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Tips & Hints of the Week # 7 – Focus Benefits
Posted by Junior Shooters
The Benefits of participating in the Shooting Sports – How it will help you in school.
By: Jon Michael McGrath (Junior Writer For Kids By Kids)
Weather you shoot a pistol, rifle or shotgun we all have a common thread. Because we all participate in the shooting sports and spend hours having fun at the range we all enjoy one important benefit. Each time we look at a target we are practicing our ability to focus. Weather we realize it or not the same ability to focus will help you in school. Most of my teammates enjoy top grades in school.
I got started in the Shooting Sports because I wanted to try something new and experience shooting a shotgun. Until then, I played soccer, baseball, basketball, football and was a springboard diver. After my first day at the range during my first Boy Scout summer camp, I was hooked. The real deal beats video games anytime.
At that time, the National Skeet Shooters Association (NSSA) had a program called, Try it, you’ll like it. I was 11-years-old at the time. So, I tried it. Take one of your friends to the range with you today. You may be doing them a favor.
Be safe and focus.
Jon Michael McGrath II
2008 USA Shooting National Champion – International Skeet
USA Shooting National Team
Editor’s Note: Jon Michael McGrath II is a member of the USA Shooting National Team and the National Champion in International Skeet. He is 17-years-old from Tulsa, Oklahoma. During the summers you will find him training and living at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He started shooting American Skeet when he was 11 and switch over to International Skeet when he was 14-years-old. He holds 14 Junior World Skeet Titles, four National Championship, two national records and one world record. At the age of 12, in 2005, Jon Michael was the youngest All America athlete of any sport. He is an Olympic Hopeful to represent the United States in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Copyright & Published By: Junior Shooters & Junior Sports Magazines Inc. July 2009
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