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Originally Posted by Bald Eagle  Read John Dudleys article on back tension in The Glade, Summer edition, it's very informative. We all need a trigger to release our arrow, recurve archers use a clicker, some compound archers use a back tension release or finger or thumb. I've found that if you have a "trigger" sooner or later you will hit it as soon as you see gold, a sure sign of target panic/gold shyness. Going to a back tension release takes a bit of discipline and hard work but the end result is worth the effort.
It seems to me that your "trigger" with the longbow is that you have found relaxation in pushing and pulling at reference and the sub-concious takes over the shot execution? |
Bald Eagle I think that is the other missing part of the puzzle... I have been trying so o o o hard recently and looking back I can see that the relaxation into the subconscious execution of the shot is something I have lost. There is a point where one has to step aside and allow the training to take over and simply observe.
Ironically I once wrote out my shot routine; having put all the physical steps in I went back over it and put in a final step, it was precisely this point of waiting quietly for the shot at the moment of highest tension (Herrigel refers to something similar in Zen in the Art of Archery).
This is why we need coaches, to remind us of what we know at just the right moment, thank you.