Coaching Young Shooters Coaching young shooters is fulfilling by itself, but then you see these kids put it all together and start winning in registered events. When this happens we, the coaches and their parents, are all proud of them. Recently the three primary coaches for our team shot a 5 X 50 event with two of our kids. The coaches didn't do well, but we were more than satisfied that the two kids did shoot well. Both of them shot scores that got them in shoot-offs. One of them was the B class HOA champ after a shoot-off with several experienced shooters. The other … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hints: Shooting in Turn
Shooting in Turn I was in a shoot-off with several others. The referee called our names and I was second from the last. I knew the person that was last but not the shooter before me. There were two people standing next to me, and I asked the one I didn't know if he was up. He shook his head, no. I made the assumption that he was just a spectator and wasn't the shooter before me, that perhaps the shooter before me decided to skip the shoot-off. This was my mistake: I should have asked the referee who was next, but instead I shot my pair. The referee then stopped me as I was … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hints: Choosing an Instructor
Choosing an Instructor A few days ago, I was practicing with a friend who is an NSSA Certified Instructor, and during a short break, he told me of a gentleman he's been coaching. His student took lessons about a year ago from a so-called instructor that set him up on a path toward failure. It has taken this new instructor several lessons for the student to un-learn much of what this previous person had tried to teach him. It always surprises me when a new or even an experienced shotgun shooter doesn't at least ask others about the capability of the person he's … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hints: Withdrawing from a Shoot
Withdrawing from a Shoot I recently withdrew from one of my favorite shoots because of a HOT weather forecast. The T-Town shoot started on Friday, July 19. It's not only a great event, it's also at my home club, the Tulsa Gun Club -- a great venue. This is one of my favorite shoots, but after looking at the weather forecast, and on my wife's urging, I withdrew from the shoot. The actual heat was forecast to be in the mid- to high-90s, with the "real feel" temperature projected to be 105 to 110 degrees, or possibly higher. After having experienced heat stroke a few years ago while … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hint #61: You Can’t Be Too Safe
You can't be too safe Safety is something that should always be central in our thinking. It's difficult to think about shotgun shooting without thinking about the things we have to do to make it a safe sport. One safety consideration when you're shooting shotguns is to make sure you only carry shells for the gauge you're shooting. One of the things that older shooters will remember is when 20-gauge shells were red just like the 12-gauge shells were. The reason the manufacturers and the sport changed the 20-gauge shells to yellow was for safety reasons. If, back in the … [Read more...]
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