"There are times when I know the sight is not on the gold as the clicker drops, but I still let go.... an the arrow does not go in the gold."
Flying Whale, I guess every clicker shooter has been there; many still are.
I would add that, what seems like a failing in the clicker/surprise release technique is also there in the "no clicker" technique and in the "click hold then go" technique. With the surprise release the clicker/surprise gets the blame.
With the other clicker technique, the blame gets placed on varying aspects so there appears to be no real culprit.Similarly for those with no clicker.
Do archers without clickers release when the sight is not in the gold? Yes sometimes. Do archers who hold a while after the click? Yes sometimes. They need to be more in control; they know that anyway. I feel it's just the same for click/ surprise execution.
"drawing waiting for clicker & nothing"
Menace, I wish I had a pound for every archer who has been there!
Waiting for the clicker, I feel is not the best way to use it. For one thing, it suggests that not much is happening and it makes the clicker seem "all important". ( You wait for me, my lad; I don't wait for you.)
I guess you are working on a different way to operate it now.
And; Thanks again for all the inputs. I appreciate all the effort that has been put in to explain your thinking.