JCTS is pleased to provide a list of clay target shooting instructors who have completed NSSA and/or NSCA instructor certifications. These skilled instructors can teach you the fundamentals or help you fine-tune your shooting game, whether it's for skeet, trap, sporting clays, or wingshooting.
Contact them directly for more information on how they can take your skills to the next level. All Jacksonville Clay Target Sports instructors are members or life members of JCTS, certified by the NSSA and/or NSCA, and carry liability insurance.
Additionally, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission conducts Hunter Safety training at JCTS every month. Registration and information on the FWC training courses are available at myFWC.com.
For those new to the sport: NSSA stands for the National Skeet Shooting Association while NSCA stands for the National Sporting Clays Association.
JCTS Life-Member & Annual-Member Instructors
David T. Dobson, MBA
NSCA Instructor, Level III (Master)
NSSA Instructor, Level III
Paragon Master Instructor
(904) 571-8700
DDobsonPVB@aol.com
daviddobson.com
jushootingteam.com
Mark Giampietro
NSSA Certified Instructor, Level I
(904) 874-1147
magrest101@gmail.com
Russ Naples
NSSA Certified Instructor, Level I
(561) 901-7790
rnaples19@hotmail.com
Early Piety
NSCA Certified Instructor, Level I
NSSA Certified Instructor, Level I
(904) 993-7419
treesrus@att.net
Mark Wilkinson
NSCA Certified Instructor, Level I
NSSA Certified Instructor, Level I
(904) 631-4071
markwjax@comcast.net
T.J. Hawk
NSCA Certified Instructor, Level 2
NSSA Certified Instructor, Level I
(904) 622-6644
Thehawk@gmail.com
William A. “Skip” Gwinn
NSCA Level 1 Instructor
(904) 813-1838
skipgun@comcast.net
Jacksonville University: Student-Instructors
Brooks Wiley
NSCA Certified Instructor, Level I
(850) 544-0379
bwiley@jacksonville.edu
Hector Rangel
Head Coach - Jax Clay Target Busters (SCTP Program)
NSCA Certified Instructor, Level I
NSSA Certified Instructor, Level I
(352) 638-5711
rangelh2023@gmail.com
Kevin Bandt
NSCA Certified Instructor, Level I
(478) 662-0835
kbandt00@gmail.com
Instructor certifications can be viewed in the Pro Shop.