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Originally Posted by archery_mum  - Make sure there is no travel in your trigger.
- Make sure the trigger is set heavy enough not to go off as soon as you touch it. A hair trigger = target panic IMHO
I hope this helps  |
The trigger thing is interesting. A long while ago I was shooting alongside an eminent archer (hate namedropping) who tried my old BK and said it was too soft and had too much travel.
Pretty soon after I bought an insatiable 3+. I had been shooting this with the spings supplied. But co-incidental with my problems starting, around 3-4 weeks ago I was reading some posts making the same suggestion as you. I had got myself up to 565 but had a target of 575 before the end of the season. So I had this great idea to swap for a stronger spring (not the strongest). It may be a co-incidence but thats when my problems started.
At the weekend at our club indoor champs I was having a mare of a shoot, 5s, 6s and even a miss. I was thoroughly hacked off and in desperation at 2.5 doz I put my insatiable away and got out my old BK (much softer). All of sudden I managed to get the arrows in the yellow (not great shots, but they felt it after the first 2.5 doz).
This made me think softer was better as my technique was to squeeze my thumb onto the trigger and a hard trigger meant sometimes I was having to squeeze quite a lot (or maybe even jerk it).
The eminent archer uses the technique you suggest, also uses a trigger release, but his thumb never moves (actually nothing moves, an arrow just flies into the X). But I find this technique quite hard, not helped by my bow having wheels and no hard stop to pull against (it feels very woolly and undefined at full draw).
I am not sure any of this explanation above helps and I am grateful for comments already received and any to come.