shooting a FITA

[Wrexham Exile]

with qualification for the Welsh team for these years Euronations in mind i have a question about FITA's, more aimed at the "big guns" of the forum i guess but advice for anybody would be appreciated.

what do you feel is the key to scoring well on a FITA?

im looking to score over 1100 this year and wonder which are people see as easist to drop points. obviously 90m is tough but what other aspects do people consider?

cheers

Al

[Mick]

Concentrate on your 90m scores! If you watch the leader board at a FITA or a York come to that, the leader at the end of the longest distance usually wins. Having said that, the change to a smaller target face at 50m sorts many archers out. I shoot mid to high 1100s and I know that if my long was as good as my short distance scoring I would make MB with ease.

[Wrexham Exile]

cheers mick, just the sort of thing i was after.

out of interest would you say 90m or 50m was hardest.

what with the 3 at a time on the 50m i usually find this harder to shoot.

[Mick]

Maybe it's just me but I find the 90m much harder than the 50m
On a good day I can do around 330 at 30m, 310 at 50m, 280 at 70m and only 230 at 90m making 1150. On a rearly good day I could add perhaps 20 to my 90m and 10 to my 70m. On a bad day it will be the longer distances that suffer the most. So this year I'm using every practice session to shoot 70 or 90m.
At 50m a slight error might give you a seven, the same error at 90m will be a 1 or 2. anything worse will be 4 or 5 at 50m and a miss at 90m.

[Wrexham Exile]

cheers again Mick,

i think mentally the 50m is harder as it seems more drawn out and longer. 70m i feel quite happy with, and 90m - yes its difficult.

the first time i ever shot 30m at a tournament i shot 330+ - i think it was 335 but not sure.
i was chuffed to bits - not bad for a then 16 y/o.

im confident in my shooting but feel i should be able to break 1100 this year. but lots of 90m practice is a must now i think. i shot some last outdoor season but not as much as i would have liked. time will tell, and i cant shoot at the moment as of exams but cant wait to get back out there,

ta

Al

[wingate_52]

The smaller face at 50 and 30m is supposed to be proportional to the large face at 90 and 70 m area-wise.

[Mick]

330 at 30m is pretty OK. Be happy with your scores but be aware that taking the scores for the short distances and looking up how you rate in the handicap charts or comparing them with tournament winners will give you a false sence of how you are progressing overall.
(At least that's true in my case) My PB at 30m is 346 My PB at 90 is 254 sadly not on the same day.
For instance you could look up the 30m score for a recent tournament winner and find that he only shot 10 more than you at that distance and deduce that you're fairly close to him. At that distance you were, but there are a great many archers who shoot good scores at the shorter distances, not nearly so many shoot good scores at the longer ones. Archers that can shoot good scores at all distances are few indeed.

[grantwomack]

I'd say just concentrate on 90/70m or the 70m/50m changeover. A lot of people lose a lot of points going into 50m (not sure why, I always shoot better at 50m). 30m will come along with good scores at the longer distances and there is very little "catching up" that can be done at 30m.

[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.
The smaller face at 50m can be a barrier; it is so much smaller than the straw boss that it can look smaller than it should.
At 30m, some archers start to relax as it is the closest they get to the target. This is compounded by the fact that fatigue is at work( mental and physical). Plus, the end of the round is close and it can be difficult to keep that out of mind.
Be prepared for the changes of distance; not just in sight marks but in getting back the concentration after the breaks.
If , on the day, your sight mark for 90 is not quite the one in your book, have a plan for all the other sight setting.

[LineCutter]

Originally Posted by geoffretired

If , on the day, your sight mark for 90 is not quite the one in your book, have a plan for all the other sight setting.

Hands up everyone who knows the proportional change from their "Standard" sight mark for each change in distance? (That could be considered to include windage too)