You guys aren't gonna shut me up with the flattery.
I agree with this sentiment.
I'm only expressing an opinion that it eliminates the need for the mastery of the gun mount from the set of skills required of a truly top notch shotgun shooter.
Seems to me that only FITASC emphasizes and promotes the skillful mount from low gun. I feel fortunate to have been attracted to it and had the opportunity to pursue it for a few years.
Playing that game awhile, even if you don't excel at it, pays dividends in every other claysport as well as wingshooting. Just the fact that you can be penalized for moving the hands before the eyes is a great incentive to hard visual and mental focus. You can spot someone with FITASC experience....they don't lurch and fall out of the stand or off the pad when they pull a broken target.
In a way it's kind of sad to watch some new shooters who are actually being taught by level III NSCA instructors to shoulder the gun, lift the head to see the target, then lay their head back on the stock, and sometimes start moving the gun at the sound of the trap. Some of these same instructors are very good shooters who first learned a proper mount with all its tangential benefits, then later adopted a "shortcut" method.
Can't argue that it promotes (a limited amount of)quick success, but I question the wisdom of starting new shooters with a shortcut rather than fundamentals.
