Tips & Hints of the Week # 4 – Practice Makes Perfect, or Does it?

| June 11, 2009

By: Andy Fink Practice, practice, practice –  that is what you hear from coaches and parents in just about any sport and that includes the shooting sports. Another common term that is used is practice makes perfect. Hmm, not always true. A more realistic application would be perfect practice makes perfect. Think about this for […]

Tips & Hints of the Week # 3 – Reducing Felt Recoil

| May 25, 2009

By: Jon McGrath (Junior Writer  For Kids By Kids) I am often asked about reducing felt recoil while shooting a shotgun.  The more you can reduce felt recoil, the more fun you will have shooting a shotgun.  A recoil pad will also allow you to be more accurate on your second shot.  There are a […]

Tips & Hints of the Week # 2 – Trigger Squeeze

| May 7, 2009

By: Andy Fink Squeezing the trigger is part of the fundamentals of being a good shot. There are a few shooting sports, such as fast draw, where the trigger is jerked somewhat versus squeezed, but not many. In all the rest, and especially precision shooting such as high power, or precision airgun, learning how to […]

Tips & Hints of the Week # 1 – Introduction & Breathing

| April 20, 2009

By: Andy Fink We are now publishing Tips & Hints of the Week each Monday. These will be provided by a variety of writers from all types of backgrounds. All of the shooting sports will be covered. The articles will be relatively short, usually emphasizing only one technique unless questions need to be answered. If […]

Tips and Hints for Airgun and Smallbore Competition – Meeting Your Shooting Goals

| January 8, 2009

By: Bob Benbough-Coach Bob The last subject covered in “Tips and Hints” (Junior Shooters Vol 4 Fall Edition available on-line at www.juniorshooters.net) had to do with your mental approach to shooting competitively. We talked about goal setting and how to do that most effectively. Today, I want to talk about one way that you can […]