Know what you stand for, who you stand with, and what you stand against!

Travis Haley, Founder

The Vision

Our mission is to create masters. Not simply the mastery of shooting skills, but the mastery of self. Haley Strategic TRAIN is a student-centric, science based training company. We are bridge builders and catalysts of change. By focusing on the individual, we help students understand the principles that create a solid foundation for shooting performance.

Our unique approach encourages students to question everything, to experiment, and to find what works best for them. It is through questioning, that we gain a deeper understanding, not only of concepts and techniques but of ourselves as well.

The Why

Although every individual has a different reason for seeking out training, we all share a common thread; to hold ourselves to a higher standard of living and care for our families and our communities. Whether that means you carry a firearm in the course of your employment, or just in your daily life, you have accepted the responsibility that comes with that decision and are endeavoring to honor that commitment.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

Picasso

Our Purpose

Haley Strategic TRAIN exists to impart wisdom, provide discovery, and to facilitate the learning process. We are founded in the practical application of sport science as it relates to performance in shooting, weapons manipulation, and tactics.

Our curriculums utilize cognitive (thinking), conative (instinctual action) and affective (emotional) human factors, to maximize the efficiency and efficacy of training and personal growth.

There is no such thing as the “Haley Strategic Shooting Method'' as we did not invent the critical elements impacting human performance: gravity, friction, psychology, physiology, or bio-mechanics. We exist to share our mastery of these factors wrapped in solid foundational principles and real world applications drawing from the extensive backgrounds of our training cadre.

We pride ourselves on the ability to identify the human factors in learning and performance by creating a one-on-one relationship with our students. The training environments we create produce an individualized experience, filled with constant feedback and an adaptive environment to maximize training retention and ultimately the learning experience.

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

Epictetus

Thinkers Before Shooters®

The term "Thinkers Before Shooters®" stands to educate, to inspire, to empower, and to create change-makers. At Haley Strategic TRAIN, we specialize in revealing limiting beliefs and subconscious narratives that dictate and shape behavior, health, relationships, and ultimately our performance.

We all exist within mental constructs that dictate our thoughts, feelings, and actions. In turn, our mental constructs determine the results we experience. Our scars, traumas and general suffering is a byproduct of these constraints. In order to realize our potential, we need to step outside of the world as we have known it in order to identify what mental constructs have been holding us back.

Thinkers Before Shooters is the embodiment of holding ourselves to a higher standard of care for our families and the communities that we live and work within.

Disruptive
5cience™

OVERVIEW

Disruptive Science, or D5, is designed as a foundational course to accelerate the learning curve of all students regardless of background or experience level. Our curriculum is deeply rooted in a scientific approach to the fundamentals of shooting and grounded in sports performance. Many firearms courses focus solely on the gun whereas our multiday course formats focus on the science of the human body, the brain, and the weapon system to advance shooting performance. D5 courses are currently offered in Handgun, Carbine, AK and Subgun weapon platforms as well as a fundamentals of Night Vision course offering.

The pursuit of shooting performance lies within the successful execution of these fundamentals. That success starts with a deep (intimate) understanding of the “why” behind the “how”. Fundamentals are not simply a method, technique, or a program, but a science. In our Disruptive Science course, the approach is designed to develop a deeper understanding of the fundamental principles by creating relevance that shows people how to put their life into shooting versus stuffing shooting into their life. The idea of Thinkers Before Shooters™ comes to life in our multi-day course offerings. Our curriculum is rooted in human learning, biomechanics, and an objective measurable approach to performance. We often hear our students reflect on their growth after this course with the powerful statement of, “This is so much more than I expected. This is also a shooting course.” This statement encompasses the reality that Haley Strategic TRAIN is not about the gun, it is about the human behind the gun.

