Shot Clock — Quick Start

Five minutes to your first timed string

You do not have to read this book to use the app. This page gets you timing; everything after it explains why, and what else there is.

First — how to open the menu on a watch

Two of the steps below start with Menu, and it is not obvious where that is if the watch is new to you:

Garmin — press and hold the UP button (marked MENU on some models) while Shot Clock is open. On touchscreen watches you can instead swipe up from the bottom of the screen; a small indicator on the edge shows the menu is there.
Apple Watch — swipe right on the main timer screen.

Quick start

From installed to shooting

Install it Watch Garmin: the Connect IQ Store, through Garmin Connect Mobile. Apple Watch: it arrives with the iPhone app. Phone App Store or Google Play.
Pick the device you are setting up Watch Nothing to pick — you are on it. Phone Tap the gear on the bottom bar, tap the top row, and choose your watch — or This Phone if you have none.
Turn on the match you shoot Watch Menu › Select Matches — switch on the family, then the match inside it. Phone The Sequences tab — same two steps, then tap Save. Turn everything else off: several matches reuse the same numbers for different timing.
Choose a sequence Watch On the main screen, swipe up and down, or press the Up and Down buttons. Phone Tap the Timer icon, then swipe up and down. The big number is how long that stage runs for.
Set sound or vibration Watch Menu › Sound and Menu › Vibration. Phone Timer › gear › Sound. Decide now, not on the firing line. Indoors, most people run vibration only.
Start it Watch Press the Select button, or tap the screen. Phone Press and hold — about half a second. Let it run to zero and listen to what it does.

That is genuinely all of it Everything past this point is optional. You can shoot a whole season on what is above and never open this book again — or work through Section 9 for the same thing at walking pace, with the reasons attached.

Which kind of shooter are you?

This manual covers two apps, four kinds of device and a website. Almost nobody needs all of it. Find yourself below and skip the rest — you can always come back.

I have a Garmin watch Start at Section 5 Install it, then Parts III and IV for the timer and your DOPE cards. I have an Apple Watch Start at Section 6 It arrives with the iPhone app. Then Parts III and IV. I only want to use my phone Start at Section 7 No watch needed anywhere. Then Part III. I want to type on a real keyboard Go to Part V The web portal edits your watch content in a browser. I run matches for other people Go to Part VI One clock for a whole squad, plus turning targets and range displays. I want to record and score what I shoot Go to Part VII Shot Clock Diary — the other half of the family. Separate download.

Two books in one Parts I and II are the onboarding — read them once and you are set up. Everything from Part III on is reference: dip in when you want a feature, not cover to cover.