ANNOUNCEMENT: "Circle Training" event Sat 6-June
What it is: A new training method, developed by the Canadian World Long Range Shooting Teams, to train shooters and coaches in the art of long range shooting, coaching, wind judging, and shooting tactics. Although designed to train top level team shooters and their wind coaches, it will also provide invaluable practice and skills directly useful for individual shooting - wind reading and judgement, match tactics, group analysis, risk taking and risk avoidance, etc.
Any shooter of any skill level, including beginners, who finds that their performance has "plateaued" may find this a useful tool to kickstart their next level of development.
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Saturday, 6 June 2009, Batouche Range, CFB Gagetown, Oromocto, NB.
Start Time: 10:30am. Anticipated finish time: 5:30pm
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"Course of fire": All shooting will be done under the direction of a coach. When shooting, the shooter only needs to deliver a well-aimed shot; the coach is responsible for windage and elevation adjustments, calls, and centring. This is an all-round training program, in which each person rotates ("circles") through each of the tasks: shoot, coach (judge wind, direct shooter), assistant-coach (run plot, centre group, judge wind), and pull targets. This will be done three times. All shooting done at 900m. 36 rounds required (2 sighters and 10 on score, three times).
After a pair of shooters fires their 12-shot strings, a debriefing amongst the coach, assistant coach and the two shooters will be conducted immediately, to review the performance, and lessons learnt.
Scores will be recorded and assessed for performance evaluation purposes, but no awards will be made.
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Extra team-shooting items to bring, if you have them: a low slung chair, spotting scope on a stand that can be used from a sitting position, "plot-o-matic", and a clipboard to hold debriefing sheets. And any "FRS" radios you have (ideally we'd have every coach and every target puller in direct two-way radio contact)
Bring enough light snacks, and water, to keep you comfortable and shooting at your best throughout the afternoon.
Scoped or iron sighted rifles are both fine; the methods and techniques developed here are just as applicable to slings and irons, as they are to F-Class, precision, tactical rifles etc. Calibre .308 firing 155 grain bullets is preferred, so that everybody has similar wind drift, but all calibres are welcome. It is important to use a rifle that has demonstrated adequate accuracy at 900m.
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Fee: $10 (note: paid target markers not provided; no match awards given)
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RSVP - if at all possible, please contact event director Daniel Chisholm
dmc@danielchisholm.com in advance; this will greatly assist planning and preparation, and make the day get started a lot quicker. Also, to everyone who has RSVP'd, I will be emailing training materials for you to review ahead of time.
