How We Know Coaching Works for Law Enforcement
Jerrod Hardy • Feb 25, 2022

Invest in the process of creating winning outcomes for your students.

In this picture you see me getting ready to enter the cage for a mixed martial arts fight and with me is one of the best coaches I have ever met, Ryan Schultz.  Former world champion of the International Fight League, Division 1 wrestler at the University of Nebraska and one of the most mentally tough people I've ever been around. 

He is a great coach not because he told me what I wanted to hear, or let me do only what I wanted to do, but because he challenged me to be better.

Ryan invested himself in the outcome of my fights and in such he was deeply invested in the process of the preparation, the training.

At the time of this photo, I had been a police officer for 15 years and not one law enforcement training session resembled or felt like a "practice". Training sessions were focused on presenting the information and the lesson plan, not creating winning performances.

This experience became a foundational principle for the training program and company I wanted to create.

A place where law enforcement professionals were coached to believe not fear, to win not survive, and to know we were invested in the process AND the outcome.

"Giving Cops Confidence to Win"

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Jerrod Hardy in photo with student at recent Ground tactics for law enforcement course

By Jerrod Hardy • 03 Apr, 2024
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu can be an important tool as we look to improve the quality of coaching and content our law enforcement professionals receive. However, we must also use our experience in both, tactical law enforcement and the sport of BJJ, to evaluate and teach the skills that are tactically sound, fundamentally solid, and legally defensible in our profession. In this video we discuss three considerations we must apply as we adapt BJJ for law enforcement: - Weapon Retention - Control to Handcuffing Process - Ability to disengage and respond to tactically changing environment Visit our website www.teamhardy to learn more about our 3-day Ground Tactics Coaches Course and see the schedule of upcoming classes around the country.
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