{"id":2432,"date":"2020-05-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/vlogs\/why-training-drills-can-only-take-you-so-far-in-chaotic-and-stressful-environments\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:20:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:20:05","slug":"why-training-drills-can-only-take-you-so-far-in-chaotic-and-stressful-environments","status":"publish","type":"vlog","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/why-training-drills-can-only-take-you-so-far-in-chaotic-and-stressful-environments\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Training Drills Can Only Take You So Far in Chaotic and Stressful Environments"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/PH1_4234.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                May 12, 2020                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Videos<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Why Training Drills Can Only Take You So Far in Chaotic and Stressful Environments<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/human-performance\/\" rel=\"tag\">Human Performance<\/a>                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Share<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/why-training-drills-can-only-take-you-so-far-in-chaotic-and-stressful-environments\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/why-training-drills-can-only-take-you-so-far-in-chaotic-and-stressful-environments\/&#038;text=Why Training Drills Can Only Take You So Far in Chaotic and Stressful Environments\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: Why Training Drills Can Only Take You So Far in Chaotic and Stressful Environments. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/why-training-drills-can-only-take-you-so-far-in-chaotic-and-stressful-environments\/\">Email<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"#copyLink\" id=\"copyButton\" class=\"copy-link-clipboard\">Copy Link<\/a>\n                  <div id=\"textToCopy\" class=\"font-hidden\">https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/why-training-drills-can-only-take-you-so-far-in-chaotic-and-stressful-environments\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<!-- blocks\/section -->\n<section\n  class=\"es-section flexible-section  text-only theme-light\"\n    >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-striped-pattern__inner section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n                <div class=\"es-section__inner col-parent col-parent--stack-sm\">\n                                            <div class=\"es-section__sidebar es-section__sidebar--sticky col col--12 \">\n                                                            <p class=\"es-section__label es-label es-label--md\">Gareth Bloomfield, a psychologist with the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, explains that automated behaviours are desired in combat scenarios &#8211; but not at any cost.<\/p>\n                            \n                                                                <div class=\"video video__inline\">\n                                        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/410940405\/4ec719ce88\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n                                    <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><h4>The Leaders Performance Institute catches up with Gareth Bloomfield just before he takes to the stage at the 2019 Leaders Sport Performance Summit in London.<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In his capacity as a psychologist with the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, he is at Twickenham Stadium to discuss the provision for the <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance\/in-2020-emphasis-mental-resilience\/\"><u>wellbeing of officer-cadets<\/u><\/a> at the British military&#8217;s officer training centre.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomfield is as punctual as he is insightful and there is time enough for some quick questions on the academy\u2019s approach to devising stressful and chaotic training environments that instil officer-cadets, where automation is requisite, but not at the cost of the recruit\u2019s adaptability or indeed their future wellbeing.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Could you and your team be making better use of your performance metrics?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If so, then the latest Leaders Performance Institute Special Report, <em>Analyse This: Managing Your Metrics<\/em>, will be right up your street. 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