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RO Best Practices

Words Do Matter

November 16, 2023 by Jay Worden

When I was a younger person I remember a comedy routine by George Carlin. It was called “Words you cannot say on TV”. I think it was 10 words, but I don’t exactly remember. It came to me that I should write an article entitled “Words and Phrases Good Range Officers should remove from their vocabulary.” But it seemed to be a bit long for a title.

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Good Range Officials

November 9, 2023 by Jodi Humann

In the Range Officer seminar we talk about the desired qualities of a range official: a positive attitude, knowledgeable, objective, and a leader and ambassador for USPSA and SCSA. Let’s review what a range official, at any certification level, can do to meet all of these.

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Pre-Painted Targets

October 12, 2023 by Jodi Humann

Pre-painted hardcover targets are definitely a time saver when it come to match prep, but they don’t always have consistent painting of the hardcover and require some sorting and possibly repair to prevent scoring issues.

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Can you score this?

June 8, 2023 by Jodi Humann

Inspired by RMI George Jones, let’s test your scoring skills. Below is a picture of a target. It shows an A-zone with C-zone below, flanked by no-shoots on both sides. We give you a list of different scoring situations in the poll below. Can you score 100%?

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Reading the WSB verbatim

January 19, 2023 by Evans Kuo

If you’ve ever worked a major match you’ve probably heard the RM say this during the Staff Meeting:  “Read the Written Stage Briefing verbatim, no ad-libbing!”  

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Steel Yourself

October 20, 2022 by Troy McManus

Everyone knows that PractiScore defaults to all steel hit, so you only have to enter any misses on steel targets, which in most cases is handy because it saves an input touch or multiple touches. Those multiple touches can in turn create errors in scoring. But the same feature can, if not properly attended to, also cause errors without any input on steel.

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Stick to the range commands!

September 22, 2022 by Jodi Humann

There are official range commands for a reason and there are reasons why Range Officials should limit themselves to only those commands. Yes, sometimes situations arise where you might have to deviate from the list of allowed commands, but 99% of the time the official commands are appropriate and the only thing needed. Let’s look at the common range command deviations and why they are not needed or should not be used.

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Tactful Tacking

March 24, 2022 by Jodi Humann

Target changes at major matches need to be efficient and ensure that the target presentation is consistent over the entire match. Adding a new target over a base target is easy for a single target, but can be tricky for target arrays if they are not set up properly from the beginning.

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