Seattle Skeet & Trap Club

Youth Group

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Welcome to our youth group website.

   Shotgun sports is the journey that we share, the foundation, the building blocks of sporting clays and life. Our youth will take these lessons to school, their first job, college, their friends and family. This happens because of a structured program and dedicated instructors that give knowledge and experience to future generations of sporting clays shooters - today’s juniors and sub juniors. It's all about becoming a true sportsman or sportswoman and how to gracefully accept both victory and defeat. The youth are the life blood and future of shotgun sports. The Youth Program focuses on how to deal with the fears, physical differences, mental differences, equipment differences, and learning for young shooters. The program works with youth of all ability levels. To educate, promote and encourage safety fair competition, respectful behavior and good grades.

  The Structured Program Consists of :
  • Safety
  • Gun Types: Pump, Automatic, Over/Under & Side by Side
  • Ammunition and Chokes
  • Eye Dominance
  • Gun Fit (patterning plate)
  • Mount and stance
  • Intro into all shotgun games
  • Instruction and target techniques
  • Competition – games and formal registered shoots
  • Practice, log books
  • Good Grades

  We meet once a month, during the winter months and twice a month during spring and summer months. The meetings/practice are held at the SST Club, 5 Stand area and are at 3pm. They run about 1.5 hours and parents and guests are welcome to come and observe.

  For these meetings/practices, SST will provided the Facilities, Shotguns, Clay Targets and Ammunition free of charge, but feel free to bring your shotgun if you have one that you want to use. There is no cost to join the youth group and you do not have to be a member of SST or the NRA for your youth to participate.

  On any Sunday, any current family membership youth, under the age of 18, can shoot (2) Free Rounds (a round is 25 clay pigeons) of clay targets (guns & ammunition not provided by SST).
 
Youth Group Meeting/Shooting Dates.
Please meet at the Clubhouse, and feel free to come early.
 
General Youth Group Shoot/Meeting SST Team Shoot/Meeting - Team Members Only
Date of Event Instructor Running Event Date of Event Instructor Running Event
May 22th, at 3pm Walt May 8th, at 3pm Walt Plonski
June 19th, at 10am Bill Simmons June 12th, at 3pm Bob Murata
July 24th, at 3pm - Cancelled - TBD July 9 & 10th, Special Event Email Bob
Tentative - August 28th, at 3pm TBD Tentative - August 14th, at 3pm TBD
TBD TBD TBD TBD

 

Please let us know if you are going to be able to attend the next Youth Group Shoot...
So that we can make sure we have enough instructors.

Family Last Name:
How many youths are attending:
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Meet our Instructors



Walt Plonski

I’m originally from upstate New York where I was a part time police officer for seven years, in addition to a career in hi-technology. A job transfer brought us to the Pacific Northwest in 1990 and I continued target shooting handguns. In March of 2000 a friend introduced me to trap which was the beginning of my clay target passion. In the past 9 years I have competed in national and world championships.

About a year ago we noticed that there were little to no young shooters in any of the shotgun sports. A group of fellow shooters created the Western Washington Youth Foundation (WWYF) to help clubs in Western Washington build youth programs. Bob Murata and I created the program at Seattle Skeet and Trap. The key elements of the program are:

#1 Safety and equipment knowledge
#2 Training techniques and competition
#3 Fun with a requirement of having an excellence level demonstrated by having good grades at school
#4 Volunteerism, sportsmanship, self confidence

The success of the program is directly related to the participation and support of the parents. We look forward to expanding the team and having fun in the shotgun shooting sports.

Currently I have:
 - NSCA Level 2 Instructor Certification
 - NSCA Referee Certification
 - Target Setting Certification – Mike McApline

Click here to see my shooting history.


Bob Murata

I have been an avid upland hunter since 1963. I joined the NSCA in May, 2003.

Since then, I have actively participated at our local clubs in the Washington State Hunter Education, youth shooting development programs, corporate and private shooting events, target and course setting, the Washington State Championship committee and shooter development seminars.

Currently I have:
 - NSCA Level 2 certification
 - NSCA Certified Referee
 - NRA Certified Range Safety Officer
 - Completed the McAlpine Target Setting Course

Click here to see my shooting history.

 

Mission Statement