The Shooter's Handbook

1Welcome to ClayTrack

ClayTrack is a digital scorecard and event tracker for sporting clays. This guide walks you through everything from signing up to finishing your first round — at your own pace, no rush.

What does ClayTrack do for you?

Think of ClayTrack as a notebook that follows you to the range. Instead of a paper scorecard that gets damp and lost in the truck, the app:

• Keeps every round you've ever shot in one place — practice and competition.
• Tracks your scores, hit percentages, and trends over time.
• Lets you sign up for upcoming events at your club without paperwork.
• Shows you a live leaderboard during a competition so you know where you stand.
• Works on the range even when you don't have signal — your scores save and sync later.

Who is ClayTrack for?

Three kinds of people use ClayTrack, and the app looks slightly different for each. This guide is for the first one:

If your club has set up an account for you, the rest of this guide is everything you need. If you don't have an account yet, jump to Create an account next.

2Quick Tour

A 60-second flyover of the parts of the app you'll use the most. The full chapters that follow walk through each of these in detail.

📷 Screenshot to add: the shooter dashboard with the sidebar menu visible on the left (Dashboard, My Rounds, Competitions, Courses, Guns, etc.), the welcome greeting at the top, the stat cards ("Recent Average", "Classification", "Total Rounds"), the score-trend line chart, and the Recent Rounds + Upcoming Events cards side by side.

The five things you'll do most

1. Open the app and sign in. It remembers you for a week, so you usually only sign in once.
2. Pick a course or event from the menu. Use My Rounds for a practice round, or Competitions to sign up for a club shoot.
3. Score each station as you shoot it. Tap each clay target — green for HIT, red for MISS. The total at the top updates as you go.
4. Lock In each station when you're done with it. Locking saves the station to the database so it survives if your phone dies or your buddy takes over scoring.
5. Tap "Save Scores" at the end. That submits the whole round and locks it. Your score is now in the record book.

The menu — what each section does

3Getting Started

The first ten minutes — creating your account, signing in, putting the app on your phone, and filling in the profile fields that matter for scoring.

Create an account

If your club's manager hasn't already set up your account, you can create one yourself in about a minute.

1. Open the ClayTrack web address your club gave you (or tap the home screen icon if it's already installed). You'll land on the sign-in page.
2. Tap Create account below the sign-in form. The form expands to show name, email, password, and phone fields.
3. Fill in first name, last name, email, and a password. As you type the password, the box below it ticks off the rules: 8+ characters, one uppercase, one lowercase, one number, one symbol.
4. Phone number is optional — used only if your club sends event reminders by text.
5. If you see a small "I'm not a robot" checkbox (CAPTCHA), tick it.
6. Tap Create account at the bottom.
7. Check your email inbox for a message from ClayTrack with the subject "Verify your email." Tap the link in that email — that's it, you're in. (No link? Check your spam folder.)

Screenshot to add: the expanded sign-up form showing the name fields, email, password with strength meter, the live password-rules checklist underneath, and the orange "Create account" button at the bottom.

Log in

Once your email is verified, signing in is two fields:

1. Type your email and password into the sign-in form.
2. Optional: tick Remember me so you don't have to sign in for the next week.
3. Tap Sign In.
4. If you turned on two-factor authentication (we'll cover that later in Profile & Account), the app asks for a 6-digit code from your authenticator app. Type it in and tap Verify.

Install ClayTrack on your phone

ClayTrack works in any web browser, but installing it as an app gives you three things: a home-screen icon, a full-screen view (no address bar eating space), and the ability to keep scoring when you're out of cell signal at the range.

On iPhone or iPad (Safari)

1. Open ClayTrack in Safari (not Chrome — Apple only allows Safari to install web apps).
2. Tap the Share button at the bottom of the screen (the square with an up-arrow).
3. Scroll down in the share sheet and tap Add to Home Screen.
4. Tap Add in the top right. The ClayTrack icon now appears on your home screen.
5. From now on, tap that icon to open the app — it'll launch full-screen, just like a native app.

