Panic

[bkupris]

Who has target panic at the moment besides me

[Timid Toad]

Me. Can shoot clout to a stupidly good standard, stick me in front of a yellow blob and I'm b****red. Competitions are worse than alone in the garden or at the club with a few mates.
I'm working on it.

[Bald Eagle]

Got rid of mine with the evolution release !!

[Murray]

It's not quite target panic (more clicker panic?), I've been struggling all season. I can't shoot a round cleanly - by the end of a round I'm only getting through the clicker on 2 or 3 out of half a dozen shots.

I ended Sunday's session with 3 failed attempts to shoot one arrow, put the bow back in the case Of the 7 dozen or so arrows I actually shot, I must've pulled nearly 9 dozen! I monitored my heart rate throughout the session and it reached 132bpm near the end, so I'm clearly not relaxed!!

I know I'll beat it, It's just a matter of putting in the effort. I have a reasonably well rehearsed regime of exercises I use, at home, on my own, in the back room which I know eventually will get me to that "calm" place and let me shoot my shots in a controlled and confident manner... it's finding the time to go through it! I call it "losing the fear".

Trouble is, I know I need to do it by January as I'll be into squad training by then, and squad's not a pleasant experience with TP/CP!

If you want me to send you some of my notes Brian, I'd be happy to.

[TJ Mason]

Not for some months. I still get the occasional flinch, but nothing too bad - I've set a very gratifying string of PBs over the last six weeks.

It can be beaten! The approach that worked for me was to get back to the real basics of archery, get those solid and then build the more advanced bits on top. A less drastic version of rebuilding my game. In my case, TP can be caused by overthinking the shot, which in turn stems from trying to do the more advanced stuff while the basics are neglected.

[geoffretired]

TP can be cured. If you have it, don't live with it, get it sorted. You won't regret it.Once cured you may even be better for going through the experience. Think of it this way; if you had it and it's cured, you are better off than someone who is just reaching the stage where it is developing.

[Shirt]

Hell yes, but it's getting less worse.

Compound is a wonderful thing.

[bkupris]

Thanks all for your replies. Murray it probably is clicker panic that is developing to the point where when I put the sight ring on the gold I start to stress out and shake. I do know the recommended drills to carry out from coaching courses etc. and I'll have to dig in and try and sort it. After shooting two indoor comps after not much shooting this past summer and some practice in between today I finally realised just how bad of a state I am in! I am just relieved to admit I have this affliction and seek help. It's bloody awful but part of the game I guess. My ears are open for advice and/or commiseration.

[bkupris]

Shot a Portsmouth this morning. Took the silly cross hairs out of my sight ring. Focused on the centre of the gold, totally ignored where the sight ring was, clicked and let her go. Quite an improvement. Much less tension and stress. Even improved on the scoring a bit.

I'll be shooting 3 mornings next week (doesn't matter which) let me know when you get back from up north and I'll arrange to be there on a morning that suits you.
Good luck tomorrow
John