Shooter Training and Practice Opportunities: Vol. 1 No. 1 March 2025

Need more trigger time? Looking for extra instruction? Want to improve your scoresheet but don’t know where to start? Keep reading for resources and ideas.
Go to any local gun range in the afternoon and you are likely to see a Veteran Carroll shooter practicing their craft. Grab your gun, a parent, and maybe even invite a teammate and head to the range and break some targets. Plan ahead what you are going to shoot and bring the correct chokes and ammo. Remember your instruction, take a deep breath and call pull, it will feel great crushing targets on your own and can be a real confidence boost. If you struggle somewhere that’s ok too, just make a note of where you’d like to work at the next team practice. Where can you shoot? Most clubs are open to the public and love seeing young shooters come out.
Northlake Shooting Sports: Closed Wednesday. Open to youth the rest of the week.
Elm Fork: 10751 Luna Rd, Dallas. Closed Mon/Tues
Fort Worth Trap and Skeet: 1064 Fm 2871, Fort Worth. Closed Mon/Tues
Defender Clay Sports Ranch (Sp Clays Only): 8270 Aledo Road Fort Worth. Closed Mon/Tues
Alpine Shooting Range: 5482 Shelby Rd, Fort Worth. Open 7 days, ask for Youth Discount!
Dallas Gun Club and Grand Prairie Gun Club are Private Clubs but many at SCTT are Members and could take you on a visit, ask your friends!

There’s no substitute for going to the range and shooting, the more you shoot the more comfortable you get with your gun and you build up muscles for effectively moving to targets. When you are ready for more instruction there are many wonderful personal trainers you can utilize for one or multiple skills. Here are a few with proven results coaching Carroll Shooters.
Devin Barge: 817-913-0060 Sporting Clays, Skeet
Katie Thomas: 817-914-1582 Skeet, Sporting Clays, International
Will Thomas: 817-914-1582 Skeet, Trap, Sporting Clays
JoEllen Collin: 972-906-9282 Skeet
Rick Collin: 469-569-6566 Sporting Clays
Craig Cain: 972-977-5865 Sporting clays
Brian Burrows: 760-622-6948 Trap, Skeet, International

Did you know one of the most effective training routines can be done at home? With parent supervision, and making sure no ammunition is in the gun or anywhere around, practice your gun mounts. Start with 10 mounts once or twice a day and move up. Try to do this every day, you will quickly develop muscle memory that will lead to quicker and more accurate shots.
Another great training aid that can be done from home is a VR training gun and headset. There is a cost to getting the gear together but you quickly start saving when you calculate the offset of no ammo, targets, or even leaving the house! The Meta Quest game Clay Hunt VR paired with a realistic gun stock from TextureVR can quickly up your game. You can even play virtually with other SCTT shooters from home.
https://www.meta.com/experiences/clay-hunt-vr/4341884889233002/
https://texturevr.com/products/real-stock-pro%E2%84%A2

And last but not least is our amazing volunteer coaches. Using the Team App you can start a private chat with any or all of the coaches for help mastering a skill or just support throughout your journey. Reach out any time and help is on the way. SCTT builds year after year from the dedication and hard work of our volunteers and our athletes. Winning multiple State and National Championships is no accident. Train, Believe, Win Go Dragons!

Additional Traing Camp Info:
Nic Moschetti is coming back in to town at the very end of May to host another 3 day camp to prep for the SCTP State Championships!
Friday May 30th – Sunday June 1st at FWTS and Defender:

Everything will run the same as in years past… 3 groups of 5 students (9-12pm, 12pm-3pm, 3-6pm) one day of trap, another skeet, and finishing up with Sporting Clays. Cost will be $575 (this does not include targets or ammo). First come, first serve limited to 15 kids.
Email: nmoschetti@comcast.net Phone: 303-906-6380