MEC Outdoors

Whether preparing for a tournament or just working to improve your scores, it’s important to understand the difference between practicing versus training.  For most people practice means going out to their local sporting clay course and shooting a round.  While any practice is helpful, if you want to improve your game, it’s important to supplement practicing with training.  Practicing is just what it sounds like - you shoot a practice round. Training is where you work on a specific technique or target with sufficient repetition that creates habits.  Think of it this way, where does a PGA tour professional spend the most time, playing practice rounds or hitting balls on the driving range? Practice has served me well early on in my shooting career, though it wasn’t until I understood how to train that my game began to make serious improvements.  Training begins with observation during either a practice round or competition.  Personally, I keep a sho...