September/October 2011: Volume 19, Number 5 - USA Shooting

e USA’s Emil Milev (L) receives his bronze medal from USAS President and International Shooting Sport Federation Vice President Gary
Anderson at the 2011 ISSF World Cup Munich. Milev’s bronze medal nish also earned the second Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol quota for the USA.
Features
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Meet the New
National Champions
e completion of the 2011 USAS
National Championships brought
new faces to the National Team.
Meet the new team members and
learn how many targets and tens it
takes to reach the podium.
2012 U.S. Olympic
Team Nominations
Four pages of the latest athletes
to earn a nomination to the 2012
U.S. Olympic Team. Discover how
Jamie Beyerle, Josh Richmond,
Matt Emmons and Eric Uptagra
qualied for a nomination
pending approval by the U.S.
Olympic Committee.
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World Cup Munich
Emil Milev conquered Munich in
dramatic fashion with a bronze
medal nish at the last ISSF World
Cup of the season. Milev also
scored the second Men’s Rapid
Fire Pistol quota for the USA.
On the Road with the
Junior Team
Catch up with members of the
National Junior Rie and Pistol
Team as they travel to Plzen, Czech
Republic for the 21st Meeting of
the Shooting Hopes match. Also,
read Assistant National Junior Pistol
Coach Eric Pueppke’s reections
from the overall experience.
Columns
5 AIM with the AMU
Q& A with Jason Parker
8 Coaches’ Corner
Learning How to Win
10 Paralympic
Bite the Bullet & Eat Some
History
12 Pistol
Common Junior Mistakes
14 Rie
Aim for the Best Ammo
20 Shotgun
Life at the OTC
31 Athlete of the Month
32 2011 3P Air Champs
34 Youth Programs
Coaches College