On Android (Chrome, Edge, or Samsung Internet)

1. Open ClayTrack in your browser.
2. You'll often see a small banner at the bottom saying "Add ClayTrack to Home screen." Tap Add or Install.
3. If you don't see the banner, tap the browser's ⋮ menu in the top right and choose Install app (or Add to Home screen).
4. Confirm. The icon lands on your home screen and in your app drawer.

Fill out your profile

A few profile fields make scoring smoother. They live under the Profile menu item — open it now.

4Your Dashboard

The Dashboard is the home screen you land on every time you sign in. It answers three questions in one glance: How am I doing? What did I shoot recently? What's coming up?

Screenshot to add: the full dashboard scrolled to the top — welcome greeting, the row of stat cards (Recent Avg, Classification, Total Rounds, etc.), the score-trend chart, and the side-by-side cards for Recent Rounds and Upcoming Events.

Stat cards

The cards at the very top are your quick numbers. They update after every round you submit.

Recent Average

Your average score over your most recent rounds — typically your last 10. A higher number means you're breaking more clays.

Classification

The skill class the NSCA assigns you (Master, AA, A, B, C, D, or E). It updates based on your scores at sanctioned events.

Total Rounds

Lifetime count of every round you've finished in ClayTrack — practice and competition combined.

Class Average

The average score of everyone in your class. Useful as a benchmark — if your average is above the class average, you're trending toward the next class up.

Score-trend chart

The line chart shows your scores in order, oldest on the left. Each dot is one round. A line trending upward means you're improving; a flat line is consistent shooting; a line dipping after a gap usually just means you've been away from the range for a bit.

Recent Rounds

Lists your last few rounds with date, course, and score. Tap View all to jump to the full Round History tab.

Upcoming Events

Shows events you're signed up for, sorted by date. Tap any event to see full details — your squad, your tee time, your starting station, and whether you've paid. View all takes you to the full Upcoming Events tab.

Station Performance

Further down the dashboard is a chart showing how you do at each station on a course. Pick a course from the dropdown — the chart fills in your average hit percentage for each of that course's stations across every round you've ever shot there. Stations where you're below 50% are good candidates for next time you practice.

Screenshot to add: the Station Performance card with the course-picker dropdown at the top and a bar (or column) chart below showing hit percentage 0–100% for each of stations 1 through 10.

5Joining an Event

Most clubs use ClayTrack to run their shoots — leagues, charity events, and club championships. This chapter covers finding an event, signing up, paying (if needed), and seeing your squad and tee time before you arrive.

Finding an event

Tap Competitions in the side menu. The page has three tabs across the top:

Each event shows up as a card with the event name, club name, date, and a "Registered" badge if you've already entered. Tap the card to open the event detail page.

Screenshot to add: the Competitions page on the Upcoming tab showing 4–6 event cards in a 2-up grid. Highlight one enrolled card (with the orange "Registered" badge and orange border) and one not-yet-enrolled card.

Reading an event card

The event detail page tells you everything you need before showing up. Look for these key pieces:

Event date and start time

When you need to be at the club. Tee times for each squad are listed further down — yours might be later than the official start.

Event type

One of Competition (sanctioned), League (multi-week series), or Charity (one-day fundraiser, often with mulligans).

Course and location

Which course you'll shoot on and at which club's facility.

Gauge division

Which shotgun size the event is scored for (12-gauge is the default for most). If it says "12GA only" you must shoot 12-gauge.

Class assignment

If you're registered, the event detail shows which class (Master / AA / A / B / C / D / E) you're competing in. Class is set automatically from your NSCA classification.

Squad and tee time

Once squads are assigned, you'll see your squad name (often something like "Squad 3 — 9:30 AM"), the other members, and your starting station.

Mulligans (charity events only)

How many "do-over" targets you've been given. See the glossary for what a mulligan does.

