Bill Erdoss
Background
Bill V. Erdoss is a US citizen, born in Romania. A member of the Romanian National Shotgun team, he was trained in the Russian methodology from 1972 to 1976. As a competitor, he was Romanian National Champion at Skeet, Trap and FITASC.
After retiring from competition, he coached at a professional shooting club in his hometown, from where Olympians, World and National Champions have emerged.
He is a 1978 graduate of the Sport University, Shotgun Shooting Program, Bucharest, Romania, and a graduate of the University of Cluj, Romania, with a major in Biology.
Achievements
Having immigrated to the US in 1995, Bill has since coached multiple US National Team members and medal holders, including:
- Collyn Loper, USA Olympian, Athens 2004, placed 4th in the Olympic Bunker event; winner of the Pan American Games 2003 for Women Olympic Trap; leader of the USA Women's Team at the Shotgun World Championships, Cyprus, 2003; bronze medalist at the 2001 World Championship, Cairo, Egypt.
- Dustin Anderson, set a new US record for Olympic Trap in 2006, J3.
- Emma Simpson, winner of Champions of the Americas 2001, Olympic Trap Junior Women.
- Casey West, bronze medalist at the 1998 National Championships and member of the 1999 National USA Team for Olympic Skeet.
He founded the Atlanta Junior International Skeet and Trap Club Team and co-created a new shotgun discipline, Maze Clays. The Washington Times wrote in 2004 that he was coaching at the international shooting facility built for the 1996 Atlanta Games.
From former students
“Bill Erdoss has significantly improved my shooting ability. Most shooting instructors that I had trained with only told me what I do wrong without instructing me as to what I can actually do to change or avoid bad shooting habits. Bill takes a proactive approach, telling you what to do instead of simply what not to do.”
“Bill's experience and Olympic training is evident the first hour of coaching. His step by step explanation of the fundamentals provides the basic foundation, from gun mounting to the stance to lining up the bird. Bill is instinctively aware of the shooter's strengths and weaknesses, and knows the proper adjustments to suggest.”
“We did train for five and one-half months on International Skeet and Olympic Bunker. I have learned more in those five and one-half months than I had previously in over thirty-five years of shooting.”
“His understanding of the sport and his ability to diagnose individual shooting problems is profound. Bill has enormous persistence for specific details in the effort to instill rigor and develop consistency in shooting performance.”
“I trusted him 100% in everything I did to improve my game, and I found that he was truly a coach, not just a lesson pro.”
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