I was told a story by someone who serves in the Police,but was very vague in his actual job title as it was linked to Homeland security.ERG2012 wrote:They won't get it taking selfies and playing fortnite either.tigerfeat wrote:The mental toughness should come from people calling you a choker and not wanting to go through the same again next time your in a big match if you don't have that inside you no guru or navy assault course is going to put it there
Taking folk out of their usual familiar "comfort zone" and placing them under unconventional stressful situations when fatigued and tired takes you to different places mentally/physically/emotionally. After all the first elements of interrogation are sleep derivation and high levels of fatigue.
DP is a super coach and nobody can argue at that
However our biggest problem is between the ears and the players mindset. That's what let's us down it's proven and becoming a bad trait - that's why specialist/specific professionals take over to develop those skills DP or anyone at the club does not have the ability to develop and provide.
Until you experience being under extreme high stress scenarios you have no experience of them. Once you are, you then reevaluate your thought process, learn, and tolerate then you start to adjust and cope Psychologically Physically and Emotionally.
He and his "team" went on a weeks operational training somewhere in the UK with two current serving S.A.S solders. By the end of the week he and his team were in awe with how mentally strong,completely committed,dogged yet calm in everything the guys from the S.A.S did.
By the sounds of it they weren't the biggest guys on the course...looked like "average Joes" , they both propped up the hotel bar every night and had very little sleep, but when there was tasks to be done the following days they were on it.