Hitting in Combat: The Brain Science of Training to Win Gunfights
Is it possible to aim in a gunfight?This question represents a long-standing, often bitter, area of controversy in the firearms and tactical training community.In Hitting in Combat, former naval officer and close protection security operative Dustin Salomon, author of the acclaimed book Building Shooters: Applying Neuroscience Research to Tactical Training System Design and Training Delivery (2016), performs the most definitive analysis of the subject conducted to date.Salomon applies his decades of experience in both training and operations with the latest in cutting-edge brain science to step outside the emotion and controversy that is frequently associated with debate over this topic. He examines the origins of point shooting training methodology, explores how different methods of training impact real-world performance, and explains how, ultimately, both sides of this argument are right, as well as the implications this has for instructor liability and the future of tactical firearm