TargetTalk

j-team wrote:I think this thread has outlived its usefulness.

Hey, if you want to get rude, I've just fixed your post. :p

Sparks ... I work in that field ... you'd be surprised at how fast you can run a simple closed loop control system these days with embedded processors or FPGAs. The radial & linear accuracy of 50m rifle shooting is not that great. It would be fairly expensive and you'd probably not use gyros (t...

Maybe someone has tried to get an active electronic damping system through equipment control What, someone strapped a gyro stabiliser to a pistol or a rifle? Because I'd find it hard to believe someone built a system that accurately and actively compensated for the vibration from firing a shot - th...

Do we need "the actual projectile"? Yes, because the point of impact and the projected point of impact is down to the wind and the shooter, and that gives more information to the spectator. Think of maximising the information shown to the spectator, and you're thinking of the right approa...

If we need an electronic tracking system to make the sport palatable to the masses, why wouldn't we just eliminate the actual projectile? Then we don't need any special venues. Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it. Because in wind, you get to see people aiming off. Seriously, we've a...

If shooting was replaced in the Olympics, whether it be because of (a lack of) TV appeal, a perception from those outside of the sport of an over-reliance on equipment instead of athletic ability, or for any other reason, then how long do you think shooting would survive as a major international sp...

I read the blog piece there's not one change to the actual sport containing it, it's all about adding things at the periphery, scatts, twitter, facebook and commentating. I agree that some of those might be good they just aren't enough. It seems like many will not step outside and look at these eve...

Freepistol wrote:This will test the ability to adapt.

So would being dumped naked into the middle of the amazon rainforest with only a pocket knife and having to walk out.

But that's not really the ability ISSF shooting is supposed to be testing...

Sparks what changes would you think are fair, as much as I'm fatigued with ISSF incrementally changing stupid things, I'm becoming equally tired of those that think everything is great and nothing should be changed. I'd like to hear what changes you think would be "fair" in your definitio...

Like it or not, the argument about fairness is wrong. If everyone is competing under the same rules its fair. That's an insufficient condition for fairness. If - to use an extreme example so the point is more clearly seen - .. What now we're going to resort to dumbass straw man arguments? I was und...

I don't agree. The format change creates two events out of one; the SFZ aspect is causing the finals and the qualification round to be completely distinct events. The two are different facets of the same problem. The SFZ is just the more immediately obviously nasty facet. Are you saying that even i...

This is wrong on two counts and both are important to note. Firstly, the archers did not understand it; FITA pushed them into their current format on the grounds of making it more televisable and more popular and what happened? Do you see archery on primetime anywhere in the world today where it wa...

Yes, media coverage could have been better. I think that, certainly at the Olympics, a big part of the problem is that the final is the only televisable part of a shooting competition. I think you have used the wrong word there. The finals are not the only televisable part of a shooting competition...

Like it or not, the argument about fairness is wrong. If everyone is competing under the same rules its fair. That's an insufficient condition for fairness. If - to use an extreme example so the point is more clearly seen - the rules said that all americans' scores were divided in half before every...

Posted elsewhere by Jen McIntosh (shot for TeamGB in the London Games), posted with permission: Ok, so some of what I'm about to say may upset some people but it's my opinion, based on my experiences so I don't expect everyone to like it or agree with it. Say what you will but the following are my t...

Posted elsewhere by Jen McIntosh (shot for TeamGB in the London Games), posted with permission: Ok, so some of what I'm about to say may upset some people but it's my opinion, based on my experiences so I don't expect everyone to like it or agree with it. Say what you will but the following are my t...

Russ wrote:I do not have any connections with ISSF

Took the words right out of my mouth.

Russ wrote:But You can Choose to stay in recreational part of performance or become a part of competitive development.

I believe your position on this is severely lacking foresight and is damaging to the sport in the long term.

Russ wrote:Nope. We had this conversation with you not a long time ago. Check your records. :)

Yeah, and I still stand by what I said then...

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