It\u00b4s been a while since I posted my last update here – I\u00b4m sorry, but the last months have just been incredibly packed. Where shall I start… after the early season matches like Munich Open and Steelchallenge, with the Infinity Open (again a fantastic match with great stages and a good score for me), the German Nationals Revolver (this time, a DESASTER match for me, but this is another Story…) and the French Nationals, the season came closer to the really big one. The Worldshoot XVIII 2017 Chate\u00e2uroux, France was right ahead. As everybody, I was curious how the new range in France will look like and how the organization will be – everybody had still the many problems in Hungary at the EHC in mind. As a preparation, I had signed up for the French Nationals held on the same range, just 4 weeks in advance – a very good idea as it turned out after my disaster match at the German Nationals. The match was a complete rehearsal for me for the WS- I booked the same hotel as I had reserved for the WS, I checked my Equipment there, learned about stages, the range, the climate there, the city, restaurants – that was just perfect. The French Nationals were a great match for me. I was able to recover from the German Nats. This time, the pressure was gone, I were hungry again to get this one and I refocused on basics and fundamentals. From the first stage on, I hit the small steel, I moved quickly and I found back to the so called „visual patience“ (take the time for proper aiming to get a clear sight picture and to pull the trigger not earlier by rushing). My personal highlights were two or three 8-round stages were it was indispensable to hit all steels with the first round to shoot clean without an extra reload (and the extra time needed for that). On top of that, I was able to break down complex long courses to perfect plans with good hits and also no extras on small steel. Here are the stages I\u00b4m talking about:<\/p>\n
One of the complex long courses (there are targets left and right which are not visible from both sides – so you had to get to both ends to shoot everything)<\/p>\n