Who's guilty?

[moleman]

How many of us are guilty of over thinking our shot?
Ive been struggling some here lately with my consistency, so,  as ive always done before, i started picking my form apart, bow arm, hold, anchor, grip, release, ETC. Well tonite after much frustration, I just said to my self, just pick a spot and shoot the damn target! Well it worked!, seems ive been shooting the bow and not the target. Ive been so consumed with my form, that shooting the target was second to shooting bow. Good form is invaluable, but it aint squat if you dont pour your heart and soul into picking a spot!  

[JV Rooster]

Been there!

[Tron]

Only every day... Still fighting it too!

[ArkyBob]

Yep me too.  I shoot much better when I kind of let my memory take over for my form and concentrate on the spot. BUT, I do believe you must first develop good form before you can do this.  I will occasionally ( or more) start drifting away from good form and will have to check myself and reboot, but will then go back to shooting at the spot.

BOB

[manitou1]

Yup... me too.

[jsweka]

I'm in this club too.

DON'T THINK ABOUT IT - KILL IT!!!

[huntmaster80]

im there now!!!!!!

[joe skipp]

Thinking can put negative thoughts in your head. Once that happens, every part of your shot suffers.
Look, estimate the yardage, focus on the vitals and shoot. DON'T THINK.    

[threeunder]

If I think about the place I want to hit at full draw anyone behind me is in danger of getting hit. LOL.....but if I pick out my spot through my draw cycle, then I might just hit somewhere in it's vicinity.
Ken

[rdoggsilva]

Same here at times.

[Sean B]

What Joe Skipp said. I used too beat myself up, cause I wasnt shooting the "correct" way, but i learned, if it aint broke...dont fix it! pick a spot, burn a hole in it, & let'er fly!

[maineac]

Yep.  It has become more apparent to me as I work back from a shoulder issue.  I rolled my left shoulder which helped with forearm clearance and helped favor the other shoulder blade that had been injured years ago.  As I try to relearn a lower shoulder position I constantly have to think about my alignment and my consistancy goes haywire.  I need to do a lot of blind bale work, but I m trying to shoot only a limited # of arrows per week.

[misfire]

In the same boat.

Just went to a 3D shoot. Didn't score to well cause, I beleive, I over thought each shot. At the end they had a novelty shot. A tennis ball on a string. I honestly didn't think I would hit it so I just sent the arrows out there...pegged it on the second shot.

Things that make you say hmmmmm.

[straitera]

Try imagining a set of crosshairs "+" on the spot. Line up the v&h & just turn it loose. Worked for me.

[mike g]

I do believe that Archery is 90% mental....
    When you go out to shoot,Think to yourself that your the best shot their is....
    Keep negativity at home....If you do need to work on your form, work on one thing at a time....Dont over load yourself....

[RC]

Im backwards. I can never remember shooting.Bugs me.RC

[frassettor]

I always try to do what  Dean  Torges said in Masters of The Barebow, " I try to approach the way i shoot the bow,they way I hold the bow, the way I grab my arrows, is relaxation"

That to me is 100%true for me, the only problem is that I get "buck" fever ALOT, it's so exciting to have an animal in front of me, although I go into "auto pilot", so do me knees!

[Terry Lightle]

Everybody does it sometime or another,me included

[Bladepeek]

I'm coaching a bunch of really young skeet shooters. We break it into technique practice and fun shooting. They have to go through the step-by-step process at each station; proper position, pick the break point, swing back to their hold point and then put a "soft focus" on where the bird will appear. We go through the swing and follow through and they may shoot five or more shots at the same bird. The more advanced guys, I'll tell them where I want them to break the bird. Then, it's enough tedious stuff and I tell them to just shoot a round for fun.

If we start out just shooting round after round,  their scores start going down because the individual skills haven't become automatic yet.  Once the basics are "burned in", it just sort of flows naturally. If they get into trouble, we take one station and just hammer on the basics for a few shots until they have it back again.

Think there may be a lot of similarities.

[Brianlocal3]

Guilty as charged