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Most times when I shoot sporting clay, I shoot a 100. Ten at each station,. However I have shot 50 a couple of times now and my score avarage is much better. I most times shoot high 70s to low 80s. Today I shot 45/50 and last week shot 47/50.
Does this hold true with most shooters? I asume it is just a fatige thing?
 
In Alberta many of the registered shoots seem to be two sets of 100 targets at about 12 to 14 stations per hundred. I get very little chance to shoot sporting targets in practice but when I do, I amaze myself on 50.:D Not quite as good on 100 or 200.:( I do better on stations of 10 targets, and not as well on stations of 8 or only 6 or 4 targets. There is little chance to redeem a bad start on a short station. Long shoots and hot days and the need to carry a lot of ammo and fatige for me is a factor.;)
 
Kenny said:
Most times when I shoot sporting clay, I shoot a 100. Ten at each station,. However I have shot 50 a couple of times now and my score avarage is much better. I most times shoot high 70s to low 80s. Today I shot 45/50 and last week shot 47/50.
Does this hold true with most shooters? I asume it is just a fatige thing?
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My assumption would be that it is more of a concentration thing ;)
 
If you're "running up against a wall" after 50 targets, it sounds like you need to shoot 200 to 300 targets per day in practice several times before a big shoot to overcome your tiredeness or fatigue to compete effectively. If it's more "recreational" in nature, then there's no need to be concerned.

I know some of the top shooters will practice 2 to 4 days a week, for two weeks or more,shooting 300 to 500 targets before a big shoot.

If you get in a regimen shooting say 200 targets every time out, 100 won't seem as big a hill to climb as it is now.

Holding up the concentration for 10 targets at 10 stations is a little more daunting to me than shooting a round of 50 made up of 4's and 6's. Ever notice how many of your misses
come in the last 4 shots at a station when you're shooting rounds of 100 ? Looking back at a packet of score cards from a couple of shoots, I notice that 8 out of 10, 7 out of 10 and 8 out of 10 of the top 10 shooters at 3 different shoots ... had most of their "0"s" in the first 5 stations. They actually shot the last 5 stations at a higher percentage !
 
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