recall and Retrieval [of the information]
- Better Long-Term Retention [of the information]
- Real-World Application
If you have a better understanding of how to have effective trigger pulls so that you aren’t throwing off your aim when pulling the trigger, if you remember that effective process better, and if you can apply the techniques in the real world, would that be useful for you?
Of course it would. You want your firearms training to be effective when you need it. You want to be able to use it without having to consciously think about it when the stuff hits the fan, right?
That’s why you want to use more than one of the body’s sensory systems when training whenever possible (and the lack of use of multiple sensory systems when reading a training is one of the reasons that so many people have difficulty making use of information that they’ve read in the real world).
So, without further ado, here’s Carter from Patriot Training Academy to give you the quick and effective sensory trigger drill.
The drill is simple, isn’t it? In terms of effective learning, though, it’s a great streamlined method to integrate effective trigger use into your shooting process, and that’s why you should do it.
As always, the best way to practice your skills (not just the STD) is with dryfire. That’s why we’re giving away a FREE 30 day dryfire program that only takes 10-minutes per day here for you: http://freedryfire.com/YT