[geoffretired]

This is archery related. When coaching, I like to use everyday situations to get the messages across. e.g. When you drive over speed ramps, you don't shake your head;it gets shaken. I use that analogy to get across the message that the follow through is a natural reaction to suddenly not having X pounds to hold. I then explain that the car crash investigators back track the skid marks etc. to try to work out how the accident happened.I explain how this can be linked to archery so the student can see the importance of their own follow through and how it can be related to their execution of the loose.I back track on the follow through to get an idea of how the loose may have been executed.
I am all in favour of the bio-mechanics approach and sports science, this is not a dig at that. I feel, for some archers, the everyday life approach can add clarity to their learning. After all they are the learners. It is the quality of their learning that matters.As an example, I talked to a struggling archer who just could not get has foot positions right. He was listening to different people telling him different things. He was confused!!! Once I found out he was a very good woodcutter, the teaching was easy. I won't bore you with the details, but we linked the importance of standing "a certain way" when cutting wood to standing a certain way for shooting. That did make sense to him and he was sorted. HE KNEW how to stand from then on and confusion disappeared.
What sort of strategies do other people use in order to get the messages across?