Registering for an event

1. Open the event detail page (tap a card on the Upcoming tab).
2. Tap Register or Sign Me Up near the top of the page.
3. The app may ask for a few extra fields if the event needs them — usually class confirmation, gauge selection, or whether you want any add-ons (lunch, mulligans, range fee).
4. For NSCA-style multi-gauge concurrent events (the same course run in 12, 20, 28, and .410 the same day), you'll see a Gauges section asking which gauges you're entering. Each gauge has its own entry fee shown next to it. Pick all the gauges you plan to shoot — the total decomposes into one line per gauge before checkout. The primary gauge is pre-selected; uncheck it if you only want sub-gauges.
5. If the event has a fee, you'll be sent to a payment page. Pay by card (Stripe) or PayPal — whichever the club has set up. You'll get an email receipt when the payment clears.
6. Once you're entered, the page reloads and shows Registered. The event also shows up in your My Events tab and on the Dashboard's Upcoming Events card.

Charity, league, and regular events — what's different

Live leaderboard during an event

Live standings live on the public scoreboard for the event — a separate big-screen-friendly view that the club publishes when scores are flowing. On the event detail page, look for a Live Scoreboard card with a View Live Scoreboard → button. Tap it to open the scoreboard in a new tab. You'll see:

• Your rank within your class.
• Your overall rank (across all classes).
• Final results once everyone is done shooting.

The scoreboard is the single source of truth for all event scores — your dashboard and round history get their numbers from the same place.

6Scoring a Round

The scoring screen is where you'll spend most of your time in ClayTrack. This chapter walks through it slowly: first a practice round (lowest pressure), then a competition round, then squad mode (one phone scoring several shooters), and finally what happens if you lose signal.

Starting a practice round

Use a practice round to learn the scoring screen with no pressure. Practice rounds count toward your station-performance averages but not toward your NSCA classification.

1. Tap My Rounds in the menu, then the + Start New Round tab.
2. Tap the big + Start New Round button. A form opens.
3. Course: pick which course you're shooting today. The list groups courses by your home club first, then by other clubs.
4. Date: defaults to today. Change it if you're back-filling an old round.
5. Gauge: 12, 20, 28, or 410 — what shotshell you're shooting.
6. Gun: pick from your gun list (set up in the Guns chapter). If your gun has two barrels, the form adds a second choke field.
7. Choke(s): which choke tube(s) are in the gun.
8. Notes: optional — weather, ammo brand, anything you want to remember.
9. Tap Start Round. The scoring screen opens at Station 1.

The scoring screen, top to bottom

Screenshot to add: the scoring screen on station 3 of a practice round — the orange total bar at the top showing "12 / 100" with a Save Scores button, the progress bar reading "Station 3 of 10", the station card with target type label, 5 large round shot buttons (some green for HIT, some red for MISS, some grey for not-yet-tapped), a Complete Station button, and the Prev / All Stations / Next buttons at the bottom.

1. The score total bar (orange, at the top)

Shows your live HIT count / total targets — e.g. 12 / 100. Updates every time you tap a target. The "Save Scores" button on the right submits the round when you're done.

2. Progress bar — "Station 3 of 10"

Tells you how many stations remain. Sporting clays courses go in a circle, so the count is "your position in the rotation," not necessarily station numbers in order.

3. Station card — the big tap targets

Each round circle is one clay target. Numbered 1, 2, 3, etc. Three states:

1 Not yet scored     2 HIT (tap once)     3 MISS (tap again to toggle)

Tap to toggle between HIT and MISS. The total at the top updates instantly. Untouched targets don't count toward your score until you tap them.

4. Complete Station button

When every shot at this station is tapped (no grey buttons left), the Complete Station ✓ button enables. Tap it to Lock In the station — the scores are saved to the database and the station shows a small lock icon (Locked). You can no longer change those shots without an admin's help.

Locking in matters for two reasons:

• If your phone dies between stations, the locked stations are safe on the server. You can pick up where you left off on another device.
• In Squad mode, locked stations show up on every squad-mate's phone in real time so they can see the squad's progress.

5. Navigation — Prev / All Stations / Next

• Prev — back one station.
• All Stations — opens a grid view of every station so you can jump around.
• Next — forward one station.

Stations you've visited but not yet completed get flagged with a yellow chip near the top: "⚠ 1 skipped station". Tap it to jump back.

