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The National Skeet Shooting Association is the world's largest organization dedicated to the sport of Skeet Shooting.

NSSA Director Candidates To Date

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Nominations are open through April 23 for NSSA Directors for the 2027-2028 term, and many states and provinces still don’t have an adequate number of candidates to fill all positions. As of April 22 at 8:30 p.m., here are the candidates who have currently filled requirements to be placed on their respective ballots:

NSSA Director Candidates To Date

You can check back daily to determine who is running from your state, province, country, or military branch.

Click here for all the information on the Directors election, as well as forms required.
 
 

This Month In Clay Target Nation

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The April issue of Clay Target Nation is packed full of tips and tactics that will help you find more success and have more fun on the sporting clays course or the skeet field this season.

In our Training Tips columns, John Shima offers advice on renewing your enthusiasm for shooting if you’ve found the game just isn’t what it used to be. Meanwhile, Anthony Matarese Jr. has some insight on what your coach expects from you during and after a lesson.

Also from Anthony is his last feature in a three-part series about Why We Miss, followed by a helpful article by instructor Tim Short on how new skeet shooters can step up their game quickly. Stuart Brown has an article on barrel reference and how skeet shooters can master it, while Clayton Rue goes over what he calls the Shooting Cycle: an endless loop of shot planning, shot execution and shot assessment. Dr. Ed Lyons introduces us to several tools you can use to actually train your vision and use it in ways you never could before. And finally, famed shotgun writer Phil Bourjaily reports on the differences between lead shot and steel shot, with the help of some well-known shooters.

Advertisers in the April issue are:

Clay Target Nation is available monthly to all members in digital and/or print form. Not a member? You can receive the next issue when you join at http://nssa-nsca.org/join-nssa-nsca/.

NSSA-NSCA Recognition Programs Delayed by IT Upgrades

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We know many of our members are eagerly awaiting the announcement of the NSSA and NSCA Recognition Teams. As part of important upgrades to our IT infrastructure designed to better serve our members, the announcements will be released slightly later than originally anticipated.

We appreciate your patience as we complete these improvements. Our team is working diligently to finalize and share this information, and we look forward to recognizing our members very soon.

Thank you for your continued support of NSSA and NSCA.

 

Attention Referees: We’re Hiring for the World Shoot

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The World Skeet Championships will be here before you know it, and we’re busy making sure we have enough staff on hand to make it run smoothly. The NSSA is looking for well-qualified referees to officiate the event, held from September 25 – October 3, 2026. To attract the best referees, we’re offering excellent pay, hotel accommodations for non-local refs, a travel stipend for full-time refs working the Mini and Main, daily lunch, and a fuel stipend for local referees. Referees wanting to work the Mini World and shoot the Main events are welcome to apply. You can apply to work the Mini, the Main or both.

Applications are being submitted online this year. Apply here.

Complete the Referee Application

 

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