Shooting line etiquette

[TJ Mason]

How affected are you when people step on or off the line during your shot? I know we're not supposed to do it, but it doesn't bother me at all. I'm far more distracted if I think someone is standing behind me waiting for me to finish my shot so they can come onto the line.

[Little Miss Purple]

I prefer people to come and go when they are ready, although I don't like to move if someone is at full draw.

[geoffretired]

I'm not too bothered what other people do when I'm on the line but I don't like to join the line or leave it when someone is on their shot. It could bother them quite a lot and I wouldn't want to spoil things for them.
I think at some high level competitions, leaving or joining the line at inconvenient moments is considered part of the game plan.

[Ceri Jones]

Dont like to walk on or off the line if someone next to me is at full draw, i wont walk off the line if im last but 1 off the line.

[PaulT]

I also prefer people to come and go when they please; I think that if I'm distracted by something like that then I'm not focussed enough and therefore it's my own fault.
However I do try to not move directly in front of people at full draw as not everyone is of the same mind as me on that.

[Dante]

Personally I do not even notice who else is on the line when shooting except maybe when one of our juniors, Sam, is next to me because he has a bad habit of not knowing where the end of his bow is and a whack on the back of the head at full draw can be slightly distracting . As I was unlikely to get a 10 in the first place even that distraction I find amusing.

As far as when I finish I do not tend to leave the line whilst the archers either side of me are at full draw.

[Kae]

I don't' find people moving on and off the line distracting, but I have come very close to loosing eyes and other appendages from people hurling bows around.

Come on people, spacial awareness is something that even apes have got the hang of! (They mean to hit each other on the head, lol).

The worst one was when the twit next to me put his limb through my bow (at full draw) because he insists on nocking the arrow with the bow horizontal. Loud bang, and dents in his limb, but no damage to my XP10's .

Kae.

[Furface]

The reason I wait until the archers next to me are in neutral before moving on or off the line is in case I whack them and everything goes Boinggg.

[teknohippy]

Originally Posted by Ceri Jones

I wont walk off the line if im last but 1 off the line.

I was last on the line the other night, left all on my lonesome. I'd just finished my second arrow of 3 and the whistle went.

I looked round confused preparing to nock my last. The whistle blower apologised and blew the whistle for me to continue.

Now the whole bloody room was definitely looking at me! Cheeky murmers of, "No pressure at all mate." *giggle*

And this my first ever night at a club.

I did manage to shut everyone out, concentrate on the shot and put it in the gold, thankfully. Some cheeky bugger clapped

[Sponge]

Doesn't bother me at all. I always try to make sure that if I am facing someone (I am a lefty) that I don't move if they are about to come to full draw. This is becuase I naturally turn towards them, where as normally the person would be back to them and turn further away.

Now, Spec deciding to blow his nose in one of those loud comedy snorts when Meta and I were at full draw, thats distracting. Laughing and trying to shoot = lower scores.

Sponge