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Red Neck Tactical
here is a topic I was asked to do on another forum, i thought everyone here could benefit from the info.
This is the first in a series of topics that I was asked to put together, these ideas are not just my own, but are from multiple discussions with very experienced competitors, who will remain nameless and of course my partner in crime, Kurt Miller.
Putting on a good match!!.........primarily 3 gun/multigun type, but good info for all matches.
By, Trapr Swonson
A good match is much like an airplane landing; any one you can live through is good. There are just
many varying degrees of good, and if any one of the following isn’t good, then someone will call the
match “BAD†and for them it will be the truth. A match is made up of these parts, staff, stages, time,
targets, shooters, the venue, prizes, and a contingency plan. One or two may not apply all the time but
they will at all major matches. So let’s start with the person that’s ultimately in charge of the match.
The MD/RM, to take this responsibility you MUST be able to, admit when you have screwed up, accept
ultimate responsibility for anything match related, never accept sole responsibility for a good match,
know the rules for your particular match, and expect the unexpected. The stress level will be very high,
if you truly want to host a good match, so during the match you need to be open minded and even
tempered about all the little concerns or better ways that competitors and others will bring to your
attention. Most of the time it is meant only as a helpful suggestion, but with the stress of a match it
can be taken as a critical assessment, and if you bite off their head and spit it out, the perception
they get is “man that MD/RM is an assâ€. So you need to be as diplomatic as possible and as easy going
as you can be and realize that things will go wrong, small things and big things, you need to be flexible
“semper gumby†is a good motto. As a MD, I had an RO that mistakenly changed a start position for all
of the competitors. The staff had shot the stage the previous day with an empty gun start, but he ran
all of the competitors with only an empty chamber start position. I chose to let the stage stand,
since the all the paid competitors shot it the same and the advantage was to them. As the MD/RM you
will have to deal with these type situations, if you handle them fairly and calmly it will say much for your
character and demeanor. As for reducing the stress level as much as possible, you should not try and
shoot your match for score. Many competitors and others will tell you otherwise and try to convince
you to shoot it,……………DON’T!!!!
the next topic, RO's will follow shortly....................thanks
This is the first in a series of topics that I was asked to put together, these ideas are not just my own, but are from multiple discussions with very experienced competitors, who will remain nameless and of course my partner in crime, Kurt Miller.
Putting on a good match!!.........primarily 3 gun/multigun type, but good info for all matches.
By, Trapr Swonson
A good match is much like an airplane landing; any one you can live through is good. There are just
many varying degrees of good, and if any one of the following isn’t good, then someone will call the
match “BAD†and for them it will be the truth. A match is made up of these parts, staff, stages, time,
targets, shooters, the venue, prizes, and a contingency plan. One or two may not apply all the time but
they will at all major matches. So let’s start with the person that’s ultimately in charge of the match.
The MD/RM, to take this responsibility you MUST be able to, admit when you have screwed up, accept
ultimate responsibility for anything match related, never accept sole responsibility for a good match,
know the rules for your particular match, and expect the unexpected. The stress level will be very high,
if you truly want to host a good match, so during the match you need to be open minded and even
tempered about all the little concerns or better ways that competitors and others will bring to your
attention. Most of the time it is meant only as a helpful suggestion, but with the stress of a match it
can be taken as a critical assessment, and if you bite off their head and spit it out, the perception
they get is “man that MD/RM is an assâ€. So you need to be as diplomatic as possible and as easy going
as you can be and realize that things will go wrong, small things and big things, you need to be flexible
“semper gumby†is a good motto. As a MD, I had an RO that mistakenly changed a start position for all
of the competitors. The staff had shot the stage the previous day with an empty gun start, but he ran
all of the competitors with only an empty chamber start position. I chose to let the stage stand,
since the all the paid competitors shot it the same and the advantage was to them. As the MD/RM you
will have to deal with these type situations, if you handle them fairly and calmly it will say much for your
character and demeanor. As for reducing the stress level as much as possible, you should not try and
shoot your match for score. Many competitors and others will tell you otherwise and try to convince
you to shoot it,……………DON’T!!!!
the next topic, RO's will follow shortly....................thanks
