In shooting, the standing position, also known as "offhand", refers to shooting while standing. It is often regarded as the most difficult position. The rules vary depending on the shooting discipline. Generally, one must stand freely, without the aid of a rest or bench. Highpower rifle, smallbore rifle, and silhouette shooting do not permit the use of a sling. The international pistol, shotgun and running target events, as well as 10 metre air rifle, are all fired only in the standing position. 300 metre rifle three positions, 300 metre standard rifle and 50 metre rifle three positions all include standing as the second stage of competition, and the Olympic 50 metre finals are also shot standing.
Famous quotes containing the words standing and/or position:
“She tried to sit on my lap while I was standing up.”
—William Faulkner (1897–1962)
“My position is a naturalistic one; I see philosophy not as an a priori propaedeutic or groundwork for science, but as continuous with science. I see philosophy and science as in the same boat—a boat which, to revert to Neurath’s figure as I so often do, we can rebuild only at sea while staying afloat in it. There is no external vantage point, no first philosophy.”
—Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)