Volunteer Youth Shotgun Coaches Needed – York PA

**roger8918** · August 29th, 2013, 08:26 PM

Hello everyone and thank you for taking the time to read this post. You see I run a youth shotgun team in York PA and we are in desperate need of some help. Unfortunately, we are losing a few of our Sporting Clays coaches this year and we really need to find some replacements in order for our Sporting Clays program to continue.

To give you a little background... we have 40+ kids in the program. Most all of them shoot Trap, about 20 or so shoot Sporting Clays, and 10-15 shoot Skeet. Their skill set runs the gamut; some are very basic beginners while others are nationally ranked athletes. I have a lot of coaching help with Trap and it looks like I'll be OK for Skeet. Sporting Clays is where my problem is and if I don't find some Sporting Clays coaching help soon I will need to turn kids away.

The team holds approximately 6 Sporting Clays practices a year (April-June). We practice at various ranges in the York Area…Central Penn, Blue Ridge, Hopewell, etc. Most of our practices are held on the weekend mornings however we do include a few Thursday evenings at Hopewell.

Responsibilities include: assisting a squad of 5-6 shooters as they go though the course (50 targets), providing instruction in firearm safety and basic shooting fundamentals including but not limited things like proper stance, gun mount, look points, hold points, break points, follow through, target presentation....etc and most of all providing lots of positive feedback to a great group of young people!!!

I do have a few parents that can assist during practices, mostly with scoring and organizing the kids but I need to find a few coaches who are able to teach the kids some foundational skills.

If this sounds like something you would like to do I can give you a call and we could discuss it in a little more detail. Also, check out our website, it has some information that you may find helpful.

Thanks again and I look forward to hearing back from you,
Roger
Mason-Dixon Clay Busters
www.MasonDixonClayBusters.com
coach@masondixonclaybusters.com

**roger8918** · August 31st, 2013, 01:04 PM

Still looking for help... Please consider this opportunity. This is a great bunch of kids and I wouldn't wont to seem them without a program to shoot with.

**roger8918** · September 15th, 2013, 12:05 PM

Still looking for help... Please consider this opportunity. This is a great bunch of kids and I wouldn't wont to seem them without a program to shoot with.

**snakeman21** · September 15th, 2013, 01:06 PM

Would love to help, but I am simply far too busy with classes and taking care of my daughter to work it in.

**customloaded** · September 15th, 2013, 01:36 PM

Sorry fellow youth shotgun instructor. I teach shotgun shooting sports for 4-H.

As a thought of recruiting help, perhaps you can contact your local 4-H/FFA chapters in and around York County and see if any instructors are willing to help. I would suspect many kids who shoot 4-H would jump at the chance to also recreate in your venue as well.

Good luck,

CL

PS. Midway USA donated quite a bit of money to Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation for education and training of youth shooters. Not a bad way to tap into some funds.