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Old 19-01-06, 12:28 AM
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Riser: Hoyt Vantage X7
Limbs: XT1000
Sight: AX3000 & 7x Scope
Stabilisers: 34" ACE
Button: Scott Longhorn IV Red
Bow String: RedBack Strings 452x
Arrows: Easton X7 2315's

Setup
Bow: Hoyt UltraElite XT2000 C2
String & Cables: RedBack 452x
Sight: Axell AX3000
Stabs:
Scope: Specialty Scope 7x
Launcher/Rest: Trophy Taker SS 2
Arrows: Easton Protour 470's 27"
Release Aid: Carter Insatiable 3
Traditional Script currently under construction
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I'm starting to come to the belief that

• Accurate shooting is concience
• The things that makes us miss are subconcience
• 'The Zone' is when only the concience mind is involved
• Activating the Zone is supressing the subconcience issues that manifest as missing.

For example. I know exactly what I need to do in order to shoot a 10 at any distance at anytime.
However I fail (bigtime) to do this everytime.
In most cases it is because I lose patience or have some other issue pop into my head during the shot process.
If I can suppress these from happening, often by making myself do it right, I am alot more accurate.

So here is the possibility
Mere mortal archers like us have too much conflict between the conceince and subconcience parts of our mind, and while trying to fix that we try and turn off the wrong half.
Great shooters simply concentrate on what they need to do and do it.
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