Henrici Podcasts

This week I talked to Zach Kienbaum and Rodney Disbrow about the upcoming season, what they have been doing and how they are preparing for the first shoot of the year. We had a good time with this and hope you enjoy the episode.

Zach talks to Anthony about how his family got into the business that they are in. They talk about shooting tournaments as teenagers and young adults and compare how they shoot today. Zach asks Anthony about his coaching business, his goals and how long he will continue to coach and a good bit more. They touch slightly on how he coaches people to w…

Tom talks with Cory Kruse on how he seems to stay really competitive in sporting clays while staying really busy with work outside of the sport. He talks about shooting with Anthony, Gregg and Travis, how they all met and how he tries to keep it fun in his squad and then onto the mental game. There is alot of good information in this one!…

Shotgun Sports USA is trying something a little different. Tom Seay will be stepping in for a few episodes as the host to give all of our listeners a little different perspective. This week Tom got on the phone with Joe Fanizzi to have a conversation about some very interesting topics that you all will not want to miss! Tom and Joe discussed some o…

On this episode we talk to Mike Luongo and Joe Scull about target difficulty at tournaments. We are going to find out how these guys feel about setting targets for big tournaments verses setting targets for local fun shoots and how to determine how difficult they should be. Should they get easier or Should they stay the same....Plus alot more.…

Will Fennell and Neil Chadwick have been around this sport for a long time. They have seen it evolve into what it is today, but there are some things that we need to work on in their opinions to make it the best it can be. We discuss topics like. Target setting, rule changes that will be enforced in 23, rule changes that they would like to see enfo…

Neil Chadwick, shoot chairman for the 2022 National Championship talks about how the event ran and how the super squad turned out in his opinion. We also discuss some stats that will blow your mind coming from the largest national event in history. Also, what's in store for 2023. What changes they will make and what to look forward to.…

Jonny Carter is one of the guys behind the large YouTube channel, TGS Outdoors. His videos focus on anything to do with guns and mainly shotguns. His unique way of capturing the moment, producing the videos and telling the stories is what has captured over 100k subscribers and earning the channel a Silver Creator Award. Jonny talks about his ideas …

Jonathan is a shooter that resides in Florida. He has been around the sport for a while now and has worked his way to the top of leaderboards at most of the tournaments he attends. Jonathan earned his way onto the 2022 Super Squad at nationals in San Antonio Texas and shot with the lead squad on the last day. He finshed the main event at nationals …

The National Championship in san Antonio Texas is over and I have the 3x National Champion and Hall of Fame inductee, Zachary Kienbaum, the Sub-Junior Champion, Connor Daniel and the Ladies Runner up, Desirae Edmunds, all on with me this week. We cover the tournament and thoughts, the Super Squad and why it should be implemented every year, the att…

Michael Hampton Jr. is the NSCA Executive director. This is the first time in 4 years of podcasting that I have had him on my show. We talk about a lot of the things that you often hear mentioned online or at the gun club. First off, the upcoming National Championship and the new super squad format, how the NSCA could look into starting a pro class…

Neil Chadwick, one of the lead guys at The National Championship, talks about the upcoming event, the changes, the super squad, how the targets will be different this year from previous years, cheating, protests, the hall of fame and a lot more.

Zach, Desirae and Chris all stopped by to talk about the upcoming 2022 Nationals and their thoughts on the super squad. Chris Claxton is a film director/producer from California and owns Chris Claxton Films. Chris has some of the most viewed sporting clays videos on YouTube with some nearly reaching 1.5M views. He has also produced instructional vi…

Raymond is a very intersting guy that has been around the sport for a long time. He creates shooting games that bring excitement and fun to tournaments all around the country. He talks about how and why these were created and why it is important to have these sort of events at tournaments. His goes into his plans for the future and even talks about…

Ed Prechel has been around this sport for a long time. We all know him as the Make-A Break guy who is keeping score and talking on the mic. There is a lot more to him than we know. He owns and operates Top Gun Shooting Sports. His company travels around the country to gun clubs or private events and sets up 5-stands, Make-A-Break courses, sells and…

Gebben Miles and Karen Shedd are definitely at the top of the sport. The way they train, the way they think and the way they perform is all part of what makes them successful. They are All American shooters that strive everyday and at every tournament to be the best they can be…..and it shows. In this episode we talk about their journey to the top …

Tim Miles has been around this sport for a long time. He is the owner of Coyote Springs Sporting Clays in Tucson Arizona and has traveled the US building gun clubs and setting targets. In this episode, we talk about how he got started in the business, the difference in shooting in the western US vs the easthern US, the 2023 US Open and the upcoming…

