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I agree with Green. There is a lot of great information about shooting here on TradGang.
Posts: 1195 | From: North Carolina | Registered: Mar 2008
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Shooting with crazy accurate world class compound shooters has brought my form, focus and endurance @ 100# go through the roof. My accuracy has improved and I have a cheering/jeering squad that celebrates my tight groups and gives me a ration for bad shots. It's a crazy pace to keep up with, but I like my progress curve.
-------------------- "Great strength is not necessary to shoot a heavy bow, it is but a byproduct of the dedication required." Posts: 263 | From: Richmond, VA | Registered: Sep 2011
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The single biggest item that contributed to my shooting improvement? That's easy: A COMMITMENT TO EXPERIMENTATION.
Archers come in all sizes, shapes, ages, degrees of physical conditioning, levels of hand/eye coordination, etc., etc.
What works for one person (or many) will not work for others.
EXPERIMENT . . .
Try split finger, 3-under, 2-under, etc.
Try anchoring all over your face: on an eye tooth, under your cheekbone, under your eye, etc. The only real requirement is that your anchor be reproducible every time.
While avoiding a death-grip on your bow, experiment with everything right down to a "shaking hands with a baby" grip.
Try bows with a high-wrist, medium-wrist, low-wrist, and extra low-wrist grips.
Experiment with a pull-through release and with what's commonly called a "dead release."
Try recurves of varying lengths, draw-weights, and design. Same for longbows.
Play with wood, aluminum, and carbon arrows. Vary their weight and maybe even their length.
Ask other archers for advice but don't commit to something because it works for them. It's what works for YOU that counts!
This all takes time, lots of it. But that's part of the fun of archery.
Mark
Posts: 48 | From: South Milwaukee, WI | Registered: May 2008
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Probably drilling into my head "Aim small, Miss small" and then really focusing on that or putting it into practice when I shoot.
-------------------- Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. Posts: 1823 | From: Escondido,CA. | Registered: Apr 2003
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Seroiusly. Once you're butthurt and just poking and hoping, you're just learning bad habits that take years to break.
I shoot my Schafer daily in my singlewide. Maybe a dozen arrows at a time... But I do that 2 dozen times a day.
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The Shooter's Forum and special thanks to T.Green and Moeboe. After years of pretty clueless shooting, finding this site resulted in immediate improvement for me.
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