| This is still an interesting thread despite there being so many clicker threads recently.
It confirms for me that clicker use is so easily misunderstood, despite so many attempts to clarify it. Different archers seem to need their own personal explanation; I see nothing wrong with that.
An archer taking up a clicker for the first time does not, necessarily, need the same help as one who has used one for years, perhaps wrongly for most of that time.
The simple, "you pull, it clicks, shot gone," explanation is so true, but for those who have been struggling for months or more, it is not that easy to make it work that way.
Its my Party has realised, I think, that it is that simple, but it seems it has not been that way since the start. The realisation has been some time coming, but that's to be expected really. Each archer has to learn how it works by succeeding; not just by reading and expecting "JOB done!"
Learning to use the clicker well, is often slowed down/ confused, by the archer trying to shoot competitions/ rounds etc before they have made enough progress with their clicker work. This can so easily lead to misuse and confusion/ doubts about the whole set up.
Getting through the clicker is about good form, yes.
It is also about a good approach. Some clicker shooters often seem to try to draw to the point where the clicker goes click. At that exact point, they stop the draw to release the arrow. Others seem to attempt to draw right past that point, with the fingers slipping off the string on the sound/feeling of the click. Put another way, it's almost as if they intend to draw all the way to their follow through position, but at the click, their fingers melt off the string.
Getting through the clicker is so much to do with "Knowing that you can".
For many it is always a struggle, to pull that last little bit. For many of those strugglers their work would be easier if they practised pulling further so they "know" they can with ease.  |