27th March 2007

@ St Pauls
Coolish, little wind

121 arrows @ 90m, 70m, 50m, 30m

Attempted to obtain sight settings for Northern FITA Star on the coming weekend

• Sight settings for 90m and 70m seemed off, both distances were grouping low.
• Possibly due to oval position as there was dips in the ground
• 50m and 30m settings were fine as before
• Bow shoulder was sore, possibly from a little SPT that was done before over the weekend
• Did not shoot that well today

24th March 2007 - State Team Training Day

@ Homebush
Quite hot, little cloud cover, gusts of wind

State Team training, collection of uniforms and discussion of rules for uniforms.

36 arrows @ 30m, 80cm face
36 arrows @ 70m, 4 ends blank, 2 ends 122cm face
36 arrows @ 50m, 3 ends blank, 3 ends 122cm face

• Good form for windy conditions in general
• Commenting that arm was still shaking but post release and followthrough were good
• Keep turning of bow arm after lift consistent
• Two hand release, the balance of bow hand and release hand actions

Seems to be on track. Need to shoot 1240 in practice scores to get 1200 in competition scores.

23rd March 2007

@ St Pauls
Hot day, no wind, hazy and humid

110 arrows @ 90m, no target face, only yellow core as aiming mark

11 arrow ends

First set of 5 ends were very good, all of the arrows kept within the core insert
Good bow arm position and strength
Clean releases and consistent form
Last 5 ends started to degenerate
Focussed on keeping back and arm solid
Release mechanism was good and attempted to keep contact with face as much as possible

20th March 2007

@ St Pauls
Very humid, hazy and cloudy

Bow tuning exercise, shooting a wand and walking back to check centreshot and button tension.
Bow wound in another +1/2 turn. No more weight increase only checking tuning from here onwards.

132 arrows @ 20m, 40m, 60m, 70m and 90m

• Didn't need to adjust the button tension at all.
• Decent releases during the afternoon and arrows were grouping well in the wand centre line.

17th March 2007

@ Northern

Hot and humid, some cloud cover and wind late in the day

147 arrows @ 70m, 30m, 50m, 60m on blank and 122cm target face (42 arrows @ 70m).

Happy with todays form and release
Still need to work up more strength as was shaking and having difficulties shooting at the end
Elbow is turning during the hold phase and indicates not enough strength

Can wind up 1/2 turn max during the next session, but then focus on shooting more for strength, form and tuning to ensure that the bow will shoot its best.

16th March 2007

@ St Pauls College Oval

Cloudy with some slight wind and rainy. Hot and humid also.

60 arrows @ 15 and 30m on 80cm target faces.

Only worked on my release and strength shooting.

Wasn't able to shoot much due to looking after beginners.

13th March 2007

@ St Pauls
Slight drizzle conditions, overcast and light winds.

Wound in bow 1/2 turn
Re-tuned button position for centreshot and spring tension.

150 arrows @ 50m, blank yellow target core only

Happy with form today
Good clean releases
Good group sizes
Reasonable bow arm form for most of the shoot

If todays form could be repeated in competition, then 300 score would be easily achieved

10th March 2007 - Northern Club League, Holt Round

@ Northern
Sunny, some wind

6 ends @ 4m warmup blank
12 ends @ 90m blank

90m practice round: 48, 47, 44, 41, 43, 39 = 262
Rating 79

1 end @ 90m, 122cm target face

3 ends @ 50m, sight setting for Holt round.

Holt Round

1 end warmup @ 50m, 80cm face

15 ends @ 50cm, 80cm face

50, 51, 53, 51, 49, break
50, 47, 47, 55, 47, break
46, 49, 48, 54, 48, break
Total = 745
Rating = 80

• Shot reasonably well, after the first 6 ends, was at 304. First time shooting over 300 at 50m/80cm.
• Struggling to shoot well through the event due to the large number of arrows and the new bow weight.

9th March 2007

@ St Pauls
Clear weather, a little windy

Didn't get much shooting done due to looking after new members and supervising their shooting.

6 ends @ 30m, 80cm insert
3 ends @ 15m, 122cm target face

More strength work on new lb.

6th March 2007

@ St Pauls, windy with some cloud and sun

Wound limb bolts in half turn, now at 43lbs. (-4 turns)
Set button to light as described by Jim Larven
Also reset and checked centershot
Adjusted sight pin accordingly.

Strength conditioning, shooting volume today

144 arrows @ 15m/18m

4th March 2007 - Metropolitan Championships Day 2

@ Homebush
Cloudy for the morning, lunchtime.
Sun came out and it was just as hot and humid as Day 1.

6 ends warmup @ 90m, 36 arrows

Day 1 saw my placing with 1116 in at 6th.

90m: 44, 37, 33, 41, 37, 45 = 237
Average: 39.5
Rating 72

70m: 45, 48, 52, 49, 47, 48 = 289
Average: 48.17
Rating 77

50m: 47, 46, 39, 48, 46, 49 = 275
Average: 45.83
Rating = 71

30m: 53, 55, 53, 55, 55, 54 = 325
Average: 54.17
Rating 73

Total = 1126
Rating 73

• @ 90m was still having problems. Strength issue identified, blank 90m is suggested
  
  
• @70m shot is more comfortable. Used shoulder a lot better and was more controlled release.
  
  
• @ 50m, nothing particularly different
  
  
• @30m, release flicks caused bad shots and low scores, 7 and 8 arrows.
  Was disappointing as I should have shot better.

In the end, I finished in 5th, losing to 4th place by 7 points overall, which is approximately a 0.3% difference in scores, much to my annoyance indeed.

3rd March 2007 - Metropolitan Championships Day 1

@ Homebush
Very hot and humid, low winds at 50m and 30m but not of normal homebush variety.

5 ends of 6 @ 90m practice.

90m: 40, 47, 40, 35, 31, 32 = 225
Average: 37.5
Rating 69

70m: 50, 50, 47, 43, 44, 50 = 284
Average: 47.3
Rating 75

50m: 40, 49, 51, 47, 45, 45 = 277
Average: 46.17
Rating: 72

30m: 50, 57, 55, 56, 57, 55 = 330
Average: 55
Rating: 77

Total = 1116
Rating 72

It was a very tough shoot to do after coming back from a break. The weather did not assist at all and made it very difficult.

• Did not manage to acquire backtension use until approximately 50m
• It took half of the 70m distance to get back into some form
• It was a struggle to shoot with the arm up and steady for 50m
• 30m was high on mental pressure and two extremely bad shots.

2nd March 2007

@ St Pauls, Hot and slightly windy

Today was to get some basic sight settings for the 2007 Metropolitan Championships to be held at Homebush on the weekend.

Having not shot much on the last few weeks gone by, there was some concern regarding form and strength.

18 ends of 6 arrows shot (84 arrows) across all FITA distances.

The release was going ok, needed to be kept deep throughout
Bowarm staying up but rotation was not staying well and there was drop in the arrows.
String alignment is another aspect that will require work