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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.

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.

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.

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.

Plan in blocks of four to six weeks: one focus, one tag for it, and at the end a look at the filtered trend. One focus per block beats three at once — in the statistics too, because afterwards you know what worked.