Don Currie, NSCA Chief Instructor – Evolution of a Sporting Clays Shooter, Mental Process & Excessive Confidence - Clay Mastermind with Dawn Grant: Mental Excellence & Industry Insights

Send us Fan MailIn this engaging conversation, Don Currie, chief instructor of the NSCA, shares his journey from a competitive shooter to a passionate instructor. He discusses the importance of mental training in shooting sports, the dynamics of gender in the sport, and offers valuable advice for aspiring shooters and coaches. The conversation highlights the significance of confidence, the role of mentors, and the need for a strong mental game in achieving success in shooting. Evolution of a Sporting Clays Shooter, Mental Process & Excessive Confidence. Coach's BioDon Currie is the Chief Instructor of the National Sporting Clays Association (NSCA) and one of the most recognized and sought-after professional shotgun coaches, gun fitters and range/course designers in North America. He delivers extraordinary instructional and hunting experiences to clay target competitors, recreational shooters, and discerning sportsmen. Currie is an award-winning author of two books, “Mastering Sporting Clays” and “Gunfitting,” published by Stackpole Books and has launched two highly acclaimed instructional DVDs with Sunrise Productions: “Focus-Movement-Faith” and “Target Tactics for Sporting Clays”. He writes for all of the major shotgun magazines as well as an e-column titled “Ask the Instructor” distributed weekly to over 40,000 sporting clays shooters. He started shooting competitively at age eight, bird hunting at age fourteen and coaching in the shooting sports as a sixteen-year-old apprentice. Currie served for seven years in the military as a US Army Ranger as well as an instructor at the US Army Ranger School and US Army Infantry School culminating in his command of a combat infantry company during Operation Just Cause (Panama, 1989/90). After leaving the Army, Currie transitioned into the corporate world serving 22 years in senior corporate leadership positions culminating in his role as CEO of a $100 million consumer products company. Throughout his military and business career, he maintained a deep and unrelenting passion for competing in the shooting sports, coaching, and upland bird and waterfowl hunting, and was eventually drawn back to the shooting sports. Currie earned his way to Master Class on the NSCA competition circuit and won a National Championship title in side-by-side shotgun in 2011. Currie was the general manager of an exclusive shooting and hunting preserve in North Florida (The Gilchrist Club, Trenton, FL) where he established an Orvis Wingshooting and Fly fishing School. Since 2014, he has served as the Chief Instructor of the National Sporting Clays Association (NSCA) and, in that capacity, teaches and mentors other sporting clays instructors and administers the NSCA’s instructor program in North America. Through his Academy of Wing & Clay Shooting, Currie continues to provide private and group shotgun instruction, gunfittings, custom shotgun sales, course design and guide services. He lives in Lake Mary, Florida with his wife and family. Don Currie: https://www.doncurrSupport the show10% OFF ShotKam Coupon Code “TheClayLab”: https://bit.ly/TheClayLab-ShotKamVisit Us at www.claylabusa.com for videos, podcasts, and articles about Sporting Clays. Join as a Channel Member for early access to Videos & Podcasts and to support The Clay LabFind us on Social MediaYouTubeInstagramFacebook