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Bringing the clay-target world to life with real insight from the shooters, coaches, clubs, and brands leading Sporting Clays, FITASC, Trap, and Skeet — and we’re just as deep in the hunting world. From waterfowl to big-game adventures, gear talk, and the traditions that keep hunters going season after season, we cover it all. If you love the culture, the grind, and the feeling of breaking targets or being out in the woods or flooded timber, this is your front-row seat to the people, stories, and ideas pushing both shooting sports and hunting forward.
In this episode, Justin Barker talks with Todd Hitch for a candid and upbeat episode about what it really takes to stay at the top of competitive sporting clays. Todd shares the mindset, discipline, and preparation behind his recent success, including his back-to-back U.S. Open wins, his approach to sleep, nutrition, and mental focus, and why consistency matters more than short-term momentum. They also talk about the technical side of shooting — from body rotation and handling wind to why Todd trusts his Beretta DT11 — plus the importance of sportsmanship, professionalism, and the relationships that shape a shooting career. Todd also tells the unforgettable story of winning the King’s Cup in Spain, including the massive historic trophy and the wild airport journey bringing it home. It’s a mix of tournament stories, practical insight, and personality that gives listeners a closer look at one of the sport’s top competitors.
The Dead Pair Podcast helps sporting clays shooters break more targets and understand the competitive clay-target world. Jason Rambo and Sean Alley talk with champion shooters, coaches, target setters, range operators and shooting-industry experts about technique, the mental game, shotgun fit, tournament strategy, FITASC, NSCA competition, equipment and the people shaping sporting clays. Whether you’re preparing for your first registered shoot or chasing championship scores, every episode is built around useful, real-world lessons you can take to the range.
When does a good course stop being fun and start feeling stale? Matt Miller joins Jason to dig into target variety, difficulty, 5-Stand design, practice setups, and the little changes that can keep shooters challenged and coming back. Plus, we’ve got an update on Neil Chadwick’s junior/sub-junior Nationals contest, a Make-a-Break update from Ed, and another trip inside David’s Brain. What makes a course great—or drives you crazy? We want to hear from you. Send us your questions, comments, and ideas, and we may tackle them on an upcoming episode.
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Welcome to California Clays, your home for all things competitive shotgun sports.
As an amateur competitor and passionate student of the game, Henning Mathew dives into the world of clay shooting through interviews with some of the best to ever point a shotgun.
He interviews World, National, and State Champions, their coaches, and key figures across the industry.
They explore the techniques, stories, and insights that fuel the sports we all love, from Sporting Clays to FITASC, Helice, Trap, Skeet, and the International disciplines.
If you enjoy learning and celebrating the world of competitive shooting, make sure to Subscribe for new videos and conversations from California and beyond.
What can a world-record trick shooter teach clay shooters about vision, timing, and hand-eye coordination?
In this episode of the CA Clays Podcast, I sit down with James Jean of JamesJeanTrickShots, a multiple world record holder known for making seemingly impossible shots with bows, firearms, and other projectiles.
But the real story isn’t the trick shots. It’s what’s happening behind them.
James has spent years developing an extraordinary combination of visual perception, timing, proprioception, prediction, and subconscious motor control. We talk about what he actually sees when tracking a moving target, how he uses central and peripheral vision, why smaller and faster targets can sometimes be easier for him, and how years of repetition have built a mental library that allows him to adapt across completely different shooting disciplines.
For clay shooters, the parallels are fascinating.
We get into target focus, quiet eye, barrel awareness, instinct versus conscious thought, learning from misses, performance anxiety, visualization, and the idea that elite shooting may be less about “aiming” and more about learning how to intercept a moving object without getting in your own way.
James also shares stories about his Guinness World Records, creating new trick shots, using slow-motion video to improve, and even training actors including Matt Damon and Tom Holland for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.
Can hand-eye coordination actually be trained?
Can we improve our ability to predict moving targets?
And are great shooters seeing something the rest of us aren’t?
This was one of the most unique conversations I’ve had on the podcast.
Check out JamesJeanTrickShots on YouTube and Instagram to see the incredible shots we’re discussing.
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If you enjoy the episode, please LIKE the video, SUBSCRIBE to the channel, and leave a COMMENT below. I’d especially like to hear from clay shooters: how much of your shooting do you believe is conscious technique, and how much is your eyes and brain solving the shot automatically?
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Listen in as Zach Nannini & Richard Marshall Jr. talk trapshooting with the legends, the games top shots and more!
**BETTER ON YOUTUBE** Zach takes Shot Tracker to the line for singles and handicap and then joins Ricky in the studio to break down the results!
In Part 2 of our conversation with Take Aim Technologies, the makers of Shot Tracker, Zach Nannini heads out to shoot both disciplines and put some fresh data on the screen.
Back at the Trap Talk studio in Sparta, Illinois, Richard Marshall Jr. and Zach review the shooting data and analysis from Zach’s session. Follow along as they work through his singles and handicap results, connecting what happened on the trap field with what Shot Tracker recorded.
If you’ve been curious about seeing Shot Tracker in action, this episode gives you a firsthand look at the shooting and the discussion that follows.
Missed Part 1? Check it out for the start of our conversation with Jim and Robert from Take Aim Technologies.
Subscribe to Trap Talk, and leave your Shot Tracker questions in the comments!
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