Finishing the round

After the last station is locked in, scroll up and tap Save Scores in the orange total bar.

1. The app double-checks every station has been locked. If any are missing, it warns you.
2. The round submits to the server and gets a final lock Locked.
3. You're returned to the round list. Your new round appears at the top with the final score.

Scoring a competition round

A competition round works almost the same as a practice round — the scoring screen is identical — but you don't start it from the New Round button. Instead it's tied to the event you registered for.

1. Tap My Rounds → Upcoming Events tab.
2. Find today's event in the list. Tap Score Round on the event card.
3. The scoring screen opens with the right course, gauge, and event already filled in. You only need to confirm your gun and choke if you haven't already.
4. Score and lock in stations exactly like a practice round.
5. When you're done, tap Save Scores. The score posts to the live leaderboard.

Squad mode — one phone, several shooters

A squad is a group of typically 3–5 shooters who walk the course together. Squad mode lets one person's phone score the whole squad in rotation, while every other squad-mate's phone shows the same scores live.

This solves a real problem: with paper scorecards, one shooter scores all five, then trades the card around. With ClayTrack, the scorer tap-scores on their phone, and the moment they Lock In a station, everyone else's phone updates within a few seconds.

Starting squad mode

1. Open the scoring screen for your competition round (as above). You'll see a 👥 Squad button in the top-right area of the orange total bar.
2. Tap it. A list of your squad-mates appears.
3. Tick the boxes for everyone who's actually shooting today. Anyone marked absent is skipped.
4. Tap Start Squad Scoring.

What changes in squad mode

A row of pill-shaped buttons appears just above the station card — one pill per squad-mate, with their initials and current score:

JS · 12/30 YOU · 14/30 MK · 11/30 RT · 13/30

Tap any pill to switch which shooter you're scoring. The shot buttons below now record HIT/MISS for that person. When you Lock In the station, only that person's row gets locked. Move to the next pill, score them, Lock In, and so on until every squad-mate has shot the station.

A small 🔒 icon on a pill means that shooter has locked in this station already. Pills you haven't gotten to yet stay unlocked.

Screenshot to add: the scoring screen with squad mode active — show the pill bar with 4 shooters across the top (one highlighted as "current"), the station card below with shot buttons, and the orange total bar still at top.

Cross-device updates

Every other squad-mate's phone is also showing this same scoring screen, and every Lock In on your device shows up on theirs within a few seconds. If a different scorer takes over for a station, you'll see their lock-ins show up on your phone with a brief message: "2 stations updated by another device."

Leaving squad mode

Tap the small × at the right end of the pill bar. You drop back to scoring just yourself; the squad-mates keep their state and can continue scoring on their own phones.

If you lose signal at the range

Cell coverage at sporting clays courses is famously bad. ClayTrack is designed for this:

While you're scoring

The app saves a draft to your phone after every tap. If you reload the page, close the app, or your phone goes to sleep, your in-progress shots come back exactly where you left off — no signal needed.

When you Lock In a station offline

The lock-in tries to send to the server. If there's no signal, it stays in a queue on your phone. You'll see a small note: "Offline — will sync when back online."

When you tap Save Scores offline

Same idea — the whole round goes into a queue and shows "Round 142: offline — queued for sync."

When you regain signal

The queue drains automatically. Within a minute of reconnecting, every queued lock-in and every queued submission goes to the server. You'll see a brief toast confirming each one. Then your round shows up in the history list and on the leaderboard.

7After the Round

Where to find your past rounds, how to review a scorecard, and what to do if you spot a scoring mistake.

Round History

Tap My Rounds in the menu, then the Round History tab. You'll see every round you've ever shot in ClayTrack, newest at the top.

Viewing a past scorecard

Tap Scorecard on any row to open the scoring screen for that round. If the round is locked, the button reads 👁 View instead and the screen is read-only.

The scoring screen shows your total at the top, the same station-by-station layout, and which shots were HITs vs MISSes. You can scroll through every station and see the full breakdown. Use the All Stations button to see them all on one grid.

