New article for members at www.leewedlake.com

Here's an excerpt of the April 2011 article in the Member's section at my site on "Slip and Catch".

There’s a term “slip and catch” that refers to the amount of force to hold onto something and when it slips, the reaction to regain control of it. I came across this term in a Force Science News article about a flashlight attachment to a handgun. The writer was not recommending a certain type of flashlight due to the shape and the way it attaches to the gun. The flashlight switch resembled a trigger and two instances of accidental shootings occurred that are attributed to that shape and placement. The statement was that under stress, it cannot be determined distinctly that it was the flashlight trigger being depressed or the firearm trigger. The term “slip and catch” was used to describe the act of losing the finger’s grip (on the flashlight trigger) and catching itself on something familiar (the handgun trigger) since the shapes and sizes were so similar. This got me to thinking about how we react in situation involving grip (contact manipulation) or how we mentally “slip and catch” when we start one technique and automatically go to another that is similar.