Will Hewland
Well-known member
O..K..
This is a genuine question from a pure hedge-monkey now. I think it is timely, as we have a few trappies on here, including now the very succesful Abbey (who I remember from when she worked at EJ Churchill, taking my practice round money when I first started). Welcome again Ab!
The question is -and I repeat it is a genuine question, not a rhetorical one: Why does a shooter decide to shoot trap in preference to Sporting. I genuinely would love to know. Obviously, us hedge-monkeys all make jokes and jibes about how we find trap boring. Clearly the likes of Abbey and great names like Ian Mullarkey must have that `warm glow` when they think about their next shoot (as I do with ESP).
I can clearly define what it is about ESP that makes me excited. (I won't now, because this is a trap column). I would just love to hear from a proper trappie about what it is that lights them up. Serious enquiry to somebody who `just doesn't get it`.
A parallel example is somebody who is a motor sport fan that does not like F1. In that example, it is usually because they see little overtaking and the cars dont look like anything they can identify with. With F1, you have to get involved with the detail to appreciate the sport; or it may not sell itself to you. Maybe trap is the same?
I know Nicola will praise it as a way of learning to concentrate and as a way of training for a certain target. But could I not just do a yoga class?
Is it that even trappies find it boring, but it offers the only path to Olympic / Commonwealth games?? (The parallel in motor sport is that most top Touring Car drivers will admit, off camera, that they just couldnt get to F1, so Tourers offered a way to make a living).
OK, discuss. Ed and Glen, refrain from the sarcy remarks. I have- and you know how hard I have had to try!!!
Trappies: You have the floor:
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This is a genuine question from a pure hedge-monkey now. I think it is timely, as we have a few trappies on here, including now the very succesful Abbey (who I remember from when she worked at EJ Churchill, taking my practice round money when I first started). Welcome again Ab!
The question is -and I repeat it is a genuine question, not a rhetorical one: Why does a shooter decide to shoot trap in preference to Sporting. I genuinely would love to know. Obviously, us hedge-monkeys all make jokes and jibes about how we find trap boring. Clearly the likes of Abbey and great names like Ian Mullarkey must have that `warm glow` when they think about their next shoot (as I do with ESP).
I can clearly define what it is about ESP that makes me excited. (I won't now, because this is a trap column). I would just love to hear from a proper trappie about what it is that lights them up. Serious enquiry to somebody who `just doesn't get it`.
A parallel example is somebody who is a motor sport fan that does not like F1. In that example, it is usually because they see little overtaking and the cars dont look like anything they can identify with. With F1, you have to get involved with the detail to appreciate the sport; or it may not sell itself to you. Maybe trap is the same?
I know Nicola will praise it as a way of learning to concentrate and as a way of training for a certain target. But could I not just do a yoga class?
Is it that even trappies find it boring, but it offers the only path to Olympic / Commonwealth games?? (The parallel in motor sport is that most top Touring Car drivers will admit, off camera, that they just couldnt get to F1, so Tourers offered a way to make a living).
OK, discuss. Ed and Glen, refrain from the sarcy remarks. I have- and you know how hard I have had to try!!!
Trappies: You have the floor:
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