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TODD BENDER
INDIVIDUAL CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS
1973 – 2009

National Skeet Shooting Association
Open World Championships

Year Event Score
1980 Champion of Champions 100×100
1987 20 Gauge Champion 100×100
1989 28 Gauge Champion 100×100
1989 12 Gauge Champion 250×250
1990 12 Gauge Champion 250×250
1991 Champion of Champions 100×100
1991 Doubles Champion 100×100
1991 HOA Champion 550×550
1991 650 HAA Champion 650×650
1993 12 Gauge Champion 250×250
1996 20 Gauge Champion 100×100
1998 HOA Champion 549×550
2003 Doubles Champion 100×100
2006 Doubles Champion 100×100
2006 28 Gauge Champion 100×100
2007 .410 Champion 100×100
2008 .410 Champion 100×100
2008 HOA Co-Champion 550×550
2009 HOA Champion 550×550
2009 650 HAA Champion 649×650
2011 20 Gauge Champion 100×100





Major Tournament High-Over-All Championships




World Championships 1991, 1998, 2008, 2009

U.S. Open 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998

Great Eastern 1985, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2008, 2011

Canadian Open 1998

Zone Championships 1987, 1990, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005

English Open (UK) 2004

Australian Nationals 2008

All-American Team Selections

Year Team Year Team
1978 Junior Captain 1994 Men’s First Team
1980 Men’s First Team 1995 Men’s First Team
1981 Men’s First Team 1996 Men’s Captain
1982 Men’s Hon. Mention 1997 Men’s Co-Captain
1983 Men’s First Team 1998 Men’s First Team
1984 Men’s First Team 1999 Men’s First Team
1985 Men’s First Team 2000 Men’s First Team
1986 Men’s First Team 2001 Men’s Co-Captain
1987 Men’s First Team 2002 Men’s First Team
1988 Men’s Captain 2003 Men’s Co-Captain
1989 Men’s Co-Captain 2004 Men’s First Team
1990 Men’s First Team 2005 Men’s First Team
1991 Men’s First Team 2006 Men’s First Team
1992 Men’s Captain 2007 Men’s First Team
1993 Men’s First Team 2008 Men’s First Team
2009 Men’s First Team 2010 Men’s First Team

U.S. Shooting Team
International Competition

1979 Member U.S. Team World Championships, Montecatini, Italy
Junior Team
1981 Member U.S. Team World Championships, Tucuman, Argentina
Junior Team – Gold Medal
1981 Member U.S. Team Championship of the Americas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Junior Team – Gold Medal
Junior Individual – Silver Medal

National Open
High Average Leader

Year Event Broke/Shot Average
1984 .410 891×900 .9900
1986 12 Gauge 1548×1550 .9987
1987 20 Gauge 1200×1200 1.000**
1987 High Over All 4920×4950 .9939
1988 .410 1584×1600 .9900
1989 28 Gauge 1793×1800 .9961
1990 High Over All
6515×6550 .9946
1991 .410 1386×1400 .9900
1991 28 Gauge 1399×1400 .9993
1991 20 Gauge 1399×1400 .9993
1991 12 Gauge 1550×1550 1.000**
1991 High OverAll 5734×5750 .9972*
1992 20 Gauge 1399×1400 .9993
1994 28 Gauge 1598×1600 .9988
1997 High Over All 5727×5750 .9956
1997 Doubles 1293×1300 .9947
2000 20 Gauge 1600×1600 1.000***
2004 28 Gauge 1597×1600 .9981
2005 Doubles 995×1000 .9950
2006 28 Gauge 1496×1500 .9973
2007 28 Gauge 1198×1200 .9983
2007 Doubles 996×1000 .9960
2009 .410 1140×1150 .9913
2009 12 Gauge 1346×1350 .9970
2009 High Over All 4773×4800 .9943
2010 .410 1139×1150 .9895
2011 Doubles 697×700 .9957

* Established new world record
** Tied existing world record
*** First shooter to record 3 perfect seasons