Core topics covered for all weapon systems:

  • Haley Strategic Train approach to learning
  • Why “science” and how to create a model for excellence
  • Individual belief systems
  • How deliberate practice accelerates learning
  • The brain: cognition, emotion and conation
  • The biology and neuroscience of learning
  • How critical stress (body alarm response) affects visual acuity and efficiency
  • Understanding visual target accommodation

Disruptive
3nvironments™

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Disruptive Environment, or D3, is designed as an advanced applications course to accelerate skill-set development for experienced shooters. The curriculum is relevant to anyone from the responsible armed citizen, to active MIL and LEO. Shooting performance can be subdivided into fundamentals, skill-sets, and tactics. For reference, our D5 curriculum focuses on the development of a solid foundation in fundamentals and human factors, where the D3 curriculum moves more into the development of next level skill-sets in low-light/no light, vehicles/cover considerations, home/business defense, and urban vs rural environments. This multiday, advanced applications format, integrates light/illumination techniques (both handheld and weapon mounted), movement, communication, and shooting, into decisive actions. The course includes lectures, demonstrations, deliberate practice models, and multiple exercises where students will be challenged to combine techniques that work for them into solutions that can potentially save lives.

Warning

This course should not be selected if you have not been through a foundational course with us (D5/D7 Courses) or another reputable organization/instructor. All advanced application students must have fundamental weapon safety and weapon manipulation knowledge. A baseline assessment on safety, speed, accuracy, manipulations, and movement is conducted upon arrival to determine if students current skill levels are adequate to safely proceed through the course. Students will be pulled from training for safety violations.

Core topics covered for all weapon systems:

  • Haley Strategic Train approach to learning
  • Why “science” and how to create a model for excellence
  • How deliberate practice accelerates learning
  • How critical stress (body alarm response) affects visual acuity and efficiency
  • Stress management before, during and after
  • Baseline assessment (Qualification)
  • Supplemental instruction relative to baseline results
  • Biomechanics and maximizing the efficiency of the draw
  • Position work & biomechanical considerations in all shooting positions

Disruptive
7aboratories™

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Disruptive Laboratories, or D7, is designed as a foundational course for defensive shooting and judgemental use of force. In the world of defensive shooting and judgemental use of force, we can not “Train like we fight and fight like we train.” We simply cannot replicate the specific stresses and physiological responses that one might experience when fighting for one’s life. This is why the use of modern simulation systems are so valuable. Here at the Haley Strategic HQ in Scottsdale, AZ, we have one of the most advanced judgemental use of force simulators in the world. Our D7 Performance Lab, powered by Virtra, offers the user a unique experience to test both their thinking and shooting skills. D7 courses offered are handgun, carbine, low light, night vision performance and judgmental use of force.

Our D7 curriculum consists of two and three day sessions housed at Haley Strategic headquarters. HSP will provide all weapons for the course. The class takes you over a brief review of the fundamentals from our D5, Disruptive Science, course curriculums, progressing into scenario based, judgemental use of force training. You will be taken through interactive training exercises to improve your hand-eye coordination, biomechanics and mental efficiency. The class size will be limited to five students to maximize the student to instructor ratio.

The D7 training program, powered by VirTra, is indeed one-of-a-kind and remains at the forefront of modern shooting simulators. The authenticity of the environments gives you an experience that bridges the gap between feel and real. The ability to create one-of-a-kind, realistic scenarios, gives us the most in-depth look into human performance. Our scenario based training simulator also utilizes the Threat Fire system. This system utilizes a low amperage “shock” to the user to simulate suffering a gunshot during an engagement. This then stimulates a body alarm response, further testing one’s ability to act and/or make crucial decisions. Merging world-class training with the latest technology, we can deliver to you, the true meaning of Thinkers Before Shooters™.

Core topics covered for all weapon systems:

  • Haley Strategic Train approach to learning
  • Why "science" and how to create a model for excellence
  • Individual belief systems
  • How deliberate practice accelerates learning
  • The brain: cognition, emotion and conation
  • The biology and neuroscience of learning
  • How critical stress (body alarm response) affects visual acuity and efficiency

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CUSTOM TRAINING COURSES

The depth of experience within our training cadre makes us uniquely qualified program developers to build custom course curriculums to enhance/upgrade individual or organization capabilities. Between our HQ Performance Lab and our mobile training team we can cater to your needs at multiple locations across the country. 

For military, LEO, event course information, contact us here. Please include your area/region, training goals, preferred dates and number of personnel attending. 

Private training courses for individuals and small groups of all experience levels are available. Private instruction course curriculums are customized to students' experience levels ranging from introductory lessons to hyper intensive proficiency sessions.



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