Thread: Tips for beginners in trap and skeet

Originally Posted by Peteforskeet

Foot position for a right hand shooter is easy, walk on the station and point your belly button at the low house, this is for stations 2,3,4,5,6.
Stations 1,7,8 are self explanatory.
Hold point for those stations is 1/3 rd from the house to the crossing point,approx 7 yards.
Most new shooters take around 6 months of shooting most weekends to start shooting consistently in the 20's,
I've been shooting skeet for 50 yrs, have seen a lot come and go.

I take your point about needing 6 months of regular shooting. I've shot skeet once, and found it both exhilarating and a bit baffling. One guy on my squad got a second crack at one of his missed birds, but I didn't follow why. I'm sure the sequence of birds on each station will become familiar in time. I think I'll improve on my 17/25 with a bit more practice, which is why I'm planning to travel to several different clubs around the region to shoot most weekends,