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Also known as DTL, this is a popular clay shooting discipline. DTL is one of the easiest disciplines to learn but the most difficult to win at! To be a top class shot in this discipline, concentration is the key to success.
Keeping a good rhythm and making good use of time is important as mistakes can easily be made. If a beginner can consistently score at 75% there is a foundation to build on and with a couple of lessons they should go on to improve and reach much higher scores.
Over 90% is reasonable but to compete with the best in the sport, a consistent score above 95% is required.


D.T.L. - Down the Line.....

• Stance and foot positioning - the basics need to be right from the beginning
• Gun mount and Gun fit - if your gun doesn't fit properly, you'll struggle to mount it consistently
• Eye Dominance - is your gun pointing where you think it is? Are you looking where you think you're looking?
• Gun hold points - use each peg to the best advantage with your gun hold position
• Vision and Focus - where to look to pick up the target
• Preparation and the Mental game - what to think about while waiting your turn to shoot
• Fault Diagnosis - analysis of what you are doing wrong
• Reason and remedy - why you're doing it and how to correct it
  
  

Pattern Boards

Every club should have a pattern board available for shooters to use. They are a very valuab le tool for shooters and coaches not just to fire a shot at and say and say wow what a great pattern, if used correctly the pattern board will give you back valuable information on a number of things. You may have a shooter with good gun fit and they are looking straight down the rib but the pattern is hitting a bit right for a right hander or left with a left hander. The gun could have heavy triggers and the shooter has to use so much pressure to fire the shot that they pull the gun to the right or left. Look for this if you see this on a board. You will find that some cartridges will pattern bettet than others. You will know what your pattern size is at your target breaking point and be able to determine the best choke to suit your shooting discipline eg; skeet chokes do not work very well on trap targets. You will have the pattern impact point compared to the aiming point, this will give you a very good idea what sight picture your shooter must see when they pull the trigger. A very low pattern would mean the shooter would have to cover the target to break it? Most likely blotting out the target and pulling the trigger or a very high pattern would require a shooter to judge a distance under each target to hit it in the middle of their pattern. You can't judge over or under accuratley each and every shot. A good pattern height is when the gun shoots where you look and the target is hit in the centre. Know what suits your natural aiming point, it may be 60/40, 75/25 ??? This must determine by watching how the shooter breaks their targets eg; tops off, centre or bottoms, the pattern board is a guide, how targets are broken is the proof.

• Gun hold points - use each peg to the best advantage with your gun hold position
• Vision and Focus - wher to look to pick up the target
• Preparation and the Mental game - what to think about while waiting your turn to shoot
• Fault Diagnosis - analysis of what you are doing wrong
• Reason and remedy - why you're doing it and how to correct it