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When a curriculum is developed by or for STS, it must comply with a strict guideline, and be based on, but not limited to the following criteria:
1. Safety - Safety is the number one criteria for any training program conducted by STS. If it is not safe then we will not do it.
2. Practicality - Each of our curriculums is based on practical application. It is not bulls-eye or silhouette shooting, and we are not here for the entertainment value. If the skill being taught does not have a practical application (i.e. Job performance, self-defense etc.), then we will not waste your time.
3. Realistic Application - The entire curriculum is also based on realistic application. We teach in reality based training, not theory, whenever possible based on tactical application for combat, not sport. Too many courses are taught with a “New” or “High Speed” application so that the individual or the company supplying the information can put their stamp on it. The problem is that many of these techniques have no realistic value. In other words, is this a technique that is going to be easily reproduced under stress, or is it too mechanical and require too much conscious thought to perform?
4. Consistency - We go to great lengths to provide consistency throughout the curriculums that we intend to teach. We strive, whenever possible, to use a progressive building block approach that continually builds on topics learned earlier. We can apply this teaching to any of the topics taught at STS from Firearms Training, to Hostage Rescue, to Executive Protection. We teach our curriculums in a pre-determined sequence of events designed to continually enhance the students overall capability. Once the student can perform a certain task we add to it and maintain consistency until the very end where all the topics learned are performed in one complete task. At STS we strive to maintain consistency in our curriulum from one instructor to another. There is nothing worse than going to a school that has conflicting information from different instructors. Our staff focuses on teaching with consistency not contradiction or personality based training.
5. Must have an answer to the question “Why?" - So many times you will be taught something from someone in this industry that has been teaching it for years and is fully convinced that “This is the way”. However, many times if you ask that person “Why?” the only answers they can give you is “That's the way I was taught”, or “Because that's how we've always done it”, or “Because that's what the book says”. These are not good answers. If you can not answer why you are doing a certain tactic or technique in a specific way then why would you do it or teach it to someone else? Many times a person will get a job in this industry based on the fact that he or she is a good shooter or has been doing a certain job for many years. The trouble is that although they can shoot well, or perform well, they can not teach you why or how they are doing it or better yet why or how you should be doing it. At STS, if we can not competently answer with a good explanation “Why”, then we simply do not do or teach it.
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