shooting a FITA

[SimonW]

Originally Posted by Mick

On a good day I can do around 330 at 30m, 310 at 50m, 280 at 70m and only 230 at 90m making 1150

interesting.

The 70m and 50m are meant to be equivalent (in terms of degree of difficulty) - if you look at the scores of top archers you'll see this borne out by their scores.

I've always worked on this formula for me:

270 + 300 + 300 + 330 = 1200

to get an 1100 I would work on:

235 + 275 + 275 + 315 = 1100

As Mick said, work on the 90m score. Darrell Pace was quoted as only practicing at 90m. He would shoot 30 arrows and try to score 300.

If you have a weak distance, work harder at it. When I first started shooting FITA's I found I was rubbish at 50m (would score 270'ish at 70m and only 220'ish at 50m).

I just practiced a lot at 50m 'till I found I liked it (well, convinced myself I could shoot well at it).

And, as several people have said - get your sight marks sorted.

It's very painfull to shoot a high or low 1 if the previous distance was going well.

Simon

[Rik]

Originally Posted by geoffretired

Points can be lost at the change of distance. After 90m there are no sighters. If you don't get in the gold with your first three arrows-then what?
The intervals between distances can upset form, so the first end at a new distance is not for settling in- it's too late by then.

Some FITAs have room for a separate practice field. I must admit to never having used the facility myself - I have visions of running out of steam at 30m as a result of the extra shooting - but it affords the possibility of checking sightmarks on the day...