Magazine Review Shotgun Sports – 2021 October The Bartholow Brothers, Foster and Matt, give their suggestions this month on stance in trapshooting. Comfort is the main idea with other ideas that are universal to all shotgunning. Stand to allow your body fluid motion. They are believers in a whole-body swing from ankles up. The real crux of this is to move your shoulder and gun to the target using your whole body. With the gun in a fixed place on your shoulder and your head in tandem with this you use your whole body to move the body, head, and shoulder in the direction of the target. Move your nose to the target with the gun and shoulder moving all together. Feet should be shoulder width apart and keep your arms locked in position with the gun and shoulder. The swing should always be one smooth move with no acceleration at the beginning or the end. One smooth move. As to how you should face the trap from any Post, stand so that you can get to the right or left target on each Post with the
same ease. Things to note as you swing, do your knees break down when you swing in one direction over another on the Post, does your face come off the gun as you swing, is your swing one consistent speed. Any problem here can be fixed by adjusting your stance.
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