The Dead Pair Podcast
The Dead Pair Podcast
Jason Rambo
The Dead Pair Podcast helps sporting clays shooters break more targets and understand the competitive clay-target world. Jason Rambo and Sean Alley talk with champion shooters, coaches, target setters, range operators and shooting-industry experts about technique, the mental game, shotgun fit, tournament strategy, FITASC, NSCA competition, equipment and the people shaping sporting clays. Whether you're preparing for your first registered shoot or chasing championship scores, every episode is built around useful, real-world lessons you can take to the range.
274 Madison Sharpe: Why She Stepped Back This Year
Send us Fan Mail Where has Madison Sharpe been this year, and why hasn't she been competing as much? Madison joins Jason and guest co-host Tracy Wright for an honest conversation about taking a step back from the competitive sporting clays circuit. Tracy finds himself in a similar situation, making this a conversation many shooters can relate to. Between the cost of traveling, tournament expenses, the pressure to perform, and balancing everyday life, c...
Oct 29
1 hr 3 min
273 How 6 National Champions prepare for Nationals!
Send us Fan Mail Six National Champions. Six different approaches to getting ready for the biggest shoot of the year. Cory Kruse, Brad Kidd, Anthony Matarese, Joe Fanizzi, Madison Sharpe and Shelby Moon each share what they’re doing in the final days before Nationals—and what shooters of every level can take from their preparation. Dead Pair Swag- https://x062jy-1z.myshopify.com. Dead Pair/Kolar raffle- https://e.givesmart.com/events/Pl8/ Kolar Arms – https://www.kolararms.com Fiocchi US...
Oct 8
1 hr 20 min
272 Wendell Cherry: The Self-Aware Shooter - Part 2
Send us Fan Mail What if getting better isn’t about seeing the target differently—but seeing yourself more clearly? In Part 2, Wendell Cherry, David Radulovich and Jason continue their deep dive into self-awareness, exploring how shooters learn, adapt, and recognize what their minds and bodies are actually doing. Wendell also reflects on how years of coaching have changed the way he teaches—and what his students have taught him about his own game. Wendell Cherry - 1-706-538-6870 ...
Oct 1
54 min
271, Wendell Cherry: The Self-Aware Shooter - Part 1
Send us Fan Mail How well do you really understand your own shooting? Wendell Cherry and David Radulovich join Jason for a deep dive into self-awareness, mechanics, pressure, and learning to recognize what you’re actually doing behind the gun—not just what you think you’re doing. Wendell also shares how decades of coaching have changed the way he sees both his students and his own game. Plus, we check in with the latest Make-a-Break segment. Dead Pair Swag- https://x062jy-1z.myshopify.com. De...
Sep 24
1 hr 30 min
270 When Good Courses Go Stale, with Matt Miller
Send us Fan Mail When does a good course stop being fun and start feeling stale? Matt Miller joins Jason to dig into target variety, difficulty, 5-Stand design, practice setups, and the little changes that can keep shooters challenged and coming back. Plus, we’ve got an update on Neil Chadwick’s junior/sub-junior Nationals contest, a Make-a-Break update from Ed, and another trip inside David’s Brain. What makes a course great—or drives you crazy? We want to hear from you. Send us your questio...
Sep 17
55 min
269 Joe Fanizzi: High-Level Shooting With a Full-Time Job
Send us Fan Mail Joe Fanizzi joins Jason to talk about what it really takes to stay competitive when shooting has to fit around a full-time work schedule. Joe shares how his approach to practice, preparation, focus, and tournament expectations has changed as life has gotten busier. The conversation gets into making limited range time count, staying sharp without overtraining, and finding the right balance between work, life, and the desire to still perform at a high level. If you’re trying to...
Sep 10
1 hr 8 min
268 Jonah Finley: The Training Method That Requires NO Ammo!
Send us Fan Mail What if you could become a better sporting clays shooter without firing a single shot? That’s exactly what Jonah Finley has been working on. In this episode of The Dead Pair Podcast, we sit down with one of the sport’s most interesting young shooters to talk about an unconventional training system he developed to improve gun movement, body mechanics and visual focus—using an oscillating laser instead of live ammunition. &nbs...
Sep 3
1 hr 10 min
267 The cost of doing it right + Make A Break results!
Send us Fan Mail One of the biggest reasons we choose to work with the sponsors that we have at The Dead Pair Podcast, is customer service. Recently, we received an email from a customer of OtoPro, whereas the customer questioned some of the fees and was not happy. This sparked a quick phone call to Dr. Grace Sturdivant to get down to the bottom of the issue. Listen in as we cover this issue and the customer service that they pride themselves in! Ed Prechel co-hosts t...
Aug 27
1 hr 5 min
266 How to Stop One Miss From Ruining Your Round — Tracy Wright & David Radulovich
Send us Fan Mail Tracy Wright and David "Riblet" Radulovich return for part 2 of our deep dive into the SDS Method - "Slow Down Stupid". In part 2, Tracy, David, and Jason dive deeper into the mental side of shooting: How frustration affects performance, how to build a repeatable pre-shot routines, and how to identify what actually caused a miss, and how to reset before one mistake becomes two, three, or 10! Dead Pair Swag- https://x062jy-1z.myshopify.com. Dead Pair/Kolar raffle- https...
Aug 20
54 min
265 Slow Down Stupid!, w/Tracy Wright & David Riblet Radulovich! Part 1 of 2
Send us Fan Mail Ok, so maybe this is not a new "method", idea, or approach to the game. But it was definitely a breakthrough for some shooters that vastly improved their performance and the ability to repeat that performance. So we titled it "The SDS method", which stand for Slow Down Stupid! There is a LOT to unpack here, and we were not able to get it all in one episode. However, this 2 part episode is something you will want to listen to again and again, s...
Aug 13
53 min
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