Recommend a Coach from your own experience

[ClayShootingAPP]

Am looking for the better shotgun coaches names from your own personal experience and your candid recommendation comments. Why? Making a listing (see profile).

Thanks

Larry

 

[Will Hewland]

Firstly I think it’s important to ask if this is for a relative beginner or, let’s say, a decent shot who wants to improve by a few percent. Even Ed Solomons will tell you that you don’t need him to learn the basics (and I’m always amazed how many shooters don’t have the basics right). 

When I had been shooting competition for a year or two, I had a very good morning with Carl Bloxham. Lovely guy, huge knowledge, great manner, very thorough. Gave me about 6 key areas to go away and work on.

 

[El Spavo]

Gave me about 6 key areas to go away and work on.

Question to all: On the whole would anyone taking tips and learning from them be able to do it and progress if they shot less than a few times a month or realistically are you sort of needing to shoot 2, 3+ times a week as many do on here to be able to remember what you did a few days ago and alter or concrete in what is needed? Wondering if that's a potential stumbling block or not to improvement via memory and repetition, if you take away the relatively obvious fact that shooting more gives you a better chance to get better..

 

[Will Hewland]

Question to all: On the whole would anyone taking tips and learning from them be able to do it and progress if they shot less than a few times a month or realistically are you sort of needing to shoot 2, 3+ times a week as many do on here to be able to remember what you did a few days ago and alter or concrete in what is needed? Wondering if that's a potential stumbling block or not to improvement via memory and repetition, if you take away the relatively obvious fact that shooting more gives you a better chance to get better..

It’s a blend. Sadly, there is no substitute for shooting a lot. Even people with bad habits do quite well if they have shot plenty for many years. BUT if you can really get the basics right early days, before shooting loads, it will really help, even if you don’t shoot loads. But specifically, I think if you shoot less than twice a month you will just barely remember what you shot last time.. I had a lesson with Mark Marshall when I first started and he asked me how much I shot. When I said once a week he just said it wasn’t enough..

 

[El Spavo]

Presumably if told that, one needs to know it's not enough for what, precisely: down to what you want to achieve, i guess. I would postulate then in that scenario, logic would then dictate you dont bother with lessons, spend the money on cartridges, and just enjoy shooting for what it is and the enjoyment it gave you when you first decided to take it up.

Handy if you're just naturally good at It I guess. Aaah, the joys of shooting.  

 

[El Spavo]

I love that some people are talented in multiple sports...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Marshall?wprov=sfla1

 

[Will Hewland]

Presumably if told that, one needs to know it's not enough for what, precisely: down to what you want to achieve, i guess. I would postulate then in that scenario, logic would then dictate you dont bother with lessons, spend the money on cartridges, and just enjoy shooting for what it is and the enjoyment it gave you when you first decided to take it up.

Handy if you're just naturally good at It I guess. Aaah, the joys of shooting.  

Absolutely. No rules about what shooting should be to each person. I guess I must have told him I wanted to get better at competitive shooting. There are many folk who have shot all their life, stay at small clubs, don’t hit much, socialise. It’s not for me but who am I to tell them they are wrong. (I think some just haven’t SEEN better shoots, which is a shame..)

 

[schmokinn]

I love that some people are talented in multiple sports...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Marshall?wprov=sfla1

 Jamaican footballer 

I love that some people are talented in multiple sports...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Marshall?wprov=sfla1

 Jamaican footballer 

I love that some people are talented in multiple sports...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Marshall?wprov=sfla1

 Jamaican footballer 

 

[El Spavo]

lmao, how on earth did you get a like from MY post?!

 

[schmokinn]

lmao, how on earth did you get a like from MY post?!

I ma guessing you have never seen Mark in the flesh or picture 

 

[Bebo]

 

[schmokinn]

37 minutes ago, Bebo said:

Yup 100% Jamaican 

 

[El Spavo]

I ma guessing you have never seen Mark in the flesh or picture 

Ah, see what you mean. One word: athlete.

 

[Richard59]

On 1/1/2019 at 2:32 PM, Bebo said:

Mark has shed a fair few lbs since mind,

 

[Bebo]

Mark has shed a fair few lbs since mind,

He has. And grown a beard.  The former can is to be lauded, the latter I'm not so sure about.

 

[Guest]

Absolutely. No rules about what shooting should be to each person. I guess I must have told him I wanted to get better at competitive shooting. There are many folk who have shot all their life, stay at small clubs, don’t hit much, socialise. It’s not for me but who am I to tell them they are wrong. (I think some just haven’t SEEN better shoots, which is a shame..)

It also might be that some people only do club shoots for financial reasons, its not a cheap sport,take actual costs without kidding your self, mileage/depreciation on vehicle,obviously shells and entry fees, and overnight stays for those long way of comps, its not unheard of for people to be spending £300 a week, now thats serious monies your not getting back after doing it five or six years.

            and then you have the family to consider,children and partner,is it fair virtually every spare hour outside work you are out ,so its not a cut and dry situation, unless your A,loaded,B single, C well the list could just go on eh.

      Each to his own, enjoy the shooting you do either comps or local ones, the point being is the enjoyment of a sport we all like and the friends you meet along the way.      

 

[Geordieboy]

Ryan Sperling

Steve Brightwell

John Wells of English Sporting Clays

 

[philpot]

Funny thing is that most of us here will have been competitive in whichever area of clay shooting and always wanting a bit more spare time to put the hours in due to work and family committments not always easy.

Retire, brilliant, loads of spare time so whats the problem..............................................................no bloody salary  now no competitions no entry fee...................oh well it a good job I enjoy the fun of shooting anyway.

Phil

 

[Will Hewland]

Funny thing is that most of us here will have been competitive in whichever area of clay shooting and always wanting a bit more spare time to put the hours in due to work and family committments not always easy.

Retire, brilliant, loads of spare time so whats the problem..............................................................no bloody salary  now no competitions no entry fee...................oh well it a good job I enjoy the fun of shooting anyway.

Phil

Ha ha. Yes, I was doing well in semi retirement but have now returned to work most days.. oh well. I’m sure I’ll still squeeze in plenty of mid week shoots (and some coaching) but the diary is now a juggling act.