• To instill in each team member a set of personal values and character traits that teach fair play, individual responsibility, sportsmanship, self-discipline, and personal commitment – qualities necessary to become successful contributing members of society.

• To help each team member reach his/her potential both within and outside of the shooting sports.

• To help each team member develop a proficiency in a sport that can be shared and enjoyed with family and friends for a lifetime.

Team Supervision: At least one designated adult will oversee and be responsible for all team commitments, activities as well as all school district policies and regulations.

Eligibility:

• Each team member must be currently enrolled in the Minnetonka Public School District.

• Team members must be over the age of 12 and possess a current Firearms Safety Certificate.

• All team members must complete and submit the 2010 registration forms.

• All team members must submit the $200.00 Club fee.

Academic Performance/Attendance: Team members must make satisfactory academic progress and be deemed eligible to participate in extra-curricular activities as determined by school officials. School attendance and team attendance may also be used as a criteria for those who wish to move on to the state competition in July.

Program Cost: Team members will be able to shoot two (2) rounds of trap each week for the ten-week season for a cost of $200.00. Payment by check should be given at registration along with the following forms:  2010 registration, medical consent forms, sportsmanship contract,  copy of Firearms Safety Card . All checks should be made payable to the Minnetonka High School Trap and Skeet Club.

Attendance: Each team member is expected to sign the attendance sheet each week upon arrival at the gun club. Failure to due so will be considered a violation of this teams rules and may result in a team member being removed from the club.

Lettering: To be outlined on the website www.minnetonkatrap.com

Registration: The     2010 registration   medical consent forms, sportsmanship contract serves as our registration form. This form must be completed in its entirety and submitted at registration with a check in the amount of $200.00 made payable to the Minnetonka High School Trap and Skeet Club. In addition all students must also turn in a copy of your Firearms Safety Training. **Please photocopy your certificate and staple it to the back of the Consent & Waiver form.

Team Membership: This team will be open to the first 45 students who turn in completed forms and fees , February 1st. Returning team members have priority, then new high school students, then new middle school students. The remaining students will be placed on a waiting list.

Registration Deadline: 2010 registration deadline is February 1st, 2010.

Levels of Participation: All club members will shoot at the local level each week at one of two area clubs. Upon the completion of the season the head coaches will select team members to represent the club at the Youth day of the MN State Trap Tournament and the  SCTP or AIM State Championship shoot in Alexandria, Minnesota in July. If a state squad qualifies, they may also be invited to shoot at the ATA Grand American Trap Championship and/or the SCTP National Trap Championship in Sparta, Illinois in August.

Parent Volunteers: Parent volunteers please contact one of the coaches.

Our program would not be possible if it were not for the number of individuals each year who come out and help the kids. In order to organize our volunteers, we ask that parents who are willing contact one of the coaches Volunteer responsibilities range from making sure kids are being safe on the line and respecting all firearms safety rules to helping with pulling/scoring.

There are five shooters at five different stations, 16 yards from the trap house. Each shooter shoots one shot at each of five targets at each station. There are a total of 25 targets in a round of trap. Shooters are required to wear eye and ear protection. Shooters load only one shell at a time, when it is their turn to shoot. When not shooting, shooters keep their actions open and the gun pointed in a safe direction.

The squad leader is the person at the first station, the squad leader will ask the other shooters, "Squad ready?". When the squad is ready the squad leader then asks if the puller is ready, "Puller ready?" After the puller has replied, the squad leader says, "Eyes forward.  Let’s see a target". The puller releases a clay target from the trap house for the squad to see.

The squad leader begins the round by calling, "Pull," shoots the first target, and the round is started. Shooters at positions 2 through 5 shoot begin their rounds in sequential order. After the squad leader has shot his fifth shot, before rotation, the scorer says, "Ready."  This lets the squad know that it's there last shot before a rotation will happen. When the squad has shot at five targets, they advance to the next station. With their chambers empty, actions open, and guns pointed in a safe direction, the squad rotates from 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, and 5-1. The scorer will call out scores as the squad is rotating to the new positions. When the squad leader determines that all shooters are in place, the second round begins. The squad leader calls for another target and the next round is started. After the last shooter has shot his or her last shot the puller will say, "Out," and the round is over. The squad should not move until the last target is shot in any round.

The event is in part meant to simulate the action of bird hunting. The shooter shoots from seven (7) positions on a semi-circle, and an 8th position halfway between stations 1 and 7. There are two houses that hold devices known as "traps" that launch the targets, one at each corner of the semi-circle. The traps launch the targets to a point 15 feet above ground and 18 feet outside of station 8. One trap launches targets from 10 feet above the ground ("high" house) and the other launches it from 3 feet above ground ("low" house). At stations 1 and 2, the shooter shoots at single targets launched from the high house and then the low house, then shoots a double where the two targets are launched simultaneously. At stations 3, 4, and 5, the shooter shoots at single targets launched from the high house and then the low house. At stations 6 and 7, the shooter shoots at single targets launched from the high house and then the low house, then shoots a double. At station 8, the shooter shoots one high target and one low target. The shooter must reshoot his first missed target, or if no targets are missed, must shoot his 25th shell at the low house station 8. This 25th shot was once referred to as the shooter's option as he was able to take it where he preferred. Now, to speed up rounds in competition, the shooter must shoot the low 8 twice for a perfect score.