Trying out for and being selected to the United States Palma Team was a goal I was determined to accomplish. … When the US Palma team squad selections were made, I was elated to be one of the twenty-five from whom the sixteen shooting team members would be chosen. … I was looking forward to a growth in skill level that would surely come as the training progressed. What ended up happening was something entirely different and nothing like what I had anticipated.  Read more here