Screenshot to add: a finished round opened in review mode — show the orange total bar with a final score (e.g. "85 / 100"), a yellow lock banner near the top reading "Scorecard submitted and locked," the station view with green and red shot circles (no longer tappable), and the navigation buttons.

Deleting an unlocked round

If you started a practice round you don't want to keep (a sighter, an accidental tap, etc.), the Delete button at the right of the row removes it. You can only delete unlocked rounds; locked ones (anything you tapped Save Scores on) need an admin to remove.

If you spot a scoring mistake on a locked round

Locked rounds can't be edited from the shooter app — that's the safety net so leaderboards don't shift after the fact. To fix a real mistake:

1. Note the date, course, and station(s) involved.
2. Talk to your club's scorekeeper or an admin.
3. They can either unlock the round (so you can re-edit) or apply a score override directly.
4. If an override is applied, the next time you open the scorecard you'll see a blue banner: "Score override: 87 — set by Admin. Reason: ..."

8Your Guns & Chokes

ClayTrack lets you keep a running list of your shotguns, the choke tubes you use with them, and any malfunctions you've had. Tying scores to a specific gun + choke combination is what makes the station-performance chart possible.

Adding a shotgun

Tap Guns in the menu. The page lists every gun you've added.

1. Tap + Add Firearm at the top.
2. Fill in the form:

3. Tap Save. The gun shows up in your list.

Adding a choke

Tap a gun in the list to open its detail page. Scroll to the Chokes section.

1. Tap + Add Choke.
2. Fill in:
   • Brand — Carlson's, Briley, Trulock, factory, etc.
   • Constriction — Cylinder (most open) up to Extra Full (tightest).
   • Label / nickname — what you call it. Most shooters write "IM" or "LM" on the choke itself; use that.
   • Material — Steel, Extended, Titanium, etc.
3. Tap Save.

Once chokes are in, they appear in the choke dropdown when you start a new round. If your gun has two barrels (most over-and-unders), the round form lets you pick a different choke for each barrel.

Logging a misfire or malfunction

Misfires happen — failure to fire, failure to eject, squib loads. If you log them, you can look back later and see whether one gun (or one ammo brand) is unusually unreliable.

1. Open the gun in question from the Guns list.
2. Tap + Log Misfire.
3. Fill in:
   • Type — Failure to Fire (F2F), Failure to Eject (F2E), Failure to Feed, Squib Load, Hangfire, or Other.
   • Ruling — what the referee called: No Bird (free re-shoot), Lost Bird (counted as MISS), Reshoot (re-shoot allowed), or Unruled (not in a sanctioned event).
   • Ammo brand & load — e.g. Winchester AA 1oz #7.5.
   • Notes — what happened in plain English.
4. Tap Log.

Editing or deleting a gun or choke

Open the gun's detail page. Each gun has an Edit button at the top and a Delete button. Each choke row has its own Edit / Delete buttons. Deleting a gun also removes its chokes; rounds you've already logged with that gun keep their history, but the gun's name will show as "(deleted)."

9Browsing Courses

A "course" is a specific layout of stations at a club. One club might have several courses (e.g. "Main Course," "South Pasture," "Tournament Layout"). The Courses page lets you browse them and look at the station list before you arrive.

Two tabs: My Courses and Course Finder

Tap Courses in the menu.

Looking at a course

Tap any course card to open its detail page. You'll see:

• The full station list — numbered 1 through whatever, with each station's target type (e.g. "Crossing pair," "Report pair," "Single + true pair") and a written description of the presentation.
• Total target count — usually 100 across 10 stations.
• Difficulty info — if other ClayTrack users have shot the course, the average score is displayed so you know what to expect.

Screenshot to add: a course detail page — show the course name and club at the top, the average difficulty stat, then a numbered list of stations with target type ("Crossing pair, true", "Report pair", etc.) and short descriptions.

10Your Shooter Network

ClayTrack remembers everyone you've squadded with. The Shooters page is where you can find them again — for re-grouping at the next event, sharing a course, or just looking up a friend's NSCA number.

