2014 JOSC
Women’s Rifle Clinic
David Johnson
April 16, 2014
Let’s
• Talk about Airgun and Training
• Talk about Resources
• Talk about Shooting Better Tomorrow
The International Air Level
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Many countries and cultures succeed in Air
J3 Level World Wide: 392
J2 Level World Wide: 395
J1 Level World Wide: 397+
Open Level World Wide: 398-400
How Do We Get Better?
• Quality Gear (all countries have this…)
• Quality Coaching—we have many great
coaches
• Athletes with Potential—Many!
• More and Better training—Perhaps the single
area we can most improve upon
Dave, I need examples…
• Iran!
Notes on Iran…doing a lot with a
little…
• Iran has won 2 Quotas in London Cycle
• Iran is snubbed by the world, sanctioned
• Highly Motivated: to beat the west and for
personal/family gain
• Coach Says: “we don’t do anything fancy; we
are on the range 4 hours daily in training”
What Others Do: Time
• Chinese: Average 7-8 hours on range in air, if
air specialist
• Germans: Average air training session is 2
hours
• Ukrainians: Average 4 hours daily on air range
What Others Do: Stuff
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Holding Exercises without jacket daily
Volume training: normal is 100 shots daily
Drills for finals, pair training, distraction
SCATT or other device holding work
Physical Training: Cardio, endurance
Training Session Ideas
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Hold for 30 minutes without jacket
Put jacket on and hold for 10 more
Check/Reinforce exact NPA
Shoot live and/or SCATT for 100 shots
End with a drill: finals, ladders, ping pong, golf,
coach driven stuff
• 4-5 Days/Week of work
Skills Goals
• 10 Minutes max in sighter; confident start
• Max hold time window practice
• Quality Control Management: shooting for
10.3+, control of time, hold discipline
• Comfort in stringing tens
• No limits thinking
Keeping Track
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Time on Range with gun
Volume of shots
Sighter timing
Hold timing
Break Timing
Scores (2x weekly if possible)
Good Luck!
• World Team Trials Part I for Juniors
– JOSC April 2014
• World Team Trials Part II for Juniors
– USASNC June 2014
• Ranking:
– JOSC Qualification Scores + Points from Final
Finish + USASNC Qualification Scores + Points from
Finals (2) Finishes
Resources
• Sports Nutrition: Fitness and taking care of
fueling will make a competitive difference in
Physical and Mental Endurance and focus.
– Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook
– My Plate: A great US Gov’t site:
http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/myplate.htm
Resources
• Sports Psychology: Start--Focus on
• Dealing with distractions
• Performance recovery
– fancy stuff feeds from these areas
– Very simple work and skills yield useful tools
– Must train psych skills like any other skill
– Resource list at desk in morning
How to do better TOMORROW!
- Follow a Simple Shot Routine...
1. Set up your position the same each time
2. Day dream or picture (=VISUALIZE) what you want to see right
before you look through the sights.
Example:
a. Get natural point of aim
b. Pick up gun, place elbow on hip, stare above sights, not through.
c. Breathe deeply twice. Let body settle, still looking above sights.
d. Picture YOUR good hold and the shot going off.
e. Put head down and look through sights. Breathe, settle, shoot.
f. Repeat