Routines I’m struggling this season. I seem to drop four times as many birds on third and fourth pairs as I do on first and second pairs. Until I fix this I am stuck in the mid-80s, which is much better than a year ago but not as good as I want to be. What do I do? This is purely a mental game issue. More specifically, it is an issue with your pre-shot routine. In order to achieve consistency, your pre-shot routine must be consistent. Your conscious mind seems to be wandering off during your third and fourth pair at each station. Sporting clays is a unique sport in that the … [Read more...]
Ask the Instructor: Cross Dominance
Cross Dominance I am a right-handed shooter and left-eye dominant. I know I am handicapped from the start, but can I still learn to shoot well like this? Yes. For a variety of reasons, some shooters insist on shooting from the side opposite the dominant eye, a situation referred to as cross-dominance. In many cases, cross-dominant shooters don't want to retrain themselves to mount to the dominant side, or they have some physical limitation. Whatever the reason, you must figure out a way to put the nondominant eye (on the shooting side of the cross-dominant shooter) in … [Read more...]
Ask the Instructor: Basic Fit
Basic Fit I’m at the point in my shooting that I really want to improve. What should I do first: get instruction or get a gun fitting? Both! A good instructor should be able to check basic gun fit and start you on a path of improvement in your shooting proficiency. While there is a big difference between the gun fitting expertise of the average instructor and that of a professional gun fitter, NSCA certified instructors are taught to evaluate basic gun fit and how to make modifications to a shooter’s shotgun when practical. Visibility and comfort are the two most … [Read more...]
Ask the Instructor: Self-Adjusting
Self-Adjusting Short of having a gun fitter adjust my comb, how can I be sure my adjustable comb is in the right place and adjusted properly? Here is a tip for DIY comb adjusting: Find a mirror inside your home or in the clubhouse and stand in front of it, facing the mirror, with your unloaded shotgun. Stand just far enough away from the mirror so the muzzle is about six inches away from the mirror when you are fully mounted to the shotgun. Use a whiteboard marker to place a small dot on the mirror in front of you at the same height as your eye when you are fully mounted. … [Read more...]
Ask the Instructor: Parallel Combs
Parallel Combs Can you explain why having an angled comb makes sense? Why wouldn’t everyone want a parallel comb? 100,000 trap shooters can’t be wrong. Historically, shotgun stocks have been angled, which means they are higher at the peak of the comb (front end, toward receiver) and lower at the heel of the comb (back end, toward the butt). The reason behind this has its origins in English-style shooting, in which shooters did not premount the shotgun, except in pigeon/box shooting. For shooters that initiate the gun mount to the cheek and shoulder after the bird becomes … [Read more...]
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