The beginning of the year was a very hectic time, thankfully a break over Easter gave me time to recharge my batteries ready for the spring and summer. May highlights included an introduction to Pony Club Shooting and a couple of YPS tutor road trips. Rifle courses on the Road May started with a return … Read more
It’s been a busy year so far with plenty of travelling around the country. With the latest variant of covid it has felt like I’ve been constantly testing to make sure that YPS course still happen. I don’t know how many miles it’s been, but the winter course schedule started in Norwich with back-to-back one-day … Read more
November has been an interesting month. A course in Leicester on behalf of Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre, it’s always great to be back there by the river. On top of the Leicester trip, we have also booked a course to run at Cheddar Woods in Somerset and a site visit to the Wilderness Centre in … Read more
We have been on target with our air rifle training this past week and putting in a few miles too. The week started with the first trip to Bisley in a long time hosted by Army Rifle Association. It was nice to be back and lovely to see both the full-bore and the small-bore ranges … Read more
The weather held out for this youth proficiency scheme tutors course in air rifle. The Dawney Centre, just outside Easingwold in North Yorkshire, played host to the weekends course. Run largely outdoors, using the range on site, we could have had a very damp weekend in the Yorkshire countryside. The sun shone (most of the … Read more
Follow through is one of the basic skills that is the first to go under pressure. In many cases it comes from a lack of understanding of what follow through actually is. What is follow through? In brief, follow through is the continuation of the shot after the shot. It is fairly obvious in things … Read more
We are happy to announce our first air rifle instructors course planned for Buxton in such a long time. As we have been under covid-19 restrictions for so long; it will be nice to be back. We have our fingers crossed that the country will have opened up enough to run the course indoors. The … Read more
Natural point of aim is something that is often overlooked, but getting it right will do great things to improve your hold. After getting a stable standing position this is probably the next biggest thing you can improve to get a better hold. Your natural point of aim (NPA), sometimes referred to as zero point, … Read more
As the UK slowly opens up there are more and more people looking for air rifle training. We will be running a YPS air rifle course with Leicester Outdoor Pursuits in September. For more details see the courses page. In addition, we are putting an air rifle course together in Buxton in the autumn. If you … Read more
The YPS Tutors course is back! After a break of over 12 months we are proud to say we are up and running again. The covid secure environment was challenging, but the enthusiasm of the YPS course participants soon made the course feel as natural as ever. Some of the participants were waiting for over … Read more
