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Originally Posted by King Custard  so....looking at the thread again....
to put in consistently good scores...I have to only shoot when the weather is reasonable, I'm feeling fit and happy, and the first couple of ends are really good.
So which comes first?
Becoming a good archer - then getting picky about which rounds I actually finish...
or
get picky about which rounds I actually finish - then become ( or seem to be) a good archer?
I'm a little confused here as to which would be the best advice to give a wannabe world champion. |
If you need to achieve a selection score and you know the weather is going to prevent you from achieving it, why waste your time and petrol? You can just pop down to your own club and practice in the field instead. When you have to travel a minimum of 50 miles to a WRS and at many events, stay overnight - what is the point if you are not going to achieve your aim.
You will find it is also common practice for those chasing ranking and quali scores to 'retire' rather than have a low score put in. As all WRS scores are recorded by
GNAS some feel it is better to have no score than a low score.
Whether you agree with this or not is up to you. It is an individual sport and individuals have their own aims and objectives. How they achieve them is very much up to them and their coach. It is similar reasoning that stops many top archers participating in imperial rounds.
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