What you'll see on the Shooters page

• Current Squad — the shooters in any squad you're actively part of for an upcoming event. Only shows up if you have one.
• Previously Squadded With — people you've shot with before. Sorted by recency.
• All Registered Shooters — the searchable directory. Type a name or NSCA number to filter.

Finding a friend

1. Tap Shooters in the menu.
2. Type a name into the search box.
3. Tap their row to see their profile card — name, NSCA number, classification, club affiliations, and the events you've both shot.

11Profile & Account

The Profile page is where you change your personal info, password, and security settings. It's also where you turn on Range Mode (bigger buttons for sunny days) and pick which notifications you get.

Changing your name, NSCA number, or contact info

1. Tap Profile in the menu.
2. Tap Edit Profile.
3. Update any field, then tap Save.

Changing your password

1. On the Profile page, scroll to Security.
2. Tap Change Password.
3. Enter your current password and the new password twice.
4. Tap Update Password. You'll get an email confirmation.

Turning on two-factor authentication (2FA)

Two-factor authentication adds a 6-digit code from your phone to every sign-in. Even if someone guesses your password, they can't get in without your phone. Recommended.

1. On the Profile page, scroll to Security.
2. Tap Enable Two-Factor.
3. A QR code appears. Open an authenticator app on your phone — Google Authenticator, Authy, 1Password, etc. — and use it to scan the code.
4. The app starts producing 6-digit codes that change every 30 seconds.
5. Type the current code into ClayTrack and tap Verify.
6. ClayTrack shows you a list of backup codes — one-time codes you can use if you lose your phone. Print them, save them in a password manager, or write them down somewhere safe.

From now on, every time you sign in on a new device, ClayTrack asks for a 6-digit code in addition to your password.

Notification preferences

Scroll to Notifications on the Profile page. For each type of message you can choose:

• Email & In-app — both
• Email only
• In-app only — you'll see them when you open the app, but no email
• None

The two main types are:

• Org adds & removals — when a club adds or removes you as a member.
• Event announcements — when your club publishes a new shoot.

Joining a club

Most of the time, your club's Org Manager creates your account or invites you, and you're a member from the moment you sign in. But if you want to join a different club — say you're traveling and want to shoot a practice round at a new range — you can request membership yourself.

1. Open Profile from the side menu and scroll to the My Organizations card.
2. Tap + Find an Organization. A list of clubs available on ClayTrack appears.
3. Pick the club. The button label and behavior depend on the club's join policy:
   • Auto-approve clubs — the button reads Join Now. One tap and you're a member; the club's Org Manager gets a notification but doesn't need to do anything. You can see the club's events and shoot practice rounds at their venues immediately.
   • Manual-approval clubs — the button reads Send Join Request and you can leave a short message ("Hi, I'm visiting from out of town this weekend"). An Org Manager reviews and approves; you get a notification when they do.

The hint text below the dropdown tells you which mode the club uses, so there are no surprises.

Email notifications from your clubs

Two settings control whether you receive emails about a club's events, and both must be on for the email to arrive:

1. Per-organization checkbox. Each club on your My Organizations card has its own Email notifications checkbox. Tick it to receive emails from that specific club.
2. Global Notification Preferences. Scroll down to the Notification Preferences card on the same Profile page. The When added to org and Event announcements dropdowns need to be set to Email or Email & In-app. If either is set to In-app only, no clubs will email you.

Think of the global setting as the master switch ("do I want emails of this type at all?") and the per-club checkbox as the per-source switch ("do I want emails from this particular club?"). With either one off, you'll still see the activity in your in-app notifications — just not in your email.

Range Mode

Range Mode is a high-contrast display setting designed for bright outdoor light. It enlarges the fonts, deepens the contrast, and makes the target-tap buttons noticeably bigger.

1. Open the side menu (the ☰ icon).
2. Tap Range Mode. The whole app shifts to the high-contrast theme.
3. Tap it again to switch back to normal mode.

The setting persists across app launches, so once you turn it on for a shoot, it stays on until you toggle it off.

Signing out

Open the side menu and tap Sign Out at the bottom. The app forgets your login on this device. To sign back in, just enter your email and password again.

