That is an awesome explination of the different types, i have never shot trap, or sporting clays either, just skeet. Now i wanna give the others a go as well
Skeet and trap are like highpower rifle and bullseye pistol. The target presentations are either always the same (skeet) or very predictable (American trap). You can memorize the leads and hold points in skeet and damned near in trap.
Sporting clays is like USPSA (or IPSC). Each tournament will have completely different presentations from one to the next and even within a tournament, each station will be completely different from the others. You also have 12 - 15 different stations in sporting, while skeet has 8 and trap has 5.
This will give you a good idea, but do not think that what you see in the video is what you'll see every time. There are no standard target presentations
This video also shows the three main intercept methods use in sporting: sustained lead (where you insert the gun into the lead, track the target for a second or so, then fire), pull away (where you insert the gun right on the target then pull ahead to the lead), and swing through (where you insert behind, swing past into the lead, and fire).
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