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I have been shooting my whole life. I was on the rifle team and shot skeet and trap in high school and college so that would probably be the easiest. I would still need a shitload of practice but I bet I could do it if I had the time to shoot a few thousand rounds first. Rifles or shotguns that is, I can't shoot pistols to save my ass.
Even as someone who hasnt done a lot of shooting, I feel like shooting and archery would be your average persons best bet. Most olymic sports require year after year of conditioning to be competitive, as well as the skills work and team training.
Shooting and archery is almost totally skills work and no team training. I think if you won the lottery and could just afford to hire coaches full time and live at the range you could probably go from unskilled to olympic hopeful in 4 years.
For rifles and pistols, I think the only thing I couldn't teach you is the eyes. If you can't see shit, you can't hit shit, and some people just can't work out how to use their dominant eye.
Trap and Skeet are the same but a little trickier, what with the clays moving around and having to lead targets. I know guys that have been shooting birds their whole life that can't shoot trap for shit lol
I can't speak to archery I never got into it. All my shooting stemmed from hunting and we never bow hunted.
Shooting a rifle off-hand is a little tricky if you can't control your breathing, but otherwise, I agree shooting sports is probably the easiest entry level if you have the money for ammo and the time to do nothing but shoot.