wild shootin

[Lee Lobbestael]

I go through periods of several days where I will shoot pretty good by my standards and then out of the blue I will just start shooting terrible. Its very frustrating. Anybody else battling this monster? how do you fix it?  

[moebow]

Back to the blank bale and form work.  Work on getting everything to hold still during the shot.

[s_mcflurry]

You don't truly love archery until you've yelled out at least once: I f@#$%^ hate archery!      

I'd agree with moebow, form work...and I'd recommend even blind bale - close distance with your eyes closed.  When my shots go wild, it's usually because I thought too much about the shot.  Blind/blank bale will ingrain it into your subconscious.

[Lee Lobbestael]

Thanks guys. I will try that tonight. One thing I noticed tho is that if I take a day or two off I start shooting good again. Any of you notice this?

[s_mcflurry]

Yes!  And I think this relates back to the "thinking too much about it" aspect.  A couple days off helps me to "reset" myself.

[shakeyslim]

one of best things i ever did for myself was shoot 10 yds with exagerated followthrough/ ck form  practice form / focus focus focus/ try to stop take break when tired / shoot slowly -use 1 arrow to practice  and make it go where you want stay away from groups!

[zetabow]

Lee if it's an consolation even the top shooters go through days like that, of course their bad day is most peoples good day but it still happens and it's frustrating.

Good advice here, the key is FORM, ANYTIME you feel things go wrong STOP, get close and work on form till you feel in control again.

Just accept that you will have ups and downs with shooting and dont get too frustrated, it just makes it worse.

Good luck

[Terry Green]

Yep. Close form bale work. You gotta groove proper form and alignment into your subconscious. Once you do that, those bad days are few and far apart.

[Bill Skinner]

It doesn't hurt to drop poundage when blank baling.  You can concentrate on getting everything just right and not rush because you are fighting the bow.  Bill

[HcSmitty]

Lol this might sound crazy, but when i do that i take this ole recurve we got and it feels REALLY crappy to me when i shoot it.  I spend about 20 to 30 mins 6 feet away with my eyes closed workin on everything.  Then i shoot about 5 to 6 3 shot groups from about 5 yards.  I work on doin everything just right.  I dont care where i hit, if its dead on or 1 foot left or right.  Just soooo i shoot all the groups farely consistent with that "other" bow.  Then i i can pic "my" bow back up n immediately i shoot excellent with "my" bow.  I kno this is pretty unorthodox but it sure works for me.

Hunter Smith.