| As I read your mail, your lad has till now been shooting barebow and is finding it difficult adjusting to a sight. This is one of the hardest steps, particularly among youngsters, as there is a flood of micro-adjustments to cope with. You are right - the most important thing at that age is to keep him motivated. And that means hitting the target.
Split the change into handlable sections. Try not to concentrate on anchor point, as that might develop into a simple clash of wills. What I would do is first concentrate on stance - keeping upright, HEAD ERECT AND LOOKING AHEAD (I have always found telling the youngster to imagine he's having an award from the Queen, or some such helps them imagine the right stance). Then let him draw back as before to the corner of the mouth, but looking through the sight rather than down the arrow (the height of the sight should be set to the depth between his mout and his eye at this stage). This takes some getting used to, remember. When he is comfortable with this (and it might be several sessions down the line) start him drawing to his mouth, and then moving his hand down to his chin (the height of teh sight now needs changing to eye-to-chin). This has the added benefit of not drawing under the chin and coming up, which tends to hunch the drawing shoulder. Eventually the end anchor point will feel comfortable, and (in my experience) he will start naturally drawing there.
Good luck
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