september 2023

Is performance perhaps an overlooked part of prevention of mental health problems? What is the difference between performance psychology and mental health? What is the best way to implement a mental skill training program in your unit and organisation? What an important topics again in this conversation with experienced soldier and researcher Christian Ytterbol! In […]

What happens under stress with our vision and why is this very important for first responders and their trainers? Do you know what the Colavita effect of visual dominance under high stress is? And what this means for our sensory information (like feeling a weapon)? And how this can lead to all sorts of problems

How do you teach and balance skills of influence and skills of control in your training and education? Do you offer it as a binary skill? Do you train them separately or integrated? Do you show and practice the relationship between skills of control and skills of influence? Learn more about this very important topic

Today I not only go the the Gym but also practice a little bit emotional and spiritual fitness. For me these 3 theme’s are the core of my journey. Learn more about these from Tara Brach.

What are mental skills and which mental skills are useful for snipers? How do you deliver mental skills in an advanced sniper training course? Why is it better to offer options than solutions? Is there an ideal breathing technique when you are alone in the mud or sand, have to make big decisions yourself and

Snipers work in hostile environments, under high pressure and under extreme individual responsibility. I spoke with soldier and researcher Christian Ytterbøl (Department of Leadership and Tactics, Norwegian Military Academy) about his research paper “shooter ready” (about integrating mental skill training in advanced sniper course). In this clip, a preview about one of the principles: “expertise

Pascal Martens was IBT docent en werkte later als IBT docenten opleider op het PIOG Ossendrecht. Daar legde hij met anderen de basis voor een meer integrale training geweldbeheersing. En stond hij aan de basis van een methodische fasering van onderwijs en training in geweldbeheersing. Deze fasering onderscheidt fasen in het aanbieden van de leer

What can police trainers learn from scenario and simulation training within acute care? Together with Brian, I explore my introduction to this new world and what we can learn from it. With big thanks to all those professionals who introduced me to their world and training/education methods: Ruben Verlangen, Martijn Forr, Peter Bennik, Maarten Leeflang,

At the invitation of Teun Pieter de Snoo of the Police Academy, I had a conversation with Judith Andersen. She is an Associate Professor Department of Psychology, University of Toronto. Judith has done a lot of research on stress management techniques, decision-making and de-escalation in policing.  In our conversation, we talked about her International Performance

A lot of people have a lot to say about Tony Blauer. For me personal, it was Blauer who first really pointed out to me as a martial arts practitioner 25 years ago the difference between the dojo and the street. At the police academy we did a lot of good solid drills like bear