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World Championships Report Volume 19, Number 5 ● September/October 2010 The Official Publication of Olympic Shooting Sports WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS REPORT SEPT/OCT 2010 Contents VOLUME 19, NO.5 FEATURES 16 World Championship ■ Katie McGinty 21 Paralympic World Championship Update ■ Katie McGinty 23 Nationals 2010 ■ Calah Duryea 27 Athlete of the Month ■ Katie McGinty DISCIPLINES 11 Pistol ■ Eric Pueppke 12 Rifle ■ Marcus Raab 14 Shotgun ■ Anonymous COLUMNS 4 From the Editor ■ Katie McGinty 6 Aim with AMU ■ SFC Theresa DeWitt 8 On the Firing Line ■ J.P. O’Connor 10 Coaches’ Corner ■ National Rifle Coach, Major Dave Johnson ON THE COMPLEX 29 Thoughts from: The Executive Director Operations Marketing Competitions John Mullins 24 www.usashooting.org 3 From the Editor USA Shooting 1 Olympic Plaza Colorado Springs, CO 80909 Five Minutes with Cathy arnot Phone: 719-866-4670 Administration Fax: 719-635-7989 Competitions Fax: 719-866-4884 uring my time at the World Shooting Championships, I had the pleasure of rooming Lindsay Brooke Competitions Manager with Cathy Arnot, one of the very talented physiotherapists for the USA Shooting 719-866-4885 [email protected] Team and a Physical Therapy Professor at the University of South Carolina. Cathy Calah Duryea and the Team’s other physio, Nick Potter, work around the clock to keep our team Coaches’ Assistant/Team Manager 719-866-4611 stretched, warm, and physically healthy. As a huge proponent of the benefits of [email protected] physical fitness, I invited a professional to discuss how to stay healthy in preparation for, or during a Buddy DuVall Dmajor competition and throughout your shooting career. Director of Marketing 719-866-4880 [email protected] Q: What is the most important component of exercise that a shooter should employ in his or her Bret Erickson National Shotgun Coach fitness regimen? 719-866-4682 A: Core strength is essential for providing a stable base of support for the shooting athlete. Rifle [email protected] Lisa Erickson shooters should also focus on flexibility, whereas shotgun and pistol athletes also need flexibility but Operation and Administrative Assistant 719-866-4682 should place an emphasis on strength—especially shoulders, arm, and core endurance. Their bod- [email protected] ies have to be equipped to not only support their guns, but also endure and absorb the recoil of the Bob Foth guns. Also, whether beginning from scratch or changing your routine, please be sure to consult with National Paralympic Coach 719-866-4881 a fitness professional or physical therapist prior to beginning a new exercise regimen. [email protected] David Johnson National Rifle Coach Q: What particular flexibility exercises would benefit rifle shooters? 719-866-4630 A: There was a study conducted on rifle and pistol shooters investigating the correlation between [email protected] flexibility and lower back pain. Low back pain is common among rifle shooters and can become Nicole Levine Competitions Assistant so severe that many either leave the sport or choose to shoot the prone position only.The research 719-866-4882 [email protected] findings indicated that there is a positive correlation between back pain and IT band and hamstring Sergey Luzov tightness. Increased flexibility in both may help prevent low back pain. Thus, either a general flex- National Pistol Coach 719-866-4615 ibility program (with focus on the IT band and hamstrings) or most forms of yoga are acceptable, as [email protected] long as the neck is in a safe position. Katie McGinty Media & Public Relations Manager 719-866-4896 Q: Why are working out and stretching an important part of shooting? [email protected] A: Both are essential to injury prevention and the ability of assuming one’s shooting position that Robert Mitchell Chief Executive Officer is necessary for better stability. The most common flexibility problems across all disciplines are tight 719-866-4899 upper trapezius, hamstrings, IT bands, hip flexors, and chest/pectoral muscles. On the contrary, the [email protected] Nichole Rae most common muscular weaknesses are the deep (transverse) abdominal muscles, external shoulder Membership & Merchandise Manager 719-866-4743 rotators, scapular stabilizers, and deep neck flexors. [email protected] Bill Roy Q: What should I do if I have an injury that only flares up when shooting? Director of Operations 719-866-4890 A: First, discuss the injury with your coach and a health care professional to discover the underlying [email protected] cause. It may be a biomechanical issue such as flat feet, a leg length discrepancy, or muscle imbal- Corrie West Marketing Manager ance—tightness or weakness. Another option is a repetitive training error or incorrect form. 719-866-4616 [email protected] Karie Wright Q: Why do I need to maintain overall fitness if I’m a shooter? Controller A: For all three disciplines, maintaining a high level of