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The kiddos from *this size* to a *bit bigger* watched a video of the Texas Star being shot.
They watched it again. Watched it slowed down.
Kiddos turn heads to us adults and have this look of "Wow!" Then they got this puzzlement, wonder, awe and ...
Nah, you kiddos can do that I said.
Now I have not only kiddos looking bumfuzzled, also the adults and the dawg in the room.
Kiddos are shooting .22 rifles, most are single shot .22 rifles.
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So first off a plywood is set up with a Texas Star drawn on it. I use my hands and go thru the motions of shooting like the video at the points of the star.
I am using clay targets on hung on cup hooks. This is too much fun...
A wire version is being fabricated in the meantime. Nothing fancy, not permanent, just scraps of metal and PVC being made into a Texas Star. It has been years since I did this. I knew the kids, and adults were going to have fun. Once they got past giving me that " there is no way the kiddos can do this" look. Yes this thing will move...
Me and the kiddos had a private chat. Eyes lit up, and promises of keeping all we chatted about staying secret.
You can do anything you chose to do.
"Can't" died - remember?
Just two of the lessons we have shared.
Now we have different levels of skills, with the different sizes and ages of Kiddos. No problem.
We get a plan, and all agree and each kid practices shooting their target at their agreed upon point of the Star. Only that point, this is following rules, being a team player, all serious (serious fun) but being responsible too.
Now the moms and some adults were let in on all this, for Safety reasons and the way we do a Buddy System, each kid has an adult when they shoot.
Still, some we basically had to run off adults during some practice. Which is normal for me to do, and to keep my "he is up to something with the kiddos again" status current.
Self esteem is great for kids, so we shoot at the closest distance according to the youngest and newest shooter. Kiddos support and encourage each other.
So we work on timing. Yes you know by now where all this is going. Still , the Texas Star is a challenge, just we have a different challenge using it.
Aw man, seeing these kids work as team was rewarding. At the signal each kid shooting their target and making effective hits.
Folks, this is too awesome and too fun to see clays break at the same time.
Talk about focus and teamwork!
Hey I was a littler kid once, I liked to have fun and get rewarded for doing safe, and fun stuff. So this Grandpa of the group, not allowed to really know what we were up to, but assisted in making this metal and PVC star says..."if them kiddos beat this Texas Star, fast food of their choice on me".
Oh yeah, that will get kiddos to focus all right.
So the big day comes and the kids have the normal butterflie in tummies. So we shoot the Plywood with clays a few times. Butterflies are gone and Grandpa already knows he is going to be picking up the tab at Taco Bell. Kids already, in confident voices informed them " Yeah, when we do this thing, we all voted and want to go to Taco Bell".
*Someone* has shared there is a fine line in being confident and cocky...*ahem*
First time, the kiddos even shot at this new movable Texas Star - they nailed it.
It is not cheating if it works - called ingenuity.
This temorary Star did not last long, as we knew and chatted about. We used it with handguns and shotguns too.
I am suggesting, for a real fun reactive target, get a Sheet of Plywood, put a Texas Star on it, and hang clay targets off hooks. This is great practice for handgunners too.
Heck we had too much fun shooting .22 handguns with this.
Even just shooting clay targets in any fashion hung on Plywood, and even Coat Hangers are fun...
Texas Star is not hard to shoot
Steve
They watched it again. Watched it slowed down.
Kiddos turn heads to us adults and have this look of "Wow!" Then they got this puzzlement, wonder, awe and ...
Nah, you kiddos can do that I said.
Now I have not only kiddos looking bumfuzzled, also the adults and the dawg in the room.
Kiddos are shooting .22 rifles, most are single shot .22 rifles.
~~
So first off a plywood is set up with a Texas Star drawn on it. I use my hands and go thru the motions of shooting like the video at the points of the star.
I am using clay targets on hung on cup hooks. This is too much fun...
A wire version is being fabricated in the meantime. Nothing fancy, not permanent, just scraps of metal and PVC being made into a Texas Star. It has been years since I did this. I knew the kids, and adults were going to have fun. Once they got past giving me that " there is no way the kiddos can do this" look. Yes this thing will move...
Me and the kiddos had a private chat. Eyes lit up, and promises of keeping all we chatted about staying secret.
You can do anything you chose to do.
"Can't" died - remember?
Just two of the lessons we have shared.
Now we have different levels of skills, with the different sizes and ages of Kiddos. No problem.
We get a plan, and all agree and each kid practices shooting their target at their agreed upon point of the Star. Only that point, this is following rules, being a team player, all serious (serious fun) but being responsible too.
Now the moms and some adults were let in on all this, for Safety reasons and the way we do a Buddy System, each kid has an adult when they shoot.
Still, some we basically had to run off adults during some practice. Which is normal for me to do, and to keep my "he is up to something with the kiddos again" status current.
Self esteem is great for kids, so we shoot at the closest distance according to the youngest and newest shooter. Kiddos support and encourage each other.
So we work on timing. Yes you know by now where all this is going. Still , the Texas Star is a challenge, just we have a different challenge using it.
Aw man, seeing these kids work as team was rewarding. At the signal each kid shooting their target and making effective hits.
Folks, this is too awesome and too fun to see clays break at the same time.
Talk about focus and teamwork!
Hey I was a littler kid once, I liked to have fun and get rewarded for doing safe, and fun stuff. So this Grandpa of the group, not allowed to really know what we were up to, but assisted in making this metal and PVC star says..."if them kiddos beat this Texas Star, fast food of their choice on me".
Oh yeah, that will get kiddos to focus all right.
So the big day comes and the kids have the normal butterflie in tummies. So we shoot the Plywood with clays a few times. Butterflies are gone and Grandpa already knows he is going to be picking up the tab at Taco Bell. Kids already, in confident voices informed them " Yeah, when we do this thing, we all voted and want to go to Taco Bell".
*Someone* has shared there is a fine line in being confident and cocky...*ahem*
First time, the kiddos even shot at this new movable Texas Star - they nailed it.
It is not cheating if it works - called ingenuity.
This temorary Star did not last long, as we knew and chatted about. We used it with handguns and shotguns too.
I am suggesting, for a real fun reactive target, get a Sheet of Plywood, put a Texas Star on it, and hang clay targets off hooks. This is great practice for handgunners too.
Heck we had too much fun shooting .22 handguns with this.
Even just shooting clay targets in any fashion hung on Plywood, and even Coat Hangers are fun...
Texas Star is not hard to shoot
Steve