
While watching a documentary about the elite special forces that included the British SAS, American SEALS, Russian SPETSNAZ, Philipino SOCOM, the common factor in all these forces was intense training that pushes mental boundaries.
The mental boundaries are pushed by pushing the trainee's physical capabilities. The reason is that when one needs to be able to think clearly, make decisions and carry out the necessary actions when one is put in circumstances of intense pressure.
The Yamam is the Israeli special services (counter terrorist unit) who undergo the same level of training. One simple aspect that I found interesting about their training was that, whatever training drill they do, THEY ARE NEVER WITHOUT THEIR GUNS!
They even use simple strength training by holding their guns in their out stretched arms all the time. Their reason: "The gun is part of you, an extension of your arm, part of your body and you should never be without it."
Hearing and seeing this, it brought back the clear memory when I heard Santokh Singh, in one of the training sessions, instructing the players to carry their hockey sticks at all time when doing drills.
The warm up run round the pitch was carried out by the players carrying their sticks. So was the sprint drills as well as the press-ups, squats, sit-ups and the warm down.
This was the precise reason as what the Yamam do.
The hockey stick is a part of the player's arm, body and when that happens, it gets ingrained at the subconscious level which results in improved level of skill and workings of the appropriate muscles. As a consequence, actions carried out on the pitch happen without conscious thought and much quicker.
The mental boundaries are pushed by pushing the trainee's physical capabilities. The reason is that when one needs to be able to think clearly, make decisions and carry out the necessary actions when one is put in circumstances of intense pressure.
The Yamam is the Israeli special services (counter terrorist unit) who undergo the same level of training. One simple aspect that I found interesting about their training was that, whatever training drill they do, THEY ARE NEVER WITHOUT THEIR GUNS!
They even use simple strength training by holding their guns in their out stretched arms all the time. Their reason: "The gun is part of you, an extension of your arm, part of your body and you should never be without it."
Hearing and seeing this, it brought back the clear memory when I heard Santokh Singh, in one of the training sessions, instructing the players to carry their hockey sticks at all time when doing drills.
The warm up run round the pitch was carried out by the players carrying their sticks. So was the sprint drills as well as the press-ups, squats, sit-ups and the warm down.
This was the precise reason as what the Yamam do.
The hockey stick is a part of the player's arm, body and when that happens, it gets ingrained at the subconscious level which results in improved level of skill and workings of the appropriate muscles. As a consequence, actions carried out on the pitch happen without conscious thought and much quicker.