Shot Checklist

[ibebirdman]

I am new around here. I have not shot since I was a kid, but I recently got an old Damon Howatt High Speed up and shooting again and hope to take it out on elk this fall.

As I have been practicing and getting my instinctive  shooting skills up to par, a mental check list has developed of the parts that go into a good shot.

Here is the list, in no particularly order:

1) Aim Small
2) Proper Bow Cant
3) Proper grip
4) Bend forward slightly at the waist
5) Deep hook on the string with the fingers
6) Hold  1-2 seconds to avoid slap shooting
7) Pull back with elbow a proper height
8) Middle finger firmly into corner of mouth.

If I pull one shot out of a good group I normally can identify which criteria I didn't do. I was wondering if anyone had other ideas for my list.

Now just 10,000+ shots to commit it to muscle memory and I should be good to go this fall!

Cheers,

Joel

[TheFatboy]

10.000 hours of serious practice is the magic number  :D

[The Vanilla Gorilla]

Then you got the list for the release, follow thru, not dropping your bow arm.....

[Andruid]

I am 15 shooting for 3 months now and the person teaching me always reminds me to also dont pluck, after shot reach back and touch your ear, and when at full draw say in your head "Don't.....drop.... bowarm" Then shoot. Don't know if it will help but thought i would throw in my two cent from the peanut gallery  

[Takeashot]

Andrew: we all have something to learn. I will use touching the ear because this is the part I am learning. thanks from the peanut gallery

keith

[damascusdave]

I have a saying from golf...

You can have one swing thought or zero swing thoughts...

Any more and you are in trouble...

All that other stuff is okay in your pre-shot routine, much like golf...

Once you commit to the shot it is probably better to go on autopilot...