12Glossary

Plain-language definitions for the sporting clays terms (and a few ClayTrack-specific terms) used throughout this guide.

Sporting clays terms

Sporting clays

A shotgun sport where clay targets are launched from machines along a course of stations. Often called "golf with a shotgun" because you walk a course and the targets are different at every stop.

Station

A single shooting position with one or more clay-target presentations. A typical course has 10 stations.

Round

One complete walk-through of all the stations on a course. Usually 100 targets total (10 per station, 10 stations), but can be 50, 75, or other counts depending on the event.

Course

The physical layout of stations at a club. One club may have several courses.

Pair

Two clay targets thrown from the same station as part of the same presentation. Three flavors:
• True pair — both clays released at the same time.
• Report pair — the second clay is released when you fire at the first.
• Following pair — the second clay is released after the first lands or after a delay.

Single

One clay target presented by itself.

Hit / Miss

The two outcomes for any shot. A hit means you visibly broke a piece off the clay; a miss is anything else (including the clay landing intact).

Lost bird / No bird

Referee calls. Lost bird = the target was thrown correctly and you missed; counts as a MISS. No bird = the target wasn't presented properly (broken on launch, didn't fly the right line, etc.); the shot doesn't count and you re-shoot.

Squad

A group of shooters (usually 3–5) who walk the course together and share scoring duties.

Class / Classification

A skill bracket. The NSCA assigns you a class letter based on your average score at sanctioned events. Classes from highest to lowest: Master, AA, A, B, C, D, E. You compete against people in your own class, not against the absolute best shooters in the country.

NSCA

National Sporting Clays Association — the U.S. governing body for the sport. Membership gets you a member number and an official classification.

Gauge

The size of a shotgun shell. From biggest to smallest: 12, 20, 28, .410. Most sporting clays is shot in 12-gauge.

Choke

A constriction at the muzzle of the barrel that controls how tightly the shot pellets cluster. From most open to tightest: Cylinder, Skeet, Improved Cylinder, Modified, Improved Modified, Full, Extra Full. Shooters change chokes based on how far the targets fly.

Mulligan

A re-shoot allowance, typically only at charity shoots. Often sold as a fundraiser ($20 buys 5 mulligans, etc.). When you mulligan a target, your missed shot is replaced with a hit.

Flight

A time block at a multi-flight event. A "morning flight" and an "afternoon flight" let a club run 100 shooters through a course meant for 50.

Bank score

A score from a different round that's "banked" toward an upcoming event when you can't physically attend on the scheduled day. Common at multi-week leagues.

Makeup round

A round shot at a different time to fill in a missed week of a league. Often carries a small score penalty (e.g., -5%) compared to shooting the actual week.

Lewis class

A team-scoring system used at some charity shoots. Teams are formed and then split into "classes" based on the spread of their combined scores, so a high-handicap team can still win a class prize.

ClayTrack terms

Lock In (a station)

Saving one station's scores to the database while you're still in the round. Locks the station so it can't be re-edited from the shooter app.

Save Scores

The final submit button. Locks the entire round, posts your score to leaderboards, and updates your dashboard stats.

Squad mode

A scoring screen mode where one phone scores several squad-mates at once. Lock-ins sync to every other squad-mate's phone within a few seconds.

Score override

A score set directly by an admin (replacing the per-station math). Used to fix scoring disputes or for charity events where the official score is determined off-app.

Range Mode

A high-contrast display setting in ClayTrack with bigger fonts and tap targets, designed for bright outdoor light.

PWA (Progressive Web App)

The technology that lets you install ClayTrack as an app on your phone without using the App Store or Google Play. Once installed, it behaves like any other app.

13FAQ & Troubleshooting

Common questions and quick fixes. If your problem isn't here, contact your club's admin — they can see your account and help directly.

Still stuck?

The fastest help is usually your club's admin or scorekeeper. They can see your account, your rounds, and the events you're entered in. For bugs in the app itself (not "I don't know how to do X" but "this seems broken"), they can pass it along to whoever maintains your club's ClayTrack installation.