Seeing is believing…but not always truthful. If we are missing targets, we would stop and look for the reasons why. Obviously, either in our set-up…or our swing…maybe both…something’s wrong. We already know these targets can be broken…and we aren’t. That we are making errors is obvious. Once the errors are found and corrected, targets begin to break. Predictably. Equally important…when we are breaking targets…are we asking ourselves why the target just broke? Was that X…1) a coincidence or 2) a planned and correctly executed swing? Here’s why I believe we should know if it’s 1) or 2). If it was an ...

"Only when we concentrate on the process of building thisdependable form—applying the non-negotiablebasics swing after swing—can we honestly and realisticallyexpect to generate real consistency, higher scores and peak performances." excerpt from Beyond The Target (BOOK III)Daniel L. SchindlerParagon School of Sporting Inc. Founder, Master Instructor and Chief ExaminerNSCA Level III Guild of Shooting Instructor (UK)  Beyond The Target, Book III is the final book in Dan Schindler's Sporting Clays and Wingshooting trilogy. Beyond The Target is a culmination of Dan Schindler's life's work that spans decades of teaching shooters at every ...

Eye Dominance Testing and Issues in Sporting Clays, Skeet and Trap  . . . Go Slowly Please I’ve just finished reading Peter Blakely’s informative article “EYE DOMINANCE Isn’t All It Seems,” in the March 2017 issue of Clay Target Nation. Based on my experience, Peter’s descriptive explanations are well written and very much on the mark, especially the high numbers of women who are cross or center dominant. When I went through Instructor certification training in the mid-1990's, we were taught that a cross-dominant shooter…an individual whose mounted gun was not under the dominant eye…could not hit targets with both eyes open. ...