Why You Miss Behind the Target
The short version: Missing behind is the most misdiagnosed miss in clay shooting — and it's almost never “you need more lead.” It traces to one of a handful of specific, fixable causes. The hard part isn't the list; it's knowing which one is yours.
“Missing with good technique is better than hitting with a bad one.”
When you miss behind, the shooter next to you says “you were behind it — give it more lead.” He's usually right that you were behind, and almost always wrong about why.
Add more lead to a move that's broken somewhere else and you treat the fever, not the infection — you feel better for one shot, and the miss comes right back. The fix is to find the actual cause.
See the full diagnosis
The complete breakdown — every cause, why it happens, and the exact fix from Bill Erdőss's system — is part of ClaysBuddy Gold.
Unlock with GoldComing soon: connect it to your shot heatmap in the app to pinpoint the cause that's actually yours.
About the method. These guides come from the coaching system of Bill Erdőss, an Olympic clay shooting coach, built around one idea: diagnose the cause of a miss, not the symptom. The same logic powers ClaysBuddy's shot heatmap, which finds that cause in your own rounds and tracks whether your fix is working.