cardiovascular and overall fitness can help 719-866-4887 prevent injury, decrease the effects of jet lag, and increase your endurance. Not to mention, improve Editor: Katie McGinty Designer: Micki Benson an athlete’s scores! Printing: Sport Graphics Cover Photo: Katie McGinty ■ Katie McGinty Contributors: SFC Theresa DeWitt Eric Pueppke Major Dave Johnson Marcus Raab Calah Duryea Corrie West Bob Mitchell USA Shooting News s i published six times a year. USA Shooting is the national governing body for Olympic Shooting sports JP O’Connor in the United States. USA Shooting News s i produced as a service to international shooters, coaches, officials and media who Bill Roy cover Olympic-style shooting. Shooters featured in USA Shooting News magazine may be photographed without eye protec- tion. These are posed photographs using unloaded guns and do not represent actual competiton. USA Shooting encourages all shooters to use proper eye and ear protection when shooting. Inclusion of advertisements in USA Shooting does not constitiute endorsement of advertised products or services by USA Shooting, its staff or its sponsors. 4 USA Shooting News Columns (Aim with AMU) The World Shooting Championships: A Prestigious History he Superbowl. Wimbledon. The Kentucky Derby. The grandstand; the loud blasts of shotguns and the soft pops of air guns; International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World cheers and clapping; the babble of foreign languages mingling into Shooting Championships (WSC). None of these sport- white noise; the smell of German beer foaming over two liter glass ing events are the Olympic Games. Shooting is one of mugs; the tantalizing aroma of schnitzel, sausage, and pretzels. The few sports in the world that is practiced at competitive World Shooting Championships has a colorful history. Although levels by men and women, as well as junior athletes, in all conti- initially organized annually, the WSC is now held every four years to Tnents, with no exclusions. Many shooting athletes would argue that occur two years after the Olympic Games. The WSC every four years winning the World Championships is a much more demanding to occur two years after the Olympic Games. The WSC currently and satisfying accomplishment than even the Olympic Games. The hosts fifty-five events in the four disciplines of shotgun, rifle, pistol, WSC hosts more countries and and running target. An addi- competitors—the best of the tional forty-six events have been best—whereas, in the Olympic discontinued since the WSC began Games, countries must earn a in 1897. limited number of quota slots The first event conducted at to compete. the 1897 World Shooting Cham- Munich, Germany was the pionships in Lyon, France, was host city of the 2010 ISSF World 300m Free Rifle. This event is still Shooting Championships, ac- considered the premier event of commodating a record-setting the competition. In a world where 2,500 athletes from 104 com- target changes are common—es- peting nations. The Munich pecially at the WSC—300m Free shooting range is no stranger Rifle and 50m Free Pistol are the to large events—it was the site only two targets that have not been of the 1972 Olympic Games. changed, except for the addition In the 38 years since those of an “X” ring. On the contrary, Games were officially closed, the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event the Munich range witnessed six initially used a human-shaped Olympic records and thirty- target without scoring rings. In four World records set on its 1948, scoring rings were added, grounds. In preparation for the but it wasn’t until 1990 that the Staff Sergeant Josh Richmond celebrates not only his gold medal and world largest shooting event hosted championship title in Men’s Double Trap, but also an equal world record of human silhouette became a circu- here since the ‘72 Games, the 197/200 targets. lar shape. The 300m Army Rifle Munich range underwent some event was added in 1911 in Rome cosmetic and structural upgrading. Fresh paint, new spectator seat- and required competitors to use the host nation’s “service rifle” as the ing, grass, and a monster green wall on the shotgun range were a few competition firearm. In 1970, service rifle was removed as an event. of the improvements designed to heighten the athlete and spectator Post-WWII restrictions against ownership of firearms prevented experience. many shooting federations from re-establishing traditional shooting For the first time in ISSF World Shooting Championship his- programs. The result was an emergence of air rifle and air pistols. tory, spectator tickets were sold for all competition days, to include Air gun development as high precision target arms is credited with common areas as well as VIP areas. Any spectator entering the having a significant role in the growth of the shooting sports in many Munich shooting grounds would have been treated to sights, sounds, countries.
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