Thaddius Bedford is one of the guys who brings the sport to life through photo and video. He has traveled around the world to over 50 countries capturing a lot of what you see online and in print advertising. His work outside of clay target sports has been showcased on some of the largest networks we all watch today. He also has an idea for a way t…

The most high performance eyewear on the market is explained in this episode. Although you can talk for hours on how different lenses help different people, we tried to summarize and explain the science on which Pilla Performance Eyewear is based off of, what they look at and how they do it. There is a reason their products have been on every podiu…

Brett Seibert is the Genral Manager of Northbrook Sports Clubs in Northern Illinois. He is a very hard working guy and it definately shows in the tournamnets they host. Find out about the regional and what Northbrook has planned in the future, listen to what he thinks about master class and the future of the sport going forward......snakes and so m…

John Woolley's shooting career has been long and distinguished. It has moved him to become one of the world's top wingshooters and sporting clays instructors. Many of today's winning international shooters have been John's students. John started his teaching career in England, at his well known shooting school, Fieldsports. The top European sportin…

Ashley Little is now the 2022 World FITASC Ladies Champion. After a long road of switching from a right handed shooter to left handed and basically coming back up through the ranks, she has reached her ultimate goal. Her resume is as follows: 2013 shooting (right-handed) she was having some success: Lady FITASC Champion at Nationals Lady K Cup Cham…

I spoke briefly with Geoff Pare, owner of Gamaliel Shooting Supply and Dave Dalton, Owner of Cherokee Rose about the Gamaliel Cup coming to Georgia. Find out what to expect when this 19 year old big blast makes it big move into Griffin Georgia to one of the Southeast's finest gun glubs on April 27-30, 2023.…

Marty Fischer grew up in southeast Georgia near Savannah and is a 1974 graduate of Georgia Southern College with a BS Degree in Speech-Public Relations. Marty got his start in the hunting and shooting industry when he served as the Vice President and General Manager of Cherokee Rose Shooting Resort in Griffin, Georgia from April 1990 through Decemb…

This week I have 3 college shooters from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro Georgia on with me. This school has an interesting story on how they started and how good they have become in just a few short years. With head coach Marty Fischer, there is a lot of knowledge and talent behind this team and it is only going to get better. If you fol…

Rick Hemingway is one of the leaders in this sport. He does things differently, he tries new things and don’t mind venturing out into something that hasn't been done before. We talk about how he built backwoods into what it is today. We talk about the 2022 US Open and what he thought of the targets on the main event, the upcoming JR. US Open and th…

The Scholastic Clay Target Program is the largest, fastest growing, and most exciting youth clay target program in the US. We provide students from elementary through high school and college the chance to compete in sports such as trap, skeet, and sporting clays. As well as Olympic disciplines like bunker trap and international skeet. The SCTP’s mi…

As a past World, National and US Open Champion, Anthony Matarese Jr. talks about this year's US Open and how he shot one the hardest main event courses he has ever entered. We go course by course, how he felt and how he managed to keep his head in the game the entire weekend. We talk about how perfectly the shoot was ran and managed and how impress…

We are going to be discussing the Beretta A400 Xcel which is the new auto loader sporting shotgun for 2022. I figured it would be a great time to bring on some of the people behind the scenes Travis Haglin from Beretta USA, Rich Cole from Cole Gunsmithing, which is Beretta’s largest premium gun dealer in the World and the shooters that have experie…

I am joined by three members and one coach from Fort Hays State University in Hays Kansas. This team has won 9 SCTP National Championships and 4 of those have been consecutive. This is an organization that started back in 2005 with only 6 people and has grown into a championship winning team that is very determined and very supportive of each and e…

Duane Pitts and Donny Ballard talk about the history of Nilo Farms, what Nilo offers and how to book your next event with them. We talk about the 4th annual Nilo Open and the $35,000 in prizes, how to register and why you should attend. Lastly, we discuss the "Shoot with the Pros" event that is coming in June and only 18 lucky individuals will have…

The 2022 World English Sporting Championship in San Antonio Texas is complete and George Digweed captured his 27th world title in 5 decades of shooting. We have the G.O.A.T on with us as well as bronze medalist and first time Team USA member, Eric Harvey and silver medalist, Ryan Harper, also a first time Team USA member. This tournament was all de…

I had 4 people from the 2022 ACUI National Champion Aggies on the podcast with me this week. Texas A&M University Trap and Skeet Club won the National Championship in 2021 and repeats again in 2022. This student-ran team may just be the best we have seen in recent years of college shooting. The squad of 29 showed up and showed out in San Antonio Te…

Julia Gilman handles a lot of important things for gun clubs. It's an all-in-one package that consists of sponsorship and sponsorship recruitment, the organization of vendors and sponsors, marketing campaigns, hospitality, team development and management, and something everyone always mentions….a referee program. Find out how she does all of this a…

The 2022 US Open is coming upon us fast and it will be held at Back Woods Quail Club in Georgetown South Carolina May 16-22. We have 14 guests on and we talk to each one individually about what their jobs will be during this tournament. This includes every target setter on the property, employees at Back Woods Quail Club, Casey Chase with registrat…

Ralph Petty, from Tennessee, is a fairly new shooter. From his experiences and most others, we discuss what new shooters should pay the most attention to, what gear you really need, how important a coach is from the start, squadding, goal setting and expectations and so much more.

