Originally Posted by
Surf
It depends on the persons overall level of competency at any particular skill set. If you are only consciously competent, you will be able to rely on training only to a certain extent, and this is the training of a particular skill set, as the example drawing the weapon, and using the sights. The outside factors, such as the stress of the situation, will significantly influence this person who requires substantial conscious effort to remember to complete the base skills for positive results.
Those who have trained to a level of unconscious competence, or beyond, can rely on the subconscious to perform the sub-routines, ie. draw, sight alignment, sight picture, etc., while our conscious mind is taking in information, making decisions, and acting on them. Of course assessing and response with a tactic is another issue as in how well trained the individual is in regards to applying tactics.
I will also add that you must include training that simulates as realistically as possible a stress situation, physical and mental, i.e. force on force, or similar.