We move in both angular and linear planes. Angular planes are Yaw (like shaking your head “no”) Pitch (like shaking your head “yes”) Roll (like moving your ear down to your shoulder) Linear planes are Moving up/down Moving side/side Moving forward/back As a tactical athlete you want to ensure that your training program incorporates all… Continue reading Train Angular and Linear Acceleration/Deceleration
Tag: Vestibular system
Speed in Every Plane
Have you ever watched a movie where they are filming from the perspective of a person running and the camera is shaking all over the place and you can’t keep the scene in focus? But then when they slow down it becomes clear again. Why is that? It’s because when they are moving slowly, your… Continue reading Speed in Every Plane
What Your Hearing Protection Doesn’t Shield
Wearing hearing protection does not shield a vital situational awareness system called your vestibular system. [1] Your vestibular system is in your inner ear, just deeper than your hearing system. If you can move and keep a target in focus, if you have fast reactions and the ability to move with your head on a… Continue reading What Your Hearing Protection Doesn’t Shield
Keeping Target Focus with Movement
If the ability to maintain target focus with movement is important to you, you want to know about the vestibular system. It is one thing to keep a target in focus when stationary but maintaining that ability with movement is a much higher skill level. This is because when stationary there is significantly less demand… Continue reading Keeping Target Focus with Movement
Training The Sensory Systems With Specificity
Unique to tactical athletes is the level of performance the sensory systems for situational awareness must perform at. No other athlete or professional relies on their sensory systems to the extent that tactical athletes do. There are 4 primary sensory systems for situational awareness- visual, auditory, vestibular, and somatosensory. Each system has an important role… Continue reading Training The Sensory Systems With Specificity
Low Vision Environments
Your vestibular system helps keep target focus with movement, but it doesn’t need a target to play an important role in situational awareness. In fact, it is in low vision environments that your vestibular system can really step up when it comes to situational awareness. If you are in a helicopter and its dark out,… Continue reading Low Vision Environments
Target Focus
Did you know that some of the fastest reflexes in your body are in your vestibular system? Most people don’t know about the vestibular system, but to perform at an elite level you rely heavily on it. The vestibular system is vulnerable to the subconcussive blast waves that you are exposed to as well, making… Continue reading Target Focus