COMMON SENSE

Ethan Lowry is a physiotherapist and a researcher specialising in pain and nutrition. He makes it to the clay ground two or three times per month to indulge his passion for shooting

Clay shooting actually involves more of the senses than people may think. You’re holding the gun (touch), watching for the clay (sight) and listening for the sound of the trap (hearing). If you count the smell of victory and taste of defeat, you have the big five of bodily senses. Combine this with having to judge distance and height, speed and terrain, and accounting for wind and rain, and clay shooting ends up being an