Riffle shooting has nothing to do with trapshooting! You must still follow thru when Trap shooting and I agree that Sporting clays are more of a challenge, but Trap Shooting is the best place to start. And teaching you bad habits????? you must explain that one some more to to me. You can learn a lot on a Trap range and gun handling is one of them. [/QB][/QUOTE]

What trap shooting does is teach you to aim instead of point. Since the targets are going too slow with hardly any arch and you're shouldering the gun before the shot... all you have to do is line up the sight- you rifleshoot the target. I wish those real bird would cooperate fly like that!
Real bird hunting is instinctive and real bird shooters should be trained on a sporting clays course, not a trap range. Personally, I don't walk around with my gun shouldered when I hunt. So, it shouldn't be done in practice, either. Sporting clays as more to offer for teaching safe gun handling as you half to walk from station to station.. All you have to know with trap is to keep that gun pointed down course.
When I want to feel warm and fuzzy about my shooting, I go shoot trap. When I want to actually accomplish something and try to refine my skills.... Sporting clays!