Clay Shooting Games

Clay shooting has been a life line for me for 50 years now. I actually shot my first trap at 15. I didn't know trap shooting at all but still managed to shoot 15. The following summer, Dad took me to a skeet range where I pulled a few targets for him. At 21, and on my own, I was invited to a skeet range near where I lived. I bought in hook line and sinker. I have shot it all - Skeet, Trap, Sporting Clays, Five Stand, FITASC, Flurry, International Trap, International Skeet, and am working on some new presentations for those that want to get back to practice for the field.
Few things offer an instantaneous reward for your effort like clay shooting. There is considerable psychological studies that say when you pull the trigger and the clays turns into a ball of smoke there is genuine, measurable, stress relief. Picture yourself of Station 7, shooting doubles and see the low house turn into dust and the second target turn into dust above it. I know you see it and know the feeling. Same for Station 1 or 5 on a hard angle bird that you move smoothly to and see a ball of dust appear. What confidence you get. You KNOW you are in the groove. And so on.
Personally, I have been a clay shooter for 50 years to be a better field shooter. Nothing beats practicing gun mounts, flashlight drills, corner drills, practicing mounting and dismounting the gun a hundred times a day before you go to Argentina or Bolivia.
You don't need a score card to be a winner. You need a good attitude, effective practice, and the ability to visualize success. Clay shooting gives you it all.