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+1 with what Franchi said. If you "think" you WILL miss. Strictly instinct. I shoot it from low gun and hit a fair number of them (guess that proves what my wife has always said: I'm brainless!) Station 8 is just pure fun--don't ruin it with the premounted mechanics, etc. A hint: do point the muzzles a bit above the trap window and focus at or slightly above the upper left corner of the window. I also found, for me, that there is no time to have a perfect gun mount and put your head down on the stock, etc. Forget all that stuff and just shoot the gun.

It is unfortunate that everyone seems to make such a project of skeet stations, especially station 8. It isn't that complicated. Long hold point to the outside of the chute, look in the hole, mount while following a point ahead of the bird, pull the trigger when the mount is completed. Contrary to popular opinion, it is not a trick shot and you should be in contol of the target and the target should be in focus. Be serious here, guys, the target is in focus for those shooters who never miss one, why not for you?

Mark,

Thanks for asking the question - I've learn about some great resources on coaching from the subsequent posts. I don't get to shoot often - maybe once a month and the best shooter/only coach at the club only speaks Japanese - so learning is a bit difficult. Thanks for all the posts on education from everyone.

and slow down. imagine you have all the time in the world.

Plenty of good advice here but the advice AmarilloMike gives is spot on! I shoot skeet for fun and to stay tuned-up for upland bird shooting. Grouse and woodcock do not allow for the luxury of a pre-mounted gun so I practice at skeet with a very low low gun... about at my belt level most times and I break about 80% of high and low station 8 targets. Knowing you can become proficient at station 8 is half the battle. Right now you are doubting your ability - Have Confidence! DON'T THINK ABOUT IT AFTER YOU CALL FOR YOUR TARGET. That part of your brain that controls eye/hand coordination will take over... trust it to do so and it will.

I've had the best success teaching station 8 this way:

Start at 1; shoot a few L1's. Then, take a few steps towards 8, and repeat. Continue like this, breaking targets successfully before taking a few more steps. By the time you get to 8, you'll be "on"! I did this with my son, who had never shot skeet before, and he was succussfully breaking targets on 8 within a box of shells. Repeat from 7.

I agree with the philosophy of shooting it as much like a passing shot as possible, rather an an "overhead" shot. As a right-hander, when shooting H8, I point my toes directly north, the high-house on my left and the low house on my right, and wind up to my hold point. My hold point is "2 feet out, 3 feet up" from the lower right corner of the window. For L8, my toes are pointed to the low house. Hold point is just "2 feet out" for this one.