Ms. Namita Nayyar
What attracted you towards shooting as a sport in initial years? According to you key essentials for a beginner who wants to take up shooting as a sport?
Ms. Anjum Moudgil
In the beginning years the best thing that attracted me towards shooting was that individuality and it’s just myself to be blamed on whatever happens on the shooting range and the feeling of the bullets leaving my weapon was something that I could never have experienced ever in any other sport.
This made this sport very different and key essentials for a beginner who wants to take up shooting as a sport are,
- Try the sport and only then decide if you want to do it because it’s very different from other sports,
- Secondly , do your search on all the events available in the sport and also how it’s done because I never knew about the sport before I started and it took me a couple of years to get hold of it.
- Thirdly, manage your expenses well and find a good coach or Academy for the same.
Ms. Namita Nayyar
You have been selected for rifle 3-position and mixed air rifle for the Tokyo Olympics. Congratulations for the same. For amateurs can you explain the different forms of shooting and tips to master the skill?
Ms. Anjum Moudgil
3 position event happens at a 50 m shooting Range and the air rifle event happens at a 10 m shooting Range both events have different weapons with different type of structure and weight. There are different set of rules that are followed and also different set of ammunition for both the events. The common thing between both of them is mostly the balancing of rifle and basics of shooting technique. One needs to learn the basics of all the three positions and air rifle to master both the events.
