No book has explored shotgunning games as completely as The Complete Book of Shotgunning Games. Divided into four parts, all of your questions are answered here. Part I: The Clay Target Games covers standard games, competitions, novelty clay games, portable trap games, trap field novelty games, skeet field novelty games, and special facility games. Part II: Body and Mind delves into the intangibles that affect shooting such as sport psychology, fitness and conditioning, nutrition, vision and sighting, fatigue, and flinching. Part III: Mastering the Techniques shares the author's lifetime of shooting and coaching experiences in the areas of safety and etiquete, learning to shoot, shooting gear and attire, keeping a shooting diary, methods of instruction, how to coach, and fundamentals of skeet, trap and sporting clays. Part IV: The Equipment is full of useful information about the guns themselves, shells, reloading, targets and facilities.

Whether you just started shooting or you've been at it all your life, The Complete Book of Shotgunning Games is a necessity. Shooting enthusiasts of all levels will come to rely on this indispensable reference that is soon to be a classic!

About the Author

Since 1984, Tom Midgalski has been an assistant athletic director at Yale University, and their director of outdoor education, club sports and the fitness center. He is also the head coach of the trap and skeet team, the chief instructor of the Yale physical education shotgun shooting class, and teaches weight training. A former intercollegiate shotgun champion and coach of two women's national collegiate gold medalists, Migdalski has authored articles for various outdoor publications.