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Hi, I'm Don Snyder, the Executive Director of the National Skeet Shooting Association,
on behalf of Expert Village to give you a little of the history of skeet shooting. Skeet
shooting is an American game, started circa 1920 in Andover, Massachusetts, and it was
developed by outdoor sportsmen that enjoyed upland bird hunting, and it was a game originated
primarily to hone their skills on the off-season. It basically started by being able to launch
clay targets, give you some examples of clay targets, which were thrown in the air at various
and different angles, and it was called, basically, "shooting around the clock". And basically
there was a point in the center where a trap was located and it launched targets in different
directions simulating what you would experience in the field. It turned out to be a very successful
game. There was a contest in Outdoor Magazines and the person from Montana who named the
game "skeet" which is a Scandinavian word meaning "to shoot". The game has progressed
over the years and has become a very competitive game, but still, skeet fields are used to
hone your skills for the hunting season and can be used during the off season to hone
those skills.