[Jim Skeel]

For clarification -- when we talk about flinching, does that mean you are taking your finger off the trigger after calling pull, at some point? I'm fairly new at trap shooting and have a coach who seems pretty knowledgeable (he's shot registered 100's). He said that he sees me take my finger almost completely off the trigger and then put it back on while moving the gun. He said that that delay from not having my finger on the trigger the entire time is causing me to shoot over the target. Is this issue the exact same thing as flinching, or something else? If it's something else, does it have a name?

He told me to practice taking the slack out of the trigger as I mount and continuing to focus on not letting that slack out. This seems to work when I execute it, but I get anxious that I could accidentally discharge into the back of the trap house when I'm at my hold points before I call pull, or as I call pull. Any advice on this?

When I am practicing by myself and am able to 100% focus on not disconnecting from the trigger I usually miss 3 birds or less per game in singles and shoot 19-21 25y handicap. When this creeps in and unravels I can shoot a 17 in singles and as bad as a 15 or 14 handicap.

The anxiety/interference with doing this fix especially comes up during league when there are tons of people around and I'm super concerned about not accidentally shooting the back of the house. I have no issue with disconnecting when shooting skeet/sporting clays that I'm aware of. Any advice/insight?

Good shotguns do not have 'slack' in the trigger.