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This is an excellent article especially for those who think "training like that is not really that important". Anyone that thinks they will rise to the occasion should read this article. No matter what you think, in a fire fight you will be reduced to the level of your CONSTANT TRAINING. Not what you have done a time or 2. I got a 1st hand lesson in this principal a couple of months ago when I tried to change the way I reload. My hands are getting very stiff w/ age. I tried a new move & had practiced it on the range in live fire on several occasions & at home dry fire numerous different times & 20 reloads or so each time because I knew muscle memory controls what we do. I hit the range for my 1st IPSC match & w/ only that much of an adrenal pump GUESS WHAT HAPPENED. I was standing on the start line thinking in my head of the new reload movement. As soon as the buzzer went off that all flew right out the window. My hands went right back to what they had been trained to do. I realized it about the time the 1st mag hit the ground. Lesson. No one, NO one, NO ONE, will rise to the occasion. You WILL be reduced to your regular level of continual training no matter what that is or what you think you will do.