Skeet Instructors

During the last several years I’ve had the honor and privilege of being one of the NSSA Zone Instructors.

I was able to work with and learn many of the finer nuances of coaching shooters from the NSSA Chief Instructor, Ralph Aaron, as well as from the many other instructors of all levels that I met and worked with in San Antonio and in the classes I taught here in the NSSA Zone 6. I’ve lost count of how many Level 1 instructors I helped certify, but the total number is close to 75.

I recently resigned from being the Zone 6 Chief Instructor, due primarily to my age and the stress of traveling.

I spent a few days in early March on a trip to Barksdale Air Force Base’s Red Chute Shotgun Sports Club in Bossier City, Louisiana, where I trained seven new Level 1 instructors. One of these was Doug Frey, the publisher of Red Chute Gazette, a fantastic newsletter devoted to all things related to skeet shooting. Google it; I think you’ll like it.

The Red Chute club is a nice place to shoot with some really nice people shooting and running the facility. Because the club is on Barksdale Air Force Base, you have to get with the club prior to attending a shoot in order to get cleared to enter the base. Doug Frey is a good contact to use to gain access to the base.

As I’ve written before, I have really enjoyed my years as the Zone Instructor, and I’ve learned from all of the people that I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and instructing.

If you think you’d like to become a instructor, go to MyNSSA.com and check out the Instructor section. You’ll learn a lot and have a little fun, too.

Stay safe,

Barry Hartmann

Barry Hartmann is an NSSA Master Level and NRA Certified shotgun instructor who teaches American skeet and wingshooting. You can contact Barry at threeat8@aol.com or 918-803-2393.