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<blockquote data-quote="Orange Dust" data-source="post: 2180300" data-attributes="member: 92702"><p>There are schools for all disciplines. There are also individual coaches that make their living in the competitive shooting world. These are both somewhat different. Shooting schools are a great way for a beginner to learn a lot in a short period of time. Individual coaches are more one on one and work more to satisfy your individual goals and needs. All of them focus on fundamentals, getting that right before going further. Each individual lesson will start here, with the coach looking for flaws to correct. When shooting competitively with a coach, most folks will take a lesson, and then practice what they have learned until they reach a peak and then take another. Could be a month or a year depending on how much you practice. Most of the top competitive shooters use a coach. They don't need a lesson on shooting, they need someone to look for flaws that have creeped into their fundamentals and to help with their mental game. I would say at the upper levels winning and losing is at least 95% mental. Most folks have no interest in this whatsoever, competitive shooting is expensive, nerve wracking, and frustrating. However, it will make you a VERY good shot. If you want to just take a lesson to become a better hunter, I think this is the best way to find a good coach. Go to a large F class or PRS match and ask the good shooters who the best coaches are. You can learn a lot in a day, and it would be somewhat cheaper than a week long school. Going to a week long school would get you where you want to be much faster though, and use less ammo in the long run. If I wanted to compete, and was a newbe, knowing what I know now, I would go to a school, practice, and attend some local matches for a year or so, and then find a coach. </p><p></p><p>As for being taken for a ride, I never have. I have learned more from some than others, but I have learned something that I felt was important to my game from every coach I have used. That might not be quite fair though, being a competitive shooter, I know what each of the coaches in my current discipline are best at. I am currently in the process of taking up a new one. Getting a little bored, so I am playing around with USPSA just for a break. Right now I am just practicing when I am feeling bored with the shotgun. I have a lesson scheduled after the World Championships so we will see how it goes. I do have my doubts I have the mental capacity to be competitive at two sports at once, but it will be a nice break and totally different. I have learned I do not have the mental control to compete in F class or PRS, but I can still kill enough to eat!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orange Dust, post: 2180300, member: 92702"] There are schools for all disciplines. There are also individual coaches that make their living in the competitive shooting world. These are both somewhat different. Shooting schools are a great way for a beginner to learn a lot in a short period of time. Individual coaches are more one on one and work more to satisfy your individual goals and needs. All of them focus on fundamentals, getting that right before going further. Each individual lesson will start here, with the coach looking for flaws to correct. When shooting competitively with a coach, most folks will take a lesson, and then practice what they have learned until they reach a peak and then take another. Could be a month or a year depending on how much you practice. Most of the top competitive shooters use a coach. They don't need a lesson on shooting, they need someone to look for flaws that have creeped into their fundamentals and to help with their mental game. I would say at the upper levels winning and losing is at least 95% mental. Most folks have no interest in this whatsoever, competitive shooting is expensive, nerve wracking, and frustrating. However, it will make you a VERY good shot. If you want to just take a lesson to become a better hunter, I think this is the best way to find a good coach. Go to a large F class or PRS match and ask the good shooters who the best coaches are. You can learn a lot in a day, and it would be somewhat cheaper than a week long school. Going to a week long school would get you where you want to be much faster though, and use less ammo in the long run. If I wanted to compete, and was a newbe, knowing what I know now, I would go to a school, practice, and attend some local matches for a year or so, and then find a coach. As for being taken for a ride, I never have. I have learned more from some than others, but I have learned something that I felt was important to my game from every coach I have used. That might not be quite fair though, being a competitive shooter, I know what each of the coaches in my current discipline are best at. I am currently in the process of taking up a new one. Getting a little bored, so I am playing around with USPSA just for a break. Right now I am just practicing when I am feeling bored with the shotgun. I have a lesson scheduled after the World Championships so we will see how it goes. I do have my doubts I have the mental capacity to be competitive at two sports at once, but it will be a nice break and totally different. I have learned I do not have the mental control to compete in F class or PRS, but I can still kill enough to eat!!! [/QUOTE]
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