Clay Shooting Coaches

[deadeye ive]

One underlying fact that most newbies to clay shooting need to get on board from the outset is that you need a shed load of money if your to acheive some mild form of success .I suppose a coach no matter how good would be scoring a own goal if he explanined that fact prior to taking his fee

 

Not a family man on a limited budgets past time if your to be any good and I speak from experience .Many a time I have got my eye in on a 100 bird practice shoot only to leave it for a few weeks and then hey presto back to 50% .Issues enter your mind ,loss of confidence etc and you can soon find yourself going backwards .

 

Having lessons from a recomended coach is good but to really benefit you need to be putting things into practice straight away and putting lead in the air on regular occasions until you acheive that sight picture .Average shell costs are £150 per 1000 and you can soon get through them .I think doveridge is 24p per clay as well

Of course there are exceptions with there being one or two natural shots out there (Of which I'm not )

 

 

Apologies as I seem to have forgotten what the original thread is about

 

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[beretta]

believe me you DONT need a shed load of money to get to the top i can name a few who dont have 2 pennys to rub together but still got to the top. natural hand eye coordination is tops and WANTING to do it.

 

money does help in conjunction with the above as proved in a few of the top guys, but they lack personality

[Chard]

I don't think it's a poor mans sport, but I don't think that's got much to do with coaching. Once you've got the basics right (and a bit of coaching will help with that) the rest is down to experience. Experience being shooting tens of thousands of cartridges at all sorts of different targets over a number of years. That costs money. In the overall scheme of things, a couple of coaching sessions aren't going to increase the cost much, probably actually be a good investment, saving you from continuing to practice your bad habits.

[smiiithy]

That's the reason I decided to have some tuition as soon as I've started shooting, in the hope that I can get into the habit of good practice and it may well benefit me for many years

 

I don't think it's a poor mans sport, but I don't think that's got much to do with coaching. Once you've got the basics right (and a bit of coaching will help with that) the rest is down to experience. Experience being shooting tens of thousands of cartridges at all sorts of different targets over a number of years. That costs money. In the overall scheme of things, a couple of coaching sessions aren't going to increase the cost much, probably actually be a good investment, saving you from continuing to practice your bad habits.

[Catamong]

I've found that most people start off at roughly the same level of ability, but those that become better shots more quickly are those that really listen to what the instructor is telling them.

 

I've lost count of the number of times I've stood behind somebody on a longish fast crosser and watched them shoot 3 or 4 feet behind it, you whisper in their ear "you're behind it, give it more", then they still give it the same amount of lead and miss it in exactly the same place again,..........and again.

 

One golden rule is if you miss it once, try to figure out where you missed it, then do something different on the next pair.

 

Cat.

[beretta]

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[MJN]

I've found that most people start off at roughly the same level of ability, but those that become better shots more quickly are those that really listen to what the instructor is telling them.

 

I've lost count of the number of times I've stood behind somebody on a longish fast crosser and watched them shoot 3 or 4 feet behind it, you whisper in their ear "you're behind it, give it more", then they still give it the same amount of lead and miss it in exactly the same place again,..........and again.

 

One golden rule is if you miss it once, try to figure out where you missed it, then do something different on the next pair.

 

Cat.

 

 

It's true, even though you are telling yourself you're behind it, somehow the brain does n't want you to get further in front. either that or you get silly and give far too much ! especially on those high crossers.

M.

[Fatcatsplat]

I've lost count of the number of times i've said to myself "Shoot it a yard ahead retard" and then gone and shot it exactly where i did it the last time. Think you need to coordinate your mind with your body to get them working together - Listen to the voices!!!