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I can tell you that its not hard to get them to qualify, but getting them to (I hate using this word) "Operate" with a gun is a different story. Its easier with athletes because they are used to making their bodies do what they want. Its also easier to get them to conceptualize shooting and even a gunfight like an athletic event. They have an easier time slowing things down.
I had a kid who had never shot, have a real hard time until I asked if he'd ever played sports. He said he played baseball and pitched. I asked him if he was able to tell when he let go if he'd thrown a strike. He said he could tell as the ball came off his fingers.....all the sudden he could shoot.
Its like watching a skilled waiter carry a tray of meals vs me trying not to spill a single cup of coffee walking across the living room. No matter our profession, we all have to learn to "operate" with our tools, not just use them.
Makes perfect sense, athletes are able to make split second decisions with more 'thought' because they have been doing it their whole life in sports. There's a strange thing that happens in the brain where time basically slows down and even though things are happening in real time, they seem slow motion. I encountered this most often when wrestling, but only after I got through the tunnel vision that took over my first several matches.