Gun fit and POI setting are 2 different things. Gun fit for comfort and freedom of movement to the target. Felt recoil reduction, delivery to the shoulder parallel with the bore equal top of the pad to the bottom.

POI setting as important is setting where the gun delivers shot to the intended target with you doing the pointing. Center pattern is best. Learning to center the pattern on all target angles, speeds and distance is the learning curve. Practice with purpose the vehicle.

Maltz

Hmmmmm! Interesting.

Bingo. New shooters wanting to buy the perfect fit haven’t paid their tab at the practice range enough, to really benefit from a ‘perfect fit’. ‘Close’ is a great and good enough start, while working on developing your own style.

Personally, if a new shooter, I would consider a year of shooting nothing but Skeet.
Easier on the billfold, incorporates all the basics of swatting stuff and bettering swatting itself while introducing, a bit, fewer what-ifs and I needs as one's confidence improves.

A coach is wise if, like fit, you are at a level to benefit by being open to listening rather than Internet-ing your way toward a prettier scoresheet.
For example, "fitting", imso, requires a consistency in mount with which fewer newer shooter are born.
Bad mount happening....less value in the fit that is determined.
"Bad" happened to us all in early days....consider accepting that idea.
It's ok to not rush into all the must-dos found in the Internet shooting tally book.

An importance in practice sessions tho, to me, is to work toward never practice missing....often, folks believe they are there to shoot and so they try to beat their way to success.
It's ok, again, to stop ......maybe think....maybe come back and try again.
Pounding out targets to conquer a station or blast your way out of a slump is....many times...unwise.
Further advice on practicing may really be best tailored to the individual rather than the pasta test method found on message boards.

I do not know where the "Robert" fella is at present but I do hope he is less lonely and has now discovered a wiser method to fight any remaining loneliness.
The world can a nice place if we folks simply understand how little we know.

Good luck on your shooting journey.

Really well said. If skeet practice is good for GD, it’s plenty good for me.

I'm not an instructor but I always recommend talking to someone who can teach.

For general advice, I like to do several things:

1. Take each clay one shot at a time. When I miss, I ask myself where I missed and for what reason, and then try and micro-manage that mistake out of my shot routine.

2. Practice your gun mount. Not everyone will agree with this since you don't technically need to mount for NSCA, but having a good gun mount will get the gun more as an extension of your body so that they can move together as one during a mount/shot. Having a good mount that is consistent will make you less aware of the gun.

3. Keep shooting