COVID-19 and the Mental Game While my wife and I have been staying home and away from people that may have COVID-19 and be contagious, we've fortunately been able to keep in touch with friends and family electronically. We're able to deal with this self-imposed social distancing better than some of our friends because we enjoy each other's company, and we have a large enough area where we can do many things. My wife has her arts room, and I have my shop. We also have our Labrador retrievers that I spend time with. They love swimming in our pond. The hint I have is for those skeet shooters … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hints: Skeet Instructors
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 … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hints: Coaching Young Shooters
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: Shooting in Wind
Shooting in Wind Several months ago, the Tulsa Gun Club held the annual St. Patrick's Day Shoot. As always, it was a well-run shoot with over 60 shooters braving the cold and WINDY conditions. The weather in Tulsa that month had, until that weekend, been warm and mostly calm, but because there was a shoot, Mother Nature had to show us that the last of cold, windy days weren't over - it was still winter. For the conditions, we had some pretty good scores, and I believe that almost everyone had fun. Of course it's always more fun if you shoot those good scores. I've found that, … [Read more...]
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