ctafoya Report post Posted June 29, 2014 I now think its a combination of fatigue and concentrating on the pin instead of the target. I'm going to do a lot of shooting over next week so hopefully I can figure it out. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kidso Report post Posted June 30, 2014 Advice is great, hands-on tutoring is better. I shoot at Paseo Vista Park on most Saturdays at 6-7:30am. I would be happy to shoot with you and look for any weaknesses in your form or release habits. The park is in the "near" East Valley off the 202 and McQueen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ctafoya Report post Posted June 30, 2014 kidso thanks for the offer. Maybe when I get back to town I'll take you up on that. Thats not very far from me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Becker Report post Posted June 30, 2014 As Old Pete from PSE says, "Practice doesn't make perfect, Perfect practice makes perfect." Or something to that effect. What that really means is that you should practice but when you do make sure you are making it GOOD Practice. Good form, fallow through, etc. When you can't do that anymore time to rest or stop for the day. Sounds to me like you went way over kill into your shooting for the first go around. One day isn't going to mean that you are all back in tune. Shooting bows well takes a lot of dedication. Muscle memory or conditioning will make you a better shooter in the end and are key to good shooting. Basically you dont have to think about anchor point and lining up the peep and all that. It just happens. You cant achieve that in one day. What generally happens is that over time lots of little things happen that are not generally noticed unless you shoot frequently. Small changes in your form, the bow string stretches, You get more comfortable holding your bow drawn, etc. All this ends up changing your Point of Impact slightly. Probably not a deal breaker at close range but it will be at farther distance. A good example is if you have a lot of down time in between shooting, say a couple months, and you pick the bow up and start shooting, and for whatever reason say your are shooting a little left and low. Well it was sighted in before, what changed??? YOU. The bow didn't. The more shooting you can do, and not in one day but spread out over multiple days the better. You don't have to go to the range and shoot 100 times every time. Figure out what your comfort zone is and start building from there. When you start it might be 10 it might be 100. BUT when you start feeling fatigue give it up, because thats when you will start developing bad habits. The next time move it up a couple shots, and so on, until you are where you want to be. I haven't shot in a long time and just acquired a new bow. My wife and I went out on Sunday and I was a wreck. After about five shots I was wiggly and jiggly already. I got my 20 yard pin close but couldn't hold anything together. There was no point in my trying to shoot a tight group at that point. Wasn't going to happen. I shot about ten more times just concentrating on form, and basics, not caring where I was hitting and called it a day. Will be back out tonight to give it another go around. Hoping to get a few more than 5 good shots in, then step up on shooting more for form and basics training, then quit. Its always fun to be able to hit at what your aiming at, but when you are getting back into the swing don't make that a priority. Practice good form and the basics and you will notice that groups and shooting what you are aiming at will fall into place. Hope I didn't insult what you already know but thats my 2 cents on practicing. As far as the color of pins......I am not color blind or anything but I also have a hard time with red pins as well. Not sure why so I change them out. I prefer greens and blues. I have an adjustable sight with only three pins. Having the three pins is good for close range, pins are set at 20green 30blue and 40green again, and then I move the sight for farther distances using my center blue pin when adjusting. Gives me a little closer and further option having the two green pins bracket the blue incase the animal comes closer or goes farther. Just my set up that works for me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norteno Report post Posted July 1, 2014 As Old Pete from PSE says, "Practice doesn't make perfect, Perfect practice makes perfect." Or something to that effect. I think that was Vince Lombardi...... but makes perfect sense for archery 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
