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Originally Posted by Raedwald What it comes down to Tracy is do what you feel comfortable with! Stuff anyone who would pressurise you otherwise!
There are those in my club who keep trying to get me to shoot in either a classification shoot or one of the 3D shoots. Eventually I will, but when I'm good and ready, and not before!
Shoot for the enjoyment, shoot for the pleasure. Enjoy every arrow without pressure from anyone but yourself.
I find archery one of the most relaxing of passtimes - sounds like you do to. Don't let anyone complicate it or take the pleasure away! What they get out of it isn't what you do - you understand that, sounds like a few others need to learn that very basic lesson!!!
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I do finding it incredibly relaxing - at home I get reds and golds all the time. But the pressure at the club is immense and so I wobble; all they talk about is their handicaps and whose better than who. I don't get it to be honest, I can't understand why I can't think someone's improved and congratulate them on it.
To me it is a brilliant hobby and I would love to go barebow and field archery in the end. I will NOT be 'upgrading' to a new (and expensive) bow - I like my bow, I like that I am finally into a hobby I have wanted to do since I was a kid.
I like the simplicity of it - I don't get the point of wrist releases, stabilisers and all that. No one understands that I
like it simple, that I
prefer it like that; that I do not want all the bells, flutes and whistles they all have. When I tell them this I get asked why I didn't buy a longbow!! LOL!
I am glad you understand and I appreciate all the kind advice I've had from everyone here. I did wonder if I
had to compete as Trev was told "she's on the ladies team as even with her we're still one short, but at least now we only need one more and then we've a got a team to start competing." It sounded as if I didn't get a choice as I'd spent all night telling them I don't like competitions.
No they certainly don't get out of it what I do. Some of the more senior members get quite cross with me now if I don't do well all the time; I was told when they had the mini comp last week that I "should be getting gold every time now, I've had training for weeks now". I pointed out that I was doing it for
fun, not to become a potential olympic candidate (the person concerned said I "wasn't funny", my reply was "am I bovvered?").
Anyway, thanks again and I will continue to be me rest assured, your kind advice and the advice of others here has reassured me I'm doing the right thing.
