First, let’s dispel the myth right up front. Worldwide, in every endeavor, be it music, arts, sports or business, skills are built, not inherited. In my experienced opinion, we all are born with the potential to excel at something. At 5 foot 1 inch tall, maybe you won’t excel in the NBA. But in our sport, age, height, weight, and gender are irrelevant to building sporting clays, skeet and trap skills. Every day, teachers like myself stand behind students and genuinely marvel at what is happening in front of them. And I do mean every day. There are legions of instructors and coaches who will attest to this. It is commonplace and the students behind the trigger are just like ...

Understandably, missing a target can be a source of disappointment and frustration. No one likes to miss. Maybe it seemed like a failure of some kind? I tried…I missed…I failed. OK, at some time or another, we’ve probably all been there, done that. And…count on this…each of us will miss again. So…if missing is inevitable, and it is…why not give all the negativity a rest? Why not stop beating ourselves up and find something positive, something useful to take away from a miss? Those are good reasons and why I vote we look at missing from another perspective. First, a miss was nothing more than a pre-shot set-up or swing error. Maybe ...

Gift Certificates Available (828)693.6600 As a very busy Coach and Instructor, what have I learned from those shooters who have inquired about taking lessons? The # 1 question I hear is…”Why am I inconsistent?” Said very respectfully, the answer is because your set-up and swing are not the same on the target you are missing. While it may look and feel the same, it is actually inconsistent and those inconsistencies inevitably lead to more lost targets. Which brings our conversation to learning what those inconsistencies are. Far more important than where your friends tell you the miss went, we’re focusing on why. What actually went wrong with the ...