Tommy Tomlinson taking a lesson with coach, Terry Hetrick.

Let Professional Coaching Improve Your Scores!

TCTC shooters achieve milestones in skeet, trap and sporting!

Clay target shooting is like most sports. There are correct fundamentals that will increase success. Professional instruction allows shooters to quickly master the correct fundamentals and avoid rehearsing poor technique.

For new shooters, a professional coach saves time, money and a lot of frustration. For experienced shooters, a professional coach can identify and correct persistent problems. The result is more broken targets and more fun.

Tommy Tomlinson after the traditional “shooting of the cap.” He is joined by friends including his shooting coach, Terry Hetrick, pictured far right.

TCTC is fortunate to have a resident instructor with credentials and experience that few can match. Terry Hetrick instructs full-time, five days a week. His fees are a true bargain compared to the cost and consequence of practicing the wrong way.

Dr. Martin Katahan is a dedicated shooter and student of Terry Hetrick.

Several of Terry’s students have recently accomplished shooting milestones:

Tommy Tomlinson broke his first 50 straight in skeet.

World-renowned artist, Bernard DeClavier, and his wife, Barbara, have both run 25 straight in skeet.

Bill Ross competed in the 2005 State Skeet Championship and claimed R/U in the 12-gauge event with a 100-target straight.

John Kolb shot his first 25 straight in Trap.

Bernard DeClavier (right) is congratulated by Brian Bellamy.

Dr. Steve Camarata was class champ at the 2005 State Skeet Championship.

Junior shooter, Kevin Laurie, age 14, recently broke his first 25 straight in skeet.

Famous author, diet guru and master musician, Dr. Martin Katahan has shot many high scores including a fifty straight.

Greg Jackson just won the Junior Championship and R/U HOA at the 2005 Junior Sporting Clays Nationals. The young master-class shooter attributes his success to correct fundamentals he acquired early on from Terry Hetrick.

Proof is in the results! Whether your game is skeet, trap or sporting clays, instruction from Terry Hetrick is a short cut to improving your scores. Give Terry a call at (615)500-6834 to schedule your lessons, today!

And don’t forget that becoming a member of the Tennessee Clay Target Complex will dramatically reduce the cost of practice!

Terry Hetrick is a member of the Penn. Hall of Fame and holds multiple championships!

One on One with Terry Hetrick

Read this interesting bio about TCTC’s outstanding shooting instructor and then schedule your lesson today!

Young Terry Hetrick was no stranger to shotguns. He’d done a bit of hunting with his father on an old farmer’s place in Pennsylvania where he was born and raised. He’d also shot a few clay birds on the farm that his father tossed with an old hand trap. It wasn’t until he was about 13, however, that he got a look at a skeet field.

“We were driving home from church,” Hetrick remembered, “and one of the department stores in town had a banner welcoming the Pennsylvania State Skeet Shooting Championships that year in Huntingdon. My dad and I decided we’d go up to watch because my uncle, Nick Hetrick, was an excellent skeet shooter. Shortly after that, we got the bug and my uncle took me out and gave me my first taste of skeet. Uncle Nick was my coach up until his death several years ago. We shot a lot together and I’m grateful that he and my dad got me into the sport. They sacrificed a lot of their own shooting so that I would be able to shoot.” More...