NSSA welcomes Doug Thompson as the new NSSA Chief Youth Instructor. In this role, Doug will be the leader of our NSSA Youth Camp Program. Created by our NSSA Chief Instructor, Ralph Aaron, the Youth Camp Program is a means of introducing skeet shooting to youth. We currently have approximately 15 to 18 camps each year and hope to expand those numbers with Doug’s help. Although the NSSA Chief Youth Instructor position is a new one, Doug Thompson is highly qualified. He is an NSSA Master Instructor and has served several years as Zone IV Chief Instructor. Doug has also been involved in the … [Read more...]
Support Kids & Clays and SCTP at Registered Shoot
The Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) is partnering with the Kids & Clays Foundation to hold a registered two-day sporting clays charity event at the Cardinal Shooting Center in Marengo, Ohio. The event will be held Friday and Saturday, July 20-21, during SSSF’s Scholastic Clay Target Program National Championships. The event is open to the public, parents, and coaches of athletes attending the SCTP Nationals, as well as the athletes themselves. All registrants for the event will be entered into a drawing for a large prize package of firearms and outdoor and shooting gear worth … [Read more...]
Success of Shooting Sports Park Drives Rural Tourism in West Tennessee
Tucked into the beautiful countryside of Huntingdon, Tenn., you’ll hear the gunfire from the Carroll County Shooting Sports Park long before you pull into the scenic clearing it calls home. Built on land donated by the Huntingdon Industrial Board, the 85.69-acre facility is undeniably impressive. But it’s the thoughtful details of its design, coupled with the growing popularity of shooting sports that make it one of the fastest-growing tourism attractions in the region. The park, according to County Mayor Kenny McBride, was designed to make the sport shooting experience as accessible and … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hint #37: Shooters Distracting Shooters
Shooters Distracting Shooters Last month I was participating in a two-gun registered shoot. The squad I shot with had two experienced shooters and three relatively new shooters. The most experienced were in positions 4 and 5. We were moving at a good pace during the first round, but at station 5, the three inexperienced shooters advanced at least halfway toward station 6 after they had shot. The fourth-place shooter tried to ignore them but stopped and asked the three to move back out of his view. There were no problems after that. When we had finished the last round, I told the three … [Read more...]
Ask the Instructor: Why FITASC?
Why FITASC? Why should I shoot FITASC? Well, the first and best reason I can think of is, it’s a blast. It is also, in the opinion of many, the most challenging form of sporting. FITASC is an acronym for the French federation that governs the international form of sporting clays. FITASC typically occupies fewer trap machines and less acreage than sporting clays and is thus more common in Europe, where wide-open spaces are less plentiful. A single parcour (or course) comprises 25 target presentations shot over three pegs (or positions). A 3-foot-diameter hoop usually … [Read more...]
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