Skeet shooting

Some facts about Skeet shooting

Skeet was invented , in the 1920s as a sport called Clock Shooting. A small group of upland game hunters took to shooting clay targets as a means of practicing their wing shooting.

The term "skeet" refers to an old Scandinavian word meaning "to shoot."

Skeet was used in the American military to teach gunners the principle of leading and timing on a flying target.

Olympic and International Skeet is one of the ISSF shooting events. It has had Olympic status since 1968

In the U.S., registered, formal, competition is administered by the National Skeet Shooting Association (NSSA). A full tournament is typically conducted over the course of five events.
Each of the five events usually consists of 100 targets (four standard boxes of ammunition). All ties in potential winning scores are broken by shoot offs, usually sudden death by station, and usually shot as doubles, from stations 3, 4 and 5. Tournament management has the right to change the shoot format with respect to the order in which events are conducted, the number of events in a given shoot, and the rules governing shoot offs.