Throw the ball

[Rick Marchand]

Originally posted by mgf:
Either you can hit it or you can't.

Nope... I don't like it... no room for excuses in there.  :D

[Diamond Paul]

In all fairness, some people, especially those who use the instinctive method, tend to shoot better on certain kinds of targets than they do on others.  A one spot is hard to focus on for some people.  Instinctive shooting is all about the eye triggering the shot, and if the focus is weak or not there at all, the result will be less than spectacular.  Some days, the small shot-out hole in the center of my bag is lit-up by the sun, while all else is in shadow.  I can knock the middle out at those times, even from forty yards.  Other times, the whole bag is lit, or shadowed, and the hole (which I use for my aiming point) is vague.  My groups tend to be bigger then.

[LongStick64]

What is the difference between a golf ball at 20 yards or a piece of paper at 20 yards.....really the choice is personal. I can't see how me shooting at a piece of paper is harder in some way than hitting a golf ball or the reverse.
Because I don't shoot paper does not make me an instinctive shooter. I do draw, and increase pull at anchor while I'm looking at the target. I don't consciously gap, but I am probably doing so subconsciously. I know I'm aiming because I'm pointing my arrow at the target.

[Rick Marchand]

For me at least, it has a lot to do with eye sight. I am largely colour blind... Red and green look very much the same and I can barely distinguish yellow from white.(can't even see yellow highlighter markers). Contrastingly, I am very keen on movement and depth/3D space and can judge distances with a fair amount of accuracy.