The Good, The Bad And The Ugly of Sporting Clays : Stepping into the box feeling assaulted, intimidated, maybe even debilitated by our emotions, when was the last time we devoted some serious effort to the management of our feelings and thoughts?Category: Sport
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For those of you who believe this coach steps into the box and always gets it right, I only wish it were so. I attended a local tournament this past week-end. No, it wasn’t a disaster; it only felt that way at the time.
The cold and rain was not a significant problem except I left my heavy wool sweater in my vehicle when Gary picked me up at our usual meeting spot. After shooting the 5-Stand the rain turned to a downpour so everyone huddled. My hands were numb and I was well past chilled. Finally, it cleared enough to get our squad on its way. Waiting for the trapper and scorekeeper, the rain began again. We were relieved when the 4-wheeler pulled up, only to discover he had the wrong score cards.
Stepping into the box, I was still trying to center myself. At my call, the split pair raced down the hill. My gun doubled on the first target and it may have been from cold fingers. A bit shaken and wondering what the next pair would bring, I reloaded. All went well through the next three pairs until someone noticed that the trapper wasn’t throwing the targets on the menu.
I stepped out of the box.
We all started over.
At the next field, cold and preoccupied with my frustrations, I lost track of the target order. I was prepared for a simultaneous pair when the trapper, (who’d thrown the wrong targets on the previous field) mistakenly threw the first bird of a report pair. I held my fire and questioned the presentation. A report pair was the correct presentation. Lost, lost. I broke my own rule; always shoot first and ask questions later. And so it went.
I’m a firm believer in finding something positive in your round, even when it may seem impossible. Determined to learn something from the experience, I processed the day’s events while driving home and well into the next day.
I’m not proud of what I uncovered but I felt it worth a second look.....
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This Sporting Clays Article was previously published in Sporting Clays Magazine by Dan Schindler in September 2005.
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| The Paragon School of Sporting, established by Dan Schindler in 1994, is a prominent Sporting Clays and Wing Shooting school specializing in Sporting Clays instruction, Sporting Clays instructor training, and lessons for the Wing Shooter. |
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