The phrase "starting shot for" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe the beginning of an event or activity. Example: The sound of the starting shot for the race echoed through the stadium, signaling the beginning of the competition.
This became the starting shot for the company's radical and sometimes challenging transformation from a local Chinese to a truly global corporation.
The first days of a two-week southern sojourn, combining whistle-stop appearances with a seaside vacation, have fired the starting shot for the 1996 presidential race and offered a glimpse of Yeltsin's growing isolation from the Russian people.
Meeting time is from 8.00 onwards, and the starting shot for both the 10K race and the 5K non-competitive run / walk will be fired at 10 a.m.
The warehouse, stacked with cardboard boxes, is the Community Food Bank of New Jersey; the musicians were starting location shots for a video clip to go with the song "We've Got the Love," credited to Jersey Artists for Mankind '86 (or J.A.M. '86) on Arista Records, for May 16 release.
With Kidd and Kittles leading the way in futility, the Nets' starting five shot 1 for 15 in the fourth quarter.
"Back to One" - Return to your starting position for shot.
He is better at pretty much everything than everyone else, but there are places on the court, and starting points for his shot, that render him less likely to help his team.
During a two-minute stretch to start the second half against Drexel on Nov. 25, Onyekwe followed a reverse layup with an emphatic dunk and then smacked away a shot, starting a fast break for his teammate Andrew Toole.
The week off will also allow for recovery time for Sanchez, who has long waited for his shot at the starting role for the Trojans.
Taken in Hermosa Beach and featuring a young Matt Dillon look-alike in a black suit, hat and white shirt riding a wave, the classic shot was the starting point for his Please Sur collection of surf and bad-boy pieces, shown at a local municipal swimming pool.
While starting, listen for a second shot from the gun.
