Sunday, October 31, 2010

Eyes for the Pies Results

Eyes for the Pies 2010 Results, click to enlarge
Pictures by Jackson Hall will be posted in the next few days
Thanks for a successful event, participants and volunteers!





Thursday, October 28, 2010

Last Thursday HS Practice



Great high school shooting practice today with 8 athletes (wow!) and three coaches. Zeroed, shot some metal, and then 1 clip relays, finished with shoot to the middle. Remember that there is no practice until NEXT Saturday (Nov. 6) at 3PM. After that shooting practice will be on Saturdays only. Rollerskiing practices will be on Mondays right after school meeting at Yarmouth High School. Good job today, athletes! XC runners good luck at states and hope to see everyone at EYES FOR THE PIES on Sunday! Keep up the dry firing! Check the blog post before last for the dry firing schedule.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Spread the Word

Schools in Southern Maine Looking for Nordic Coaches:

Greely Middle School
Greely High School
Portland High School
Freeport High School
North Yarmouth Academy
Waynflete Middle School
Waynflete High School
Telstar High School

Spread the Word!!!

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Dry Fire

Dryfire program SMBC


Safety first!

Always point rifle in a safe direction. Never point it at anyone!

Always treat the rifle as if it was loaded

Never point the rifle at anything you do not want to destroy

When leaving the live fire range, make sure all magazines are unloaded, extra round holders are empty and all ammo is separate from rifle case. New IBU rule!!!

Before entering dryfire room, make sure no ammo is in the magazines or on the rifle.

When dryfiring, keep ammo in a separate room

Discuss with your parents the proper location in your house for this activity. Contact a coach if you have questions.

Program:

20 minutes 5 days per week. When dryfiring, only fire from the half-cocked position on the bolt.

Day 1 Series of 2 minute holds on the target. Get in position. Relax. Find your Natural Point of Aim first, Sight Alignment second and perfect Sight Picture last. Prone then standing.

Day 2 Series of 20 prone then 20 standing full range procedure one shot drills. Use unloaded magazines to practice mag switches. If space or equipment does not allow for this, do more drills with a complete break in position between each. Focus first on perfect alignment toward target then work on speed!

Day 3 Series of 2 minute holds on the target. Aiming and Breathing focus. Focus on front sight as it moves up and down naturally with breathing. Exhale should end perfectly on the target. Movement in prone should be a straight line up and down. Movement in standing should be smooth and rounded. Try holding your breath at various intervals to hold perfectly on the target. When is the movement the most still? When does it finally break down?

Day 4 Series of 2 minute holds on the target. Adjust finger position on the trigger to the finger nail area. The trigger finger should not touch anything else on the rifle but the trigger. Following a two breath cadence, close your eyes, take up the first stage (the floppy part) and smoothly squeeze straight back until shot is fired. Time the shot so it comes after an exhale and during a held breath. Second half of workout with eyes open and watch for any movement during or after trigger squeeze (can’t blink). Where does the follow thru go? Try prone and standing.

Day 5 Perform 8-12 perfect stages with imagery training. Close your eyes. Imagine* the perfect stage. Get in position and perform the perfect stage. Close your eyes and quickly analyze the stage for any deviation from what you perceive as perfect. Repeat.

*Take any re-occurring issues you have during races or training and imagine them to be solved and perfect and done correctly. Only pick one to work on per stage.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Upcoming Events

Sunday October 24: Bryant Pond Shooting Camp, Bethel

Saturday October 30: Lobster Roll Roller-ski, North Haven

Sunday October 31: Eyes for the Pies, New Gloucester


SMBC one day camp details:

Sunday Oct 24
Bryant Pond, Maine
Fee - $10 Members
$25 Non Members
What to bring:
Rifle if you are leasing one. We will have a couple extra to share.
Food for the day, lunch and snacks.
Water bottles, full
Warm clothes to be outside all day, it may be snowing or it may be 60 degrees.
Rain gear, bring it and hopefully we will not need it.
Running shoes

Schedule - We will be shooting and doing some dry land training.
7:30 meet at Yarmouth park n ride, across from Delorme Map.
9:30 Warm-up hike/run/tour of the area.
10:30 Shooting range procedures
12:00 Lunch
1:00 shooting practice
3:00 optional 2nd hike or head home.

SMBC North Haven trip- watch collegiate rollerski race and ski on beautiful North Haven

Saturday, Oct 30
7:30am leave the Yarmouth area drive to Rockland
9:30am Catch the North Haven ferry
11:15 Roller ski race
There will be time to go for a roller ski after the race and before catching the ferry back to Rockland.
3:45 Ferry back to Rockland
You should be back by to the Yarmouth area by 7pm.

Eyes for the Pies... see below!