Coaching Resources

• Shooting Tips from the USAMU Service Rifle Team

• Coaching References

• CMP Training Materials and Publications

• Training Target Height Tables

• ON THE MARK - CMP's Newsletter for Coaches and Junior Marksmen





• SAFETY

  • A Junior Shooter's Guide to Air Rifle Safety.  A 20-page booklet; written for junior air rifle shooters, but it provides safety rules, procedures and guidelines that can be used by youth or adult shooters in any range firing situation.

  • CMP Rifle Safety Guide - A 32-page booklet; written for owners of CMP rifles.  This guide includes safe gun handling rules and safety guidelines, explains how the rifle operates, range safety rules, how to deal with special problems, tips for accurate shooting, proper care of your rifle and CMP Programs for new rifle owners.

   

• SHOOTING EQUIPMENT

  • Firing Military Bolt Action Rifles in the CMP Games Matches By Stephen Merritt. Merritt, a Distinguished Rifleman, CMP Master Instructor and military small arms expert, discusses the M1903 Springfield, M1917 Enfield and several foreign military bolt action rifles to provide detailed instructions on how to zero these rifles and prepare them for use in As-Issued Military Rifles Matches.

  • Carbine Shooting with Accuracy, Including How To Deal With Some Specific Problems - Submitted by an Anonymous Author. With an M1 Carbine Match now part of the National Matches and the CMP now selling a large quantity of government surplus Carbines, finding ways to obtain improved accuracy from Carbines has become a popular quest among Carbine owners. This article is comprehensive and detailed; it presents lots of tested tips on how to get better target results from Carbines. Carbine owners who intend to use their Carbines in Carbine Matches are cautioned that Carbines that are to be used in CMP-sanctioned competitions must be kept in "as-issued" condition with standard parts having standard dimensions.

  • A Guide to Compressed Air Usage.  With so many shooting programs now using rifles and pistols powered by compressed air, it is important for coaches and instructors to know how to safely use the air cylinders and scuba tanks that are required for these air guns.  This is an excellent, well-illustrated article, written by master target gunsmith Scott Pilkington, that gives detailed information about compressed air equipment.  The article is posted on the Pilkington Competitions Equipment web site.

  • Air Rifle Target Stand Plans.  Detailed drawings and instructions, with photos, for constructing air rifle target stands.  These stands are for use on gun ranges for three-position or standing air rifle shooting.

  • Kneeling Roll. This is a homemade pattern of a kneeling roll by Nancy Jochum, Nebraska CMP State Junior Director.

  • M1 Garand Nomenclature, Accessories & Maintenance. Detailed information about M1 Garand nomenclature, disassembly and reassembly for As-Issued Military Rifle Clinic instructors and students 
    
    

• TRAINING AND COACHING

  • A Plea for Improved Scoring written by Gary Anderson, DCM. 

  • How to Structure an Effective Shooting Session written by Dan Durben.  The keys to an effective shooting session are proper preparation and analysis. Building these good habits early in their development will help shooters accelerate improvement in their performance.

  • Spectator Technology - Goal: Promote our sport through commonly used sports broadcasting techniques without putting an extra burden on our coaches by Ray and Tina Odle, Illinois CMP State Junior Director.

• POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS - These will download onto your computer and then you can "File Save As" onto your computer.  Dial up takes about 15 minutes.

  • How to run a Successful Camp or Clinic by Michele Makucevich, Rhode Island CMP State Junior Director.  This presentation is good to present to a club to show them how to run a successful Camp or Clinic. 

  • Air Rifle as a Varsity Sport by Phillip Williams, Georgia CMP State Junior Director.  This presentation is good to present to High Schools that you are trying to get Air Rifle Shooting as a Varsity Sport.

  • Principles of Marksmanship by Gary Anderson, DCM of the CMP.  This presentation is for a group of shooters.

  • Mental Training, the Triangle of Success - by Mark Taylor.  This presentation is for a group of shooters.