Hector,Interesting course stats. It does show why "averages" don't mean all that much.Targets - there were lots of "easy", lots of "hard", but very few "moderate".A 26T with a very high SD such as that, has MORE difficult targets than a 32T with a low SD.It's not the average targets that make a course difficult. It's the difficult targets.Even though the "average" was 31 yards, the 21-32 yard span had no targets."PBR"That is the span that is typically the most forgiving for ranging errors. I found that the Hunter Division shooters tend to score well on difficult middle distance targets, but not so much at the far targets.Not sure if that course had any, but high T factor close targets can also be tough for those that cannot holdover or range precisely. I like to throw in a couple of those on our courses.
Quote from: Scotchmo on August 09, 2016, 01:01:52 AMHector,Interesting course stats. It does show why "averages" don't mean all that much.Targets - there were lots of "easy", lots of "hard", but very few "moderate".A 26T with a very high SD such as that, has MORE difficult targets than a 32T with a low SD.It's not the average targets that make a course difficult. It's the difficult targets.Even though the "average" was 31 yards, the 21-32 yard span had no targets."PBR"That is the span that is typically the most forgiving for ranging errors. I found that the Hunter Division shooters tend to score well on difficult middle distance targets, but not so much at the far targets.Not sure if that course had any, but high T factor close targets can also be tough for those that cannot holdover or range precisely. I like to throw in a couple of those on our courses.6 targets between 10 and 13, but 3 of them were disciplines. Ray does not like tiny KZ's any more than I do, so there were none but still, some of them got missed when people thought: "Ah, there's a gimmee", LOL!Thanks for reading!HM
Quote from: HectorMedina on August 09, 2016, 06:43:44 PMQuote from: Scotchmo on August 09, 2016, 01:01:52 AMHector,Interesting course stats. It does show why "averages" don't mean all that much.Targets - there were lots of "easy", lots of "hard", but very few "moderate".A 26T with a very high SD such as that, has MORE difficult targets than a 32T with a low SD.It's not the average targets that make a course difficult. It's the difficult targets.Even though the "average" was 31 yards, the 21-32 yard span had no targets."PBR"That is the span that is typically the most forgiving for ranging errors. I found that the Hunter Division shooters tend to score well on difficult middle distance targets, but not so much at the far targets.Not sure if that course had any, but high T factor close targets can also be tough for those that cannot holdover or range precisely. I like to throw in a couple of those on our courses.6 targets between 10 and 13, but 3 of them were disciplines. Ray does not like tiny KZ's any more than I do, so there were none but still, some of them got missed when people thought: "Ah, there's a gimmee", LOL!Thanks for reading!HMEven if you don't like them, it's good to get some practice shooting them in a match. Those tiny ones can be tough. Especially for the piston shooters. It's a good test of precision.WFTF allows 15mm at 20m. That requires about 2moa for a clean shot. A 1/2" field target at over 17 yards is a good test to insure that the gun/pellets/you have the precision to make some of those 2moa shots.Good luck in Portugal. I'll be rooting for the USA team. Especially hoping the piston shooters all make a good showing.