Customer Reviews

Trapshooting Secrets

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I'm a beginner at shooting trap, but even at that level there are a lot of very helpful ideas in this book. The problem for the reader is finding them, and working through them! This book is dying for a book editor's touch. Here's why I say that:

1. Maybe I missed the overall structure, but the sequence of the material seems almost random. Lots of good ideas, but they're not organized in a way which helps learning them.

2. The illustrations and figures are all placed in the back, in one chapter. It's a real pain to have to stop reading the text and refer to a different location in the book. Again, this detracts from the book's value as a learning tool, because you can't view the illustrations in their context.

3. ARGGH! What's with all the misspellings and grammatical errors? Worst of all, the chronic use of apostrophes to make plural nouns. ARGGH!

Is it worth buying? Yes--but it would be vastly improved with a thorough editing.

While this book offers many sound trapshooting points, they come amidst a sea of personal opinion, Christian evangelizing, and the marketing of other books. This book is self-published and begs for professional editing. There are countless glowing spelling and grammatical errors. If one were to eliminate the redundancy and material not related to the subject, this rather expensive book would barely reach 100 pages. And, as if the contents were all his original ideas, he offers no bibliographic reference for any of the opinions, facts, or conclusions, even though many are contrary to conventional trapshooting wisdom and instruction. While Russell is quick to point out that the book is only useful if kept constantly on hand during practice and competition, he also sells it as an e-book that cannot be printed. All things considered, I have to seriously question the accuracy of the material and the validity of Mr. Russells opinions.

This book has some good information, but it is very hard to get through, references to diagrams are in the text with out any clue as to where the diagrams are, and enough already with all the words of wisdom, and biblical references.
There are paragrahs, but it is like reading one big run on sentence. For [PRICE] we should be getting a more polished easier to read copy. I am not convinced it was a wise purchase.

This book contains a tremendous amount of good information, all of which cannot be retained in one reading. I have highlighted it as I would a textbook for later review. That's the good news.
The bad news is, without highlighting, the book is hard to deal with due to platitudes and cliches scattered throughout. His valuable advice could be conveyed in half the space and he sorely needs an editor.
On balance, I'm glad I bought the book and intend to get his other one (Precision Shooting)

The author definately has a lot of tips, but the general layout of the book is poor. There is a lot of repetition, so both the content and price could be cut by half. It would have been better to see the Illustrations in their relevant chapters.
There are also places where the author contradict previous statements in his book. I think it is after all this still worth the time reading the book, try out suggestions, and you will surely still learn something you did not know.

I purchased this book for a gift for my husband. He has found some good and useful information in this book. He really likes it.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND Trap shooting secrets and Precision Shooting - The Trapshooters Bible by James Russell to anyone who wants to be a TOP-GUN precision shooter. You may be a average or above average shooter now but after you read these books you will shot like a professional and win like a professional.

I agree with previous reviews on this text and found it to be effective in making an immediate difference to my scores and confidence on the line.My husband and I introduce new shooters to the sport and spend our Sundays helping people get started - the advice contained rang a few bells of recognition and added some new tunes to our coaching repoitoire. It is good to have our Practice Methods confirmed in Print. I would highly recommend this literature for shooters who are open minded enough to benefit.

Outstanding book! While reading I recognised several things I was doing that was causing lost targets. The sections on concentration techniques and target aquisition have definitely helped my game, and by following his advice, my handicap average jumped from 21 at the 16 to 24, and from 19 at the 25 to 22. His practice tips for both home and field, if followed, will help anyone improve thier game. The guys at the range asked me how I made the jump, and well, I'm not telling them!

This book is aimed at the sort of person who likes great depth of subject matter. Everything is covered in great detail, and this excellent book is only marred by poor layout, spelling, and grammar. In all anyone reading this book should be able to glean fresh insight into the game.