Basically, there are five shooters on each squad and 25 clay targets per game. Each member shoots at the targets which are thrown from a machine called a house. The person must shoot from an appointed location called a station. In trap, there is one house which throws targets in different directions away from the shooter, who has five stations. In skeet, there are eight stations and two fixed houses of different heights that throw targets towards the shooter.
Sporting clays simulate real-life hunting by throwing targets in the woods.
You have to have at least a 2.0 to shoot. Our policy is to stress grades. If you have to stay home and study, then so be it. Many of the shooters study together on a regular basis. It helps that most of the members of this championship team are in the School of Agriculture and spend long hours together in the library.