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Old 23-02-06, 03:33 PM
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Riser: Flame
Limbs: Hoyt Ultratech
Sight: Toxonics 5-pin
Stabilisers: Doinker
Button: Cavalier Long Reach
Bow String: Orange and Black
Arrows: Cheetah 3D

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Adam
All very admirable, and certainly something useful to keep in your kit box (or by the bed, in the bog or wherever), but there's absolutely no way on earth it's possible to run through this in exactly the same way on each and every shot. It's just way too complex and long-winded. All it will serve to do is distract you from what you should be doing - shooting the arrow.

Long check lists cause problems because, as tournament pressure builds, you begin to wonder if you've covered every point and you question HOW you've covered every point. Then you've got to go back and do it again because, if you don't, you won't reach that comfortable place where you need to be to shoot the arrow well. Then time begins to run short, so you try to do it in a rush, then you begin to question...

Yes, you need to know all that stuff: but, when you step onto the line, KEEP IT SIMPLE.

My checklist (which has just cropped-up elsewhere on AIUK) is:

1. stand up straight
2. draw the bow in a straight line
3. put the sight in the middle of the target
4. execute the shot

That's all. Nothing more complicated. Nothing to distract you from doing what you know how to do - i.e. shoot the arrow.

Adam
Yes the long form is for practice and ironing out problems. You revise and simplify it over time. You should follow it subconciously in competition.
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