The last BP2/DPS1 class I helped with at KR Training generated a bunch of thoughts in my head. I thought I’d make a small series out of it.

Information Overload

When you take class, you’re going to have a lot of information thrown at you. Typical KR Training classes are a few hours long, thus some days there might be 2-3 classes in a single day. Some people will stay all day for all classes, and that’s certainly going to be information overload.

Can you remember it all?

I can’t.

One day on the range I noticed Leslie Buck pulled a little notepad and pencil out of his back pocket. He jotted some notes, then put it back into his pocket and stepped up to the line. What a good idea! I stole it from him. 🙂

When in the classroom it’s easy to take notes, especially if you’re given handouts. But when you’re out on the range? That’s also a place where you need to take notes and remember things. It may be a specific thing you were told, a specific skill being taught, maybe you want to remember how class flowed so you can run the same drills in your own practice. Maybe you remember something. Maybe you have an “ah-ha!” moment. There’s going to be so much flowing around in the day… chances are good you will NOT remember it all.

A little notepad and pencil in your pocket goes a long way.