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Success in Des Moines
Gil and I just got back from Des Moines, Iowa and training the SCTP group and their coaches. What a great group of adults and athletes to be around. A big Thank You to Larry Gay who is in charge of the group and took such good care of us. We did coaches on Friday and athletes on Saturday and Sunday.What did we learn other than to not go to Iowa in April as it is still cold there? SCTP athletes have to shoot trap, sk... Read more…
Thoughts on the Advance Class: New Moves and Nose on the ...
Just like the wind, March flew by way too fast. We had two Advance Schools this year and due to the COVID restrictions, we were only allowed 12 people in the lodge at 74 Ranch. So, we had nine students and three instructors for two weeks.The majority of the time was spent on learning how to read targets in the break zone so you would know what it was doing and to learn the four new ways to shoot targets—Catch, Stroll, ... Read more…
What A Difference A Week Makes!
Brian and I left on Thursday, February 11th for Ben Avery in Phoenix, to do three full days of teaching. When we left Houston, we were looking at what the weather was going to do. Our weather service was calling for a Winter Storm Warning for Monday. We got to Phoenix and settled in for the next three days.I woke up really early Friday morning. My thoughts had gone from “arrive in Houston on Monday and slide down the f... Read more…
Beginning of a New Year
Well, 2020 is finally over. And just when I think 2021 is going to be a great year... things happen.But we are continuing to book clubs all over the U.S. to have a great year for helping people get better in their shooting skills and in their lives. It all works together.We spent Thanksgiving and Christmas at the bay enjoying the sunrise and sunset. Andrea and Avery came in from Oregon for Thanksgiving. The first thin... Read more…
Nationals 2020: Competing With New Eyes
Previously: My reflections on being able to see for the first time in 2 years. Gil, Doss, and I got three days to actually shoot at our field before Nationals. And that was the first time I had shot after my cataract surgery. I had not shot since last year’s Nationals, since I couldn’t see, so I had to go through a learning curve. We worked on a new move called the challenge move and that was about all we did. I spent ... Read more…
