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T.A.P.S. Tactical Application of Practical Shooting
Course Overview
Law
Enforcement and the military require agile and adaptive thinkers able to handle the challenges of full spectrum operations
in an era of persistent conflict. To meet this requirement, TAPS delivers a comprehensive, systematic, progressive Train-the-Trainer
shooting program focused on fundamental mastery and built for the military and for Law Enforcement officers. Designed
for leaders and trainers, the TAPS course also applies to junior military members and the patrol-level officer.
The approach to instruction is through coaching and mentorship and both demonstrates and transfers a training
method that is safe, effective, combat relevant, and encourages a continuous thought process that demands accountability.
Training is conducted on the range and focuses on advanced refinement of the basic fundamentals
of marksmanship as applied to the primary and secondary weapons systems. Utilizing a building block learning
model, TAPS combines the pressures and dynamics of competitive shooting and tactical application. While course of instruction
is on the firing range, the TAPS training approach also translates into training venues outside the range.
Course Outline 3-day Course The 3-day course offering provides the following training and instruction: - Lecture
on proper weapons handling and safety
- Refresh the fundamentals and grouping exercises
- Conduct
a diagnostic course of fire
- Conduct a discussion on the importance of performing a focal shift during training and avoiding mundane drills that
do not encourage a thought process
- Other topics covered include target transition,
movement techniques, multiple positions, barricade work, target discrimination, holster work and magazine changes
- Escalation
of training and intensity will vary depending on number of students and their skill level though the core of the course will
always remain the same
4-day Course The 4-day course offering builds upon all training and instruction offered in the 3-day course and includes the following: - Lecture on proper weapons handling and safety
- Refresh the fundamentals and grouping exercises
- Other
topics covered and practiced are; grouping exercises with both primary and secondary weapon systems, target discrimination,
use of barricades, movement, close quarter battle techniques, immediate action drills, ballistics 101, transitions, magazine
changes
- Escalation of training and intensity will vary depending on number of students and their skill level though the core
of the course will always remain the same
5-day Course The 3-day course offering builds upon all training and
instruction offered in the 4-day course and includes the following: - Lecture on proper
weapons handling and safety
- Conduct individual and collective complex courses of fire which
are ambiguous in nature to encourage quick thinking and decisive action
- Mind set and focal cognition drills
- Development
of tailor made “Standards” courses of fire
Intended Audience Active duty Law Enforcement and military members seeking to improve tactical
marksmanship capability Course Goals - To expose shooters to a proven training
methodology that is more productive than traditional training drills
- To transfer training methods that are
safe, effective, combat relevant, and encourage a continuous thought process that demands accountability
- To introduce training considerations
applicable to each shooter’s skill level and available equipment
- Empower students with the ability to self
critique
Course
Objectives Shooters will: - Know
how to adapt an expeditionary mindset so that they are better prepared to handle conflict on short notice
- Understand how to effectively maximize available
use of shooting time and space
- Operate
as a safer, more confident, more lethal operator who can decisively and precisely act under pressure
- Acquire an alternative training
approach which translates to other training venues outside of the firing range and be able to transfer this approach
to other operators using the equipment available to them
Methodologies
A comprehensive, systematic, progressive Train-the-Trainer
course, TAPS incorporates complex individual and collective shooting drills, which are ambiguous in nature, to encourage quick
thinking and decisive action.
Through coaching and mentorship, instructors demonstrate a method of training which
is safe, effective, combat relevant, and encourages a continuous thought process which will demand accountability.
Through
demonstration, instructors create a new team culture that stresses the optimum levels of innovation, proficiency, and performance.
This is accomplished using marksmanship, and other combat-focused tasks to demonstrate creative, efficient, and safe combat-specific
training utilizing minimum logistical and range support. Each pertinent learning point is emphasized as it is accomplished
to reinforce its effectiveness and to enable operators to adapt its methodology to other training topics and venues. To
demonstrate participants already have extensive knowledge and opportunity at their disposal, traditional training methods
that have proven effectiveness will be refreshed and reinforced, and students will be encouraged to better comprehend and
pursue their application.
Adhering
to the enduring principles of tactical operations and utilizing their extensive combat experience, trainers will assess
the successful accomplishment of mission during scenario and technique-based training. Escalation of training
and intensity will vary depending on number of students and their skill levels, though the core of the course will always
remain the same.
Course Requirements The student must be a certified Law Enforcement Officer or member of the Armed
Forces.
Special Considerations Training is tailored to the individual so shooters may bring any or all of their
duty gear. Gear may include duty rigs, body armor, duty rifle, pistol with magazines and holster, eyes and ears. Classroom instruction will include dry fire methodology, maintenance and malfunctions, and review of the fundamentals.
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