With skeet and sporting clays competitions in full swing, the August issue of Clay Target Nation is packed with event coverage as well as tips and advice from our experts. In our Training Tips columns, Paul Giambrone III advises shooters that yes, there are sometimes reasons to take a shooting break and helps you figure out when it's time to stop shooting for a while. Clayton Rue offers sporting clays shooters a unique way to think about their shots while incorporating some famous movie quotes in his Training Tip titled "What's Our Vector?" The Kolar U.S. Open gets full coverage in this … [Read more...]
The Challenges and Opportunities of Member Communications
You probably can't name a sport with memberships more diverse than skeet and sporting clays. Because they can be pursued successfully and with enjoyment by people of virtually any age or gender, we have the good fortune of memberships from young to old, male and female, novice to world championship levels. Members span wide-ranging income levels, vocations, and locations. Some participate in sporting clays or skeet exclusively, while others shoot both sports through dual memberships or the Crossfire program. Our members span all levels of technological expertise. Our diversity presents us not … [Read more...]
New Official Magazine Launches in January
Starting in January, 2016, you will receive a new official NSCA magazine, Clay Target Nation, a joint publication with NSSA. Our long-term contract with Sporting Clays magazine to provide a publication to you is expiring, and we have engaged Grand View Media to produce the new magazine under our direction. Around the same time you receive the inaugural issue of Clay Target Nation, you will also receive your final issue of Sporting Clays magazine. Although its cover date will be February 2016, you should receive it in early January. That will be the only month of overlapping … [Read more...]