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Young Shooters Sticking Their Elbows Out
Here’s another anomaly we often see often in younger shooters. With the gun mounted, their elbows are sticking straight out to either side. To this day, we cannot understand why they do this. Your elbows on both arms should be a comfortable 45 degrees to the line of the bore - not 90 degrees. You could even get by with your front elbow being a little below 45 degrees to support the front of the gun a little ... Read more…
Shooting Single Targets with Prediction
Shooters who practice more single targets moving the breakpoint and predicting how and where they will break the target and then executing their prediction gain a consistency in their game quicker than those who just shoot the course to try to shoot a good score. In much the same way, skeet shooters who are more regimented in their approach to foot position on each station and hold points, breakpoints and visua... Read more…
The Height of Skeet and Sporting Clays Targets
Skeet and sporting clays are similar in many ways, but there is one basic difference: the height at which the targets are broken. In skeet, the targets are hooped and set so they have a common crossing point over the center stake. If you could take a picture frame and center it up over the stake (with the center being the hoop) and make it extend to 15 feet either side, all the targets would be broken within th... Read more…
Variations in Weight Displacement
When the stance is right for the individual height and body shape, maintaining balance is simple and repeatable. Maintaining a central balance point and good shooting posture so the gun fits is a result. Women tend to have a top-heavier variance - some more that others - and men tend to have a heavy variance but lower around the waist. So it would not make sense for everyone to have the exact same foot positio... Read more…
Balance in Trap, Skeet, and Sporting Clays
Let’s talk about the different clay target games: how their similarities and differences affect stance, weight displacement, and balance. In trap and skeet, the targets are the constant. Both games are played pre-mounted and most shooters are “in the gun pretty tight.” And because they have the gun pulled firmly into their shoulder, they must move the gun with their body. Their swings come from their knees up.... Read more…