Perfect Scores

Year Tournament Year Tournament
1980 Shrimp Bowl 400×400 1992 Great Eastern 400×400
1983 North South 400×400 1994 Bluegrass 400×400
1985 Bluegrass 400×400 1994 Great Eastern 400×400
1986 Motor State 400×400 1996 Zone 4 400×400
1986 Gateway 400×400 1996 Pan Am 300×300
1986 Motor State 400×400 1997 North South 400×400
1986 Miss. Valley 500×500* 1997 Zone 4 400×400
1987 North Star 400×400 1997 Heritage Open 400×400
1987 Zone VI 400×400 1999 Zone 4 350×4350
1988 Great Eastern 400×400 2000 Blue Goose400x400
1989 Lobster 400×400 2000 Pan Am 400×400
1989 Seneca 400×400 2000 Georgia State 500×500
1990 Great Eastern 400×400 2001 Zone 4 400×400
1990 Zone VI 400×400 2002 Masters 400×400
1991 Great Eastern 400×400 2002 Zone 4 400×400
1991 Classic 400×400 2004 Western Open 400×400
1991 G. Pacific 400×400 2005 HillbillyOpen 500×500
1991 U.S. Open 400×400 2005 Zone 4 500×500
1991 World 750×750 ** *** 2006 Pan Am 400×400****
2007 World 650×650 2007 Mid America 500×500****
2008 World 550×550 2009 World 550×550*****


* Established New World Record – First shooter to record three back-to-back 400×400′s, and first shooter to break 500×500 (400×400 including 100×100 Doubles)
** Only shooter to shoot three back-to-back perfect scores twice, 400×400, 400×400, 550×550
*** First shooter to break perfect score, 750×750, in all Championship events at the World Championships, 1991
****Current Leader in career 400×400′s, 37, highest individual total in history of the sport

*****First shooter to break 3 back-to-back 550x550s at the World Championships

Collegiate Record
Trinity University
San Antonio, Texas

1982 Bachelor of Science, Business Administration
1982 Trinity University, Senior Male Athlete of the Year

ACU-I National Collegiate Shooting Championships

1979 Men’s National Collegiate Champion
1980 Men’s National Collegiate Champion
1981 Men’s National Collegiate Champion

Coaching Credentials

1978-1982 Assistant Coach, Physical Education, Trinity University
1985-Present Bender Shima Shooting Clinics, worldwide shooting instruction
1994 Named first Master Instructor, for the National Skeet Shooting Association
1998 Named Honorary Fellow, of the Institute of Clay Shooting Instructors, United Kingdom

Awards
1977 Remington Arms Co. D. Lee Braun Scholarship
1999 Inducted into the National Skeet Shooting Association’s Hall of Fame
1999 Inducted into the Trinity University Athletic Hall of Fame, First Class

Media Credits
1992-Present Wrote and produced the Industry’s top selling videos, “Championship Skeet with Todd Bender”, “Todd Bender’s Insight to Championship Skeet”, “Todd Bender’s Insight into Doubles and Competing”, “Winning with the Fundamentals”, and “Bender Under the Lights”, and “Shot Analysis for Skeet, Theories of Coaching”.

1996-Present Columnist for instructional article in the National Skeet Shooting Association’s monthly magazine, “Skeet Shooting Review”

2005-Present Columnist for instructional article in “Clay Shooting”, shooting magazine, United Kingdom

2005-Present Columninst for “Shotgun Sports” magazine

Hello big fella, hope your trip was good back home, well Allen, Cliff, Mike and I are going hard mate, already wishing you were coming back say oh next month LOL...seriously Todd your session was awesome, shot with Glenn and all the guys you know today, I must say so far my game has improved and so has Cliffy's were both hovering around the 95%, Only now are we realising just how much of a mental game this Skeet is,,,, for some reason we started having some issues on H8 got us beat, if it were not for that sucker both Cliff and I would have shot a 100 today, but he droped 2 and I droped 3, now I know your not here and cant see so far even though you said your eyes are awesome, any generic pointers?

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Question for Todd. Just got back with skeet shooting after a long lay off and have been using a low gun. Have gotten pretty good at just watching target and not looking down the barrel of the gun. My question is with a raised gun, as we use in skeet, do I just move my eyes with the target, or turn head until it hits the stock, want to keep looking at target and not down the barrel so to speak. Had your tape in vhs in the old days, but no moev vhs machine to watch it on any more.LOL

Thanks Todd

Welcome sir . I am a brand new member here and hope to pick your brain for some tips.

Geeze, I could do all that if I had that good of gun, better form, more positive thinking, more talent and got real lucky!

I have two of Todd's DVD's. AMAZING instructional material! They really revolutionized the way I shoot.

Welcome! Will burn up this section as I have a grandson who is wanting to shoot skeet. Never too old to learn. Is Todd retired as the last date for competition is 2011? Impressive credentials.