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The BASC shotgun coach award will enable you to offer a service of practical shooting advice and tuition.
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Clay shooting Types of clay shooting
Now you have your certificate, shotgun and know how to use it safely you can start competing…
There are a lot of different disciplines, including at the Olympic and Commonwealth games, but they can be broken down into three main categories: sporting, skeet and trap.
This is essentially the shooting of simulated wild quarry. It is the most popular discipline in England and the types of targets thrown are often named according to the type of game they simulate such as ‘rising teal’ or ‘high driven (pheasant)’.
This is where you shoot at the same two targets from high and low towers, and move around in an arc.
You shoot from a bay, which has five stations, and there are single or multiple traps firing targets away from you.
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We have launched the BASC Legacy Sponsorship scheme which aims to support and encourage young people keen to pursue competitive clay / target shooting, with a view to progressing towards representing their country in a national team.
The BASC shotgun coach award will enable you to offer a service of practical shooting advice and tuition.
To get started with clay shooting, the easiest way is to find a local club, go along and have a try.
This one-day course is a prerequisite for those wishing to proceed to our shotgun coach award.
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