majordisorder Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Just wondering what "level" is expected for making the Olympic team? Is straighting everything all the time pretty much expected? I'm guessing the odd nerve going and missing 1 or 2 makes the difference between bringing home the medals? So this might sound crazy but my good lady wife seems to want me to try and get there in 2012. I've explained that it'll mean shooting as often as possible, costing a small fortune, travelling all around the UK and (may be) Europe but she's keen as mustard. So here's the catch, please don't laugh too much............. I've only been shooting for a couple of months. Now I know nothing about competitve shooting (unless turning up for the Charity shoot counts) so what would you need to do to qualify? I'm guessing stepping stones of, shooting for club, county, taking abuse on that other clay forum....then what? According to the new freebie Clay shooting mag selection will take place in October 2011 so that's a good 15 months to get good enough, seems like an age but where would you start? Even if I don't make it I should have a cracking time trying to get there (might also mention that I'll need another gun too). Planning to start tomorrow so quick answers please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 The Olympic Games shotgun events only conist of Olympic Skeet, Olympic Trap and Double Trap. These should never be confused with English Skeet/DTL/ABT/Double Rise, they are disciplines in their own right. Go and try a round of 25 on one and then decide whether it is worth the cost and time! They are ******* hard!! I'm AA for English Skeet and English Sporting (at the moment ) but the most I've ever managed at Olympic Trap is 20/25 - and I was overjoyed with that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth0689 Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 I was told by a GB team member that any monkey can turn up and shoot 24-25/25 on olympic trap, but its something else to be able to do it every time, especially in competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Well, first of all you need to dump the wife, they're an unnecessary distraction on your way to the top. You then need to employ a professional shooting coach, and then shoot approx 3 or 4 hundred targets a day, seven days a week for the next 15 years, you may then be approaching the standard needed to compete, (and win) in the Olympic shooting events. I kid you not. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 Your wife is either delusional or wants you out of the country in 2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 I was told by a GB team member that any monkey can turn up and shoot 24-25/25 on olympic trap They lied Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth0689 Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 They lied I agree...sometime I wish I was a monkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 De ja vu on this one. Get in touch with Suffolk Shooter. His preparations for 2012 should be quite advanced by now (Skeet I believe). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anni Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 (edited) "Well, first of all you need to dump the wife, there an unnecessary distraction on the way to the top." The Olympics Hey 2012 you say I might have a go at them. No chance in High Heaven of getting there but I like the sound of the preparations. Edited July 10, 2010 by Anni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Potter Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 Your wife is either delusional or wants you out of the country in 2012. Olympics are in London in 2012 Gordon !! I agree with Cat on what's required but I think after 7 or 8 years you'd have a reasonable idea if you were going to make the grade. Then if you you decide to go ahead you need to think about the cost Lets be a bit more modest than Cat's suggestion and only shoot 500 carts a day, 5 days a week thats 2500 a week or 125,000 a year (allow for 2 weeks holiday!!). You won't use budget carts so I guess you'll pay £200/1000 so your annual cartridge bill will be £25,000 :o :o You will need somewhere to fire all those shells which will be predominantly practice with a competition every week, being conservative lets use the figure of 25p per clay (and thats very conservative) so clays will cost you £31,250 :o So we are up to £56,250 before you have bought the obligatory Kreighoff (£10,000) or Perrazi (£8,000), hired a top coach (guess at 2 sessions a week at £100 a time) another £10,000, travel and accommodation, another guess at £10,000 plus, like it or not you'll have to join the CPSA at £60 a year So to sum up, you've disregarded Cat's advice and not got divorced (YET) and you've cut back by about half on the recommended training regime and at 2010 prices your spending at a very minimum, £80 grand a year Good Luck Mr Potter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beretta Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 are you tempted then mr P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 I could make the team for 2012......I just don't want to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Potter Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 (edited) are you tempted then mr P. :o Come on B, I wouldn't tempted even if it was Sporting or FITASC never mind Olympic Trap, Skeet or Double Trap. Ignoring my advanced years I just know I haven't got the right physiological make-up to shoot those disciplines at club level never mind International level (assuming I got good enough!!) I don't even enjoy shooting practice for the disciplines I do like, perhaps that's why I'm not very good :o :o If I had £80 grand a year to spend on shooting (Euromillions lottery win ) I would spend at least £30k to £40k