Rodney Disbrow is from Montana and has been shooting competitively for 7 years. He just won the 2022 Gator Cup at the age of 54. He works full time in the construction business and in his free time, he loves to hunt and guide elk and turkey hunts up north. He is a super nice guy, a hard worker, and a great shot.…

Jamie Peckham is a World Championship-level target setter and course designer. He has designed and set several world championship courses including the World English, World FITASC, World compak, Beretta World, and the British Open. He is one of 8 official course designers for FITASC and joined the EJ Churchill team in 2020.…

Joe Mantegna is an American actor who has made over 200 film and TV appearances. He is also a producer, writer, and director, and is probably best known for his role as Joey Zasa in the Francis Ford Coppola epic The Godfather: Part III, in which he stars alongside Al Pacino and Andy Garcia. He also stars as SSA David Rossi on the long-running TV dr…

I sat down with Anthony Matarese Jr and John Commerford at The Jack Link's cup at Quail Creek Sporting Ranch and we got into a discussion with topics that aren't talked about too much. We covered Anthony's new book that will be released soon, how big tournaments work, the economy and how it is affecting our sport, how to get larger sponsors involve…

I talked to Fred Fanizzi to find out what the final thoughts were on the Gator Cup that will be at Cherokee Rose in March. They have a lot of great ideas planned and the course is ready to go for one of the most talked-about big blasts of the year. The lineup of target setters, the side events, the main event, the banquet, the 30 gun giveaway, and …

Tim Davis joined me on this episode to talk about the first-ever Jack Link's Cup being held at Quail Creek Sporting Ranch in Okeechobee Florida. This highly anticipated tournament has a payout schedule of $150,000 in total. This tournament being one of the biggest to start the 2022 season, has been filled for months with over 700 shooters and will …

Becky began shooting competitively in 1989 when she started in NRA Service Rifle with an M14...fast forward 30 years and she has diversified her skills over several disciplines. Her background ranges from high power rifle to NCAA air rifle and air pistol, small bore, summer biathlon, PRS, USPSA, IPSC, and 3-Gun. When she isn't shooting, Becky is bu…

I have Zach Kienbaum and Joe Fanizzi on the show with me and we cover a pretty interesting topic that hasn't been talked about on a podcast. I like to cover topics that are not discussed much and have people on that can add something to the sport or bring valuable, useful, and accurate information to the Shotgun Sports listeners. The topic of this …

Desirae Edmunds joined me this week and we discussed one topic that most of us should all pay more attention to…Practice. From how and how much to when and where and how to make it work for you. Practicing plays such a vital role in your success as a clay target shooter. Find out how to make your practice more beneficial to you and your scores.…

On this episode, I have 2 good friends out of North Carolina. These guys shoot together a lot and have won their fair share of tournaments around the southeast. Wesley is a 4x North Carolina State Champion and is also in the North Carolina Sporting Clays Hall of Fame. Richard came off of an incredible 2021 winning HOA at Georgia State, South Caroli…

Lefty Ray Chapa is a professional freelance outdoor photographer and writer, and you’ve seen his work in Clay Target Nation during the past couple of years. As the official photographer of the NSSA and NSCA, Lefty has traveled all over the U.S. photographing skeet and sporting clays events. Through pure coincidence, he lives just miles from the Nat…

In this episode, we talk about shooting glasses which is a big topic of conversation in our sport, and do you need as many lenses as you think you do. Dr. Colo explains the Purkinje effect which is sometimes called the Purkinje shift. If you are wondering that is.....it is the changes in perception of the relative lightness and darkness of differen…

In this episode, we talk about eye dominance which is a huge topic of conversation in our sport. Dr. Colo tries to explain it even more so that we all can understand how it really works. We talk about how to use the eyes to slow down a target, we talk a little about helice and how eye dominance may not be an issue with anyone in this game, and a lo…

Bill Elliott is an NSCA Level 3 instructor and a shotgun coach. He has a very interesting story on how he got involved in the sport coming out of the academic field, he tells me where he wants to be in the sport and what he is going to do to get there.