Southern California · NSCA Certified
Private clay target instruction with Ben Courtemarche — sporting clays, skeet, trap and bird hunting. Every lesson is built around the way you actually shoot.
Effective shotgun shooting is very different from shooting rifles, handguns or any other firearm. You're shooting moving targets across an endless variety of distances, angles and presentations — and no amount of aiming will solve it.
Ben Courtemarche teaches the technique underneath the shot: gun fit, mount, hold point, break point and the visual discipline that makes a target feel slow. It works the same way whether your next outing is a registered tournament or a bird hunt.
Never fired a shotgun — or any gun — before.
Ben starts at the very beginning: safe handling, how the gun works, gun fit, stance, mount, and eye dominance. You'll learn to read a target and break your first clays in a controlled, unhurried setting where questions are expected.
Learn moreYou already enjoy the game but certain targets keep beating you.
You know how much fun shotgun sports can be, but there are presentations you dread. Ben identifies the habits holding your scores back and rebuilds the fundamentals underneath them so difficult targets stop feeling like guesswork.
Learn moreYou're chasing class advancement and podium finishes.
Sporting Clays, Skeet, Trap and FITASC fields are deeper than ever. Ben — a former All American in sporting clays with 200+ recorded wins — works on the strategy and mental game that separates a good round from a winning one.
Learn moreGolf with a shotgun. Endless target presentations across a walking course — the deepest and most varied of the clay games.
Fixed, repeatable target pairs from eight stations. The best discipline for grooving a consistent mount and swing.
Going-away targets from a single house. Precision, rhythm and pre-shot routine under the microscope.
Field preparation for upland and waterfowl — snap shooting, footwork on uneven ground and honest range judgment.
My son and I have had Ben for our shooting instructor for just a little more than 9 months now and within those nine months we have both gone from not being able to hit many targets at the practice stations to the point of feeling very comfortable at any station he might take us to during our lessons. Through his instr…
Being new to shotgun sports is both frustrating and a little intimidating. After my initial lesson with Ben I was able to understand how to break targets that I could not break before. Now as my (very patient) coach he has taught me everything from gun safety, stance, and shot planning, to breaking more difficult targe…
The best thing that happened when I got hooked on sporting clays was taking lessons from Ben Courtemarche. Ben's got it all as an instructor: expertise, dedication, patience and humor. He's also a Master Class shooter and an NSCA-certified instructor. Don't make the mistake of developing bad shooting habits that will o…
Private hourly instruction
One hour of private instruction with Ben for one to four people. Buy a single hour or as many as you like. Gun, ammunition, targets and gear not included.