shooting all the big ESP, FITASC and Compac competitions both home and abroad and the rest on game shooting. I might even invest in a bit of coaching I'll carry on dreaming Mr Potter PS Nearly forgot, that sum of money would only be worth half to me as the boy would suddenly remember that his old man wasn't such a bad old bloke after all and he'd be better accompanying me to all these competitions to make sure I wasn't wasting his inheritance Edited July 10, 2010 by Mr Potter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Fudd Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 £80k? :o far cheaper option, just take up rough shooting after all we all know us rough shooters are the best shots in the country, only reason we dont win all the shooting events is they dont do skeet jackets in camo pattern... :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 Mr Potter - fancy me forgetting where the 2012 Olympics are being held. A bit silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 Wow, I thought Mungler was joking, and then saw this I joined the CPSA a couple of years ago with the intention of eventually shooting skeet at the Olympics (pipe dream really, but we've all gotta aim somewhere) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 It was a tongue in cheek moment. You got a link to that thread for us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggone Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 (edited) It was a tongue in cheek moment. You got a link to that thread for us http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/ind...mp;#entry259155 try that Andy Edited July 10, 2010 by Doggone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 Just wondering what "level" is expected for making the Olympic team? Is straighting everything all the time pretty much expected? I'm guessing the odd nerve going and missing 1 or 2 makes the difference between bringing home the medals? So this might sound crazy but my good lady wife seems to want me to try and get there in 2012. I've explained that it'll mean shooting as often as possible, costing a small fortune, travelling all around the UK and (may be) Europe but she's keen as mustard. So here's the catch, please don't laugh too much............. I've only been shooting for a couple of months. Now I know nothing about competitve shooting (unless turning up for the Charity shoot counts) so what would you need to do to qualify? I'm guessing stepping stones of, shooting for club, county, taking abuse on that other clay forum....then what? According to the new freebie Clay shooting mag selection will take place in October 2011 so that's a good 15 months to get good enough, seems like an age but where would you start? Even if I don't make it I should have a cracking time trying to get there (might also mention that I'll need another gun too). Planning to start tomorrow so quick answers please As we are hosting the olympics, there is some limited support available to encourage new top class shooters this is not widely publicised but most top coaches will know about as there are events held at grounds where the coaching is paid for and you turn up pay carts and clays and they check you out to see if you have the potential, i was sort of invited to one but i don't think i have required funds/time/ability to do well so don't want to waste the opportunity for some one who has. Get in touch with lots of coaches and see what's about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 Calculate. For instance; How old is Richard Faulds? In his early 30’s? He’s been shooting since he was knee high to a grasshopper and if his mother had anything to do with it (and she did, BIGTIME) at least once a day every day. A dad with enough land to have his own clay layout. Gun and cartridge companies who, once he’d begun to climb the ladder sponsored him BIG TIME but still a mum who pushed him to the limits. Not only is it NOT easy, it costs in every way possible and not just financially. What get’s me going is the fact that we can send a bunch of totally useless overpaid, over sexed, prima donna footballers, round the world at huge expense to make a laughing stock of GB yet shooters who represent GB have consistently beaten the worlds best and bought home the medals over the years get almost no publicity outside the shooting media. AND don't even get me started on the use of Woolwich for the Olympics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 I joined the CPSA a couple of years ago with the intention of eventually shooting skeet at the Olympics (pipe dream really, but we've all gotta aim somewhere) PW gold. I joined the Girls Aloud fan club with the intention of bagging a threesome with Cheryl, Sarah and Nadine, but that didnt happen either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majordisorder Posted July 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 Well thanks for all the comments and suggestions, it looks like I might have to put the Olympic dream back till 2016 to fit all the training in! 80k a year training budget is big commitment but I recon building your own range would pay huge dividends in both reduced cost and travel time (since there isn't an Olympic layout ground that I've seen within an hour of Northampton (or is there?) For those of you who might already be good enough funding is apparently available through the Olympic Clay Target Shooting Foundation so might be worth a look. May be a more modest goal for this year would be to win a National Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Your more realistic goal might be to win anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiemonsterandmerlin. Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Nothing wrong with hope . OTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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