Unconscious Incompetent: The individual neither understands nor knows how to do something, nor recognizes the deficit, nor has a desire to address it. In short, you don’t know what you don’t know.
This person shows up on the range a lot. He’s knows and (sometimes) follows range safety rules, He can get most of his shots at least on the target , he thinks he’s good enough without ever thinking he could be so much better. The only training he has is the bare minimum required for a permit or a hunter’s license and maybe what he remembers from scout camp. Never does any type of dry practice, sees no point in it
conscious Incompetent: This individual does not understand or know how to do something; he or she does recognize the deficit, without yet addressing it. This is the stage where you know what you don’t know.
This person understands that they don’t have all the answers; they get what they can from the net and youtube and would take a class if he could find or afford it. This person does dry practice at home but may be ingraining bad habits by doing so.
Conscious Competent: This person knows how to do the task but has to think about what he’s doing each step.
This person has had some formal training; he’s read a couple of books and is adopting and adapting those aspects of his training that work while discarding the rest. Muscle memory is developing. Like a Shodan in Karate this person could be classified as a serious student does some dry practice at home.
Unconscious Competent: This person has become familiar with the task. He has enough practice that the task seems to be second nature and can be performed easily and as a “reflex action” often without conscious thought.
Muscle memory has developed in this individual, he knows what to do and can do it without thinking his way through the task. He handles malfunctions automatically and continues the mission. He can draw from cover and place rounds on target accurately as well as quickly. He makes it look easy and dry practice is a normal part of his day.
