Monday Morning - Ash 2

First thing Monday morning, our ever-helpful LO Paul Williams arrived with the long-awaited body armor. Up until now, in order to have everyone train with armor, we have been sharing ten sets around to all sixteen team members. Our relay changes look like a clothing bazaar, with a scramble to exchange armor before the next call to the firing mound.








We then moved out to Ash 2 Range, where the team spent the morning doing “match work-ups”… specific practices for components of matches. Today, these work-ups were for the
100-yard Standing-Kneeling match (1 shot standing and 1 shot kneeling in a few seconds on a Figure 12C target) and for the 200-yard rapid (from the standing alert to the sitting, kneeling or squatting position, 10 shots on two targets in 25 seconds). The team enjoyed the progressive nature of the work-ups and the training value showed clearly in the mini-match fired immediately following.