Training Planning with Ring Reader

A training plan needs three things: a goal, a routine and an honest check. Ring Reader provides the tools for all three — this page shows how they work together. The one-time setup at the start of the season is covered in the blog post Season start: set up your training diary.

1. Set a goal

In the “Records” view, set a goal that matches your current level:

• “Score target” for a result target — as a group result, series result, single shot or Teiler.
• “Consistency” if your topic isn’t the peak but the spread.
• “Training frequency” (per week, month or year) if the routine comes first.

Realistic means: measured against your own average of the last weeks, not against a wish number. A goal just above your own average carries further than a distant one. More on goals, records and trends is in the blog post Track your shooting progress.

2. Mark focus areas with tags

Create tags for your training focus areas in Settings — say “Trigger work”, “Position”, “Match simulation” — and assign them when recording the series. Later you filter the statistics by exactly these tags and see whether the focus works: how do series tagged “Trigger work” develop compared to the rest?

3. Keep the diary

After each session, record the training details — notes, daily form, equipment. It costs a minute and pays off twice: you spot connections (tired days, a new front sight, different ammunition), and weeks later you can read up on what you had set out to do. If you’d rather write on paper, the training diary template has the same fields.

4. Check weekly, take stock monthly

• Weekly: a glance at the trend in Statistics — is the average moving toward the goal? The “Training streak” shows whether the routine is holding.
• Monthly: period comparison with the filters — same discipline, same position. How to read the metrics is covered in What Do Your Numbers Say?

React to patterns, not to single series: one weak session is daily form, three weak weeks are a signal to adjust the plan.

5. Simulate the match

Map match distance in training: combine series into groups (say 3 × 20 or 40 shots in one go) and compare the group results. If you want to measure against others, use Competitions — the monthly challenges are a low-threshold, always-on match simulation with real start pressure. What you still need on the remaining shots in a simulation, and whether you’re on pace, is worked out by the score goal calculator. A printable week-by-week plan up to the match, split into phases, comes from the training plan template.