Starting Kids in Competitive Shooting | Gun Talk Nation
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🗓️ 10 March 2021
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Want a challenge for your kids? How about competitive shooting? Ben Berka of the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (https://sssfonline.org/) joins Gun Talk's Ryan Gresham to talk about getting youth involved in competitive shooting. Gun Talk Nation is brought to you by Timney Triggers, Pyramyd Air, Savage Arms, and ATN.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, welcome to Gun Talk Nation. Gun Talk Nation is brought to you by Timney Triggers |
| 0:09.2 | and by Pyramid Air. So today, let's talk about something interesting. Kids and guns, |
| 0:17.3 | they do mix. Oh, my gosh, what did he just say? Today on the show, we're going to talk |
| 0:24.3 | about kids shooting sports. And to talk about that, we've brought in Ben Berka from |
| 0:29.6 | the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation. Did I say that right, Ben? Yeah, that's correct. |
| 0:36.6 | So welcome, man, man. I mean, I follow what you guys do. And I think it's awesome. And |
| 0:43.8 | for people who are saying Scholastic Shooting Sports, what's this all about? Tell them |
| 0:48.8 | what's it all about? Yeah. Well, first off, Ryan, thanks for having me on the show. |
| 0:55.5 | Appreciate it. You know, chance to talk to you and all your listeners. So it's Class |
| 1:00.5 | of Shooting Sports Foundation in a nutshell, who we are. We're a 501C3 public charity. |
| 1:07.4 | And really, we're focused on youth development through organized team-based shooting sports. |
| 1:12.7 | So really what that looks and feels like is if you think about your traditional ball sports |
| 1:18.1 | teams that are organized, you know, they have adult leadership through their coaches. They |
| 1:24.8 | have practices throughout the season, competitions, usually accommodating state and international |
| 1:29.8 | championship events. That's what we're doing, just with shotguns, handguns, and rifles. |
| 1:35.5 | Okay. So, so I was going to ask that. So what disciplines are within what you guys do? |
| 1:43.8 | What type of shooting? Yeah. So Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation, we |
| 1:48.7 | operate two programs. One is the Scholastic Clay Tart program. And that focuses on all |
| 1:54.2 | the clay target disciplines. So Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clay, and then the international |
| 2:00.1 | side of that. So Bunker Trap, International Skeet. Our other program is the Classic Action |
| 2:06.6 | Shooting Program. And that is rifle and pistol shooting on field targets for time. So |
| 2:13.8 | if your listeners are familiar with the field challenge, it's similar to that. And that |
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