4th November 2006 - Northern Club League Canberra, Ratings Tables

Wet with rain, occasional gusts of wind kicking about

12 practice arrows @ 60m

30 arrows @ 60m, 122cm target face

• Score: 221 = 44.2/end = 61 rating

30 arrows @ 50m, 122cm target face

• Score: 259 = 51.8/end = 72 rating

30 arrows @ 40m, 122cm target face

• Score: 265 = 53/end = 66 rating

Total: 745 = Rating 66
Rating Average = 66.3

• The rain made it difficult to concentrate
• Complete loss of back tension and showed a lot of collapse
• It was difficult to get my finger position correct
• Very bad followthrough from the shot
• Could keep the rotation during hold, lost the rotation on the shot
• Needed to stay relaxed
• Too tense, raised shoulders made shorter draw and very hard to pull through the clicker
• Still setting up reasonably
• Keeping in mind the pushline method

As it was my first 'shoot' since starting the new method, was not expected to do well. Supposed to take about 6 weeks before any signs of improvement is expected at all.

An exercise suggested:

• Shoot 3-4 arrows on a blank butt, then 1 arrow on a target face (on the same or separate target doesn't matter. Rinse, repeat.

Assists in getting the same execution without too much concern regarding the aiming part.


My last five FITA's for an average rating
1029
998
1047
1134
1080
Average comes to 1071 = Rating 68, which meant the Canberra round was below what I am capable of shooting on average.

Goal setting 1200 requirements
Breakdown of the scores for 1200 Goes as such

• Only need to score:
• 90m : 270
• 70m: 300
• 50m: 300
• 30m: 330
• Total 1200

• Breaking them down into individual rounds, on average, it means
• 90m: 45/end
• 70m: 50/end
• 50m: 50/end
• 30m: 55/end

In order to shoot those ends, the normal distribution for each distance is then

• 90m: 45/end = 9 8 8 7 7 6
• 70m: 50/end = 10 9 8 8 8 7
• 50m: 50/end = 10 9 8 8 8 7
• 30m: 55/end = 10 10 9 9 9 8

And by examining the rings (Gold, Red, Blue, Black, White), we can further break them down to

• 90m: Keeping all within the Red, but am allowed 1 Blue every end
• 70m: Keeping within all the Red
• 50m: Keeping within all the Red
• 30m: Keeping inside the Gold but allowed 1 Red every end.

So, instead of thinking scores as such, think reducing the lowest scoring arrow as much as possible and everything else according to a random normal group size will fill in the rest.

Learning to control the minimums makes it much easier, and mentally you just think, at 90m I only have to shoot inside the red.

Rating Tables are used to determine your shooting level.
A score is correlated to a rating in a table, but it is consistent across different distances and target sizes. This means if you shoot a 77 rating on a FITA, in theory, if you shoot a FITA900 your score will be also a 77 rating equivalent.
Rating Tables are very useful to look at progress because as you get better, your ratings should increase. The rating I am aiming for is a 80 rating across all distances as that will get me a 1200 FITA score. At the moment, I am capable of 80 rating at 30m only on a good day.