Jared Wolfe on Sporting Clays, Creativity & the Mental Side of Performance – Clay Mastermind with Dawn Grant: Mental Excellence and Industry Insight

Send us Fan Mail How can shooters practice more effectively, choose the right approach for each target, and build consistency under pressure? Host Cody Matson sits down with New Zealand sporting clays coach and competitor Kade Wurster for a practical conversation about the skills and decisions behind breaking more targets.Kade shares how his experience coaching in New Zealand and the United States has shaped his approach to the sport. With fewer opportunities to practice regularly at many New...

Send us Fan Mail The advice about “look at the bird” is only the beginning—and if you’re missing targets, you may be missing the real lesson. Dominic Grossi breaks down the visual discipline, timing, and intentionality that separate casual shooters from consistent competitors, and explains why the tiniest shift in how you see the target can change everything. Dominic shares how he went from helping teammates in college to becoming the NSCA’s Assistant Chief Shooting Instructor on the sporting...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when an analytical mind learns when to stop analyzing? In this episode of Clay Mastermind: Mental Excellence & Industry Insights, Dawn Grant sits down with longtime competitive shooter, instructor, writer, and women’s shooting advocate Dee Orr for a conversation that moves from elite performance to one of the most successful initiatives bringing women into Sporting Clays. Dee’s rise in the sport happened quickly. After getting involved in Sporting Clays in th...

Send us Fan Mail Robin Sheehan joins Dawn Grant on Clay Mastermind: Mental Excellence and Industry Insights for a conversation on Sporting Clays, women in shooting sports, mental performance, target setting, instruction, hunting, and building a stronger community for female shooters. Robin is the founder of Annie Oakley Shooters of Northern Illinois, an NSCA Level I Instructor, SCTP coach, board member at Gallatin Sporting Clays, former U.S. Shooting Team rifle competitor, and a passionate ad...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Matson Shooting Academy Podcast, hosted by Cody Matson and brought to you by The Clay Lab Network, 2014 National Champion and veteran coach Pat Lieske explains why better shooting begins with a system. Instead of simply chasing the miss, Pat focuses on building an intentional, repeatable process that helps shooters understand exactly what happened on every target. From maintaining detailed logbooks and developing effective pre-shot routines to using vis...