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Old 10-10-2005, 21:19   #8
tracer
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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training tool

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Originally Posted by Smokin Joe
Umkay...what about when guns come into play?

I have been told to constantly scan from side to side and in the few times that I have started to get tunnel vision (from real fights) it has worked.

Just for clarification I rarely (if ever) experience tunnel vision while training....I think it is the subconscience kicking in and not allowing a true fight or flight response to occur, because in the back of my head the real stress isn't there.

Am I just not training hard enough???

A training tool that I have found useful in the past with getting over tunnel vision and to support the need to scan is train with a pro mask on. At the time I had the personel take the filter off of their gas mask. The intent on using the gas mask this way was to narrow the field of view and with the canister/filter off there was normal breathing. I had them use M40 masks. I know there are several masks out there with different fields of view, but the idea may still work for you.
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