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[Jan 13/14] Training session for Beginners and Developing ISSF air gun shooters

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  • 11-01-2007 2:14pm
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    Sparks
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    From the NTSA website:
    Training course this weekend
    Written by Mark Dennehy
    Thursday, 11 January 2007
    Notice of this went out by email already, but just in case:

    Training session for Beginners and Developing ISSF air gun shooters.

    Dates: Saturday and Sunday 13th and 14th of January 2007

    Venue: UCD Rifle Club

    Commencement time: 10.00am both days

    Program:

    10.00 – 10.15am Registration

    10.15 – 10.45am Introduction

    10.45 – 11.00am Break

    11.00 – 11.45am Building the basic standing position (Theory)

    11.45 – 12.30pm Building the basic standing position (Practical)

    12.30 – 1.00pm Review and Discussion

    1.00 – 1.45pm Lunch

    1.45 – 2.30pm Shot Planning (Theory)

    2.30 – 2.45pm Break

    2.45 – 3.30pm Shot Sequencing (Practical)

    3.30 – 4.00pm Review and Discussion

    4.00pm End


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    Sparks
    Registered Users Posts: 40,038 ✭✭✭✭Sparks


    Report from Geoff Cooney:
    The first session in a basic competition air rifle shooting course for beginning and improving target shooters was held in UCD over the weekend of the 13th and 14th of January. The course was well attended, with 14 shooters from DURC, UCD and WTSC in taking part. The course was conducted on both days by Geoff Cooney. The course consisted of a series of theoretical sessions interspersed with practical demonstrations. While the day’s activities were planned, the course was conducted in an informal manner, with plenty of interaction.

    The course introduced the participants to basic concepts surrounding the building of a stable standing position. Having established the fundamentals of the position, attention was devoted to the mechanics of shot release, the need for planning and evaluation was stressed, and a number of important training concepts and definitions were introduced and explained.

    The course was a fairly comprehensive introduction to the sport of air rifle target shooting and it is planned to have two further days devoted to bringing on this group further with emphasis on shot planning and match planning being looked at in some more detail.

    This was the first time such a course was run and as with all things new changes may need to be made to the overall delivery of the course. A number of areas were identified as ones which may need attention. Running such an intensive course over two consecutive days may not be a good idea, as it was felt that the group was tired by the second day. And that in future a single day focusing on a single topic would be more suitable. Also having just one instructor for such an extended time is hard both on the instructor and on the group. On this course there was a lot of theory so a better mix of theory and practical session may be better. In general this was a very good first attempt, and from this start good things will develop. I would hope too, that those who were on this course would contact either Mark or Geoff, with their views, comments and suggestions.


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