Well, as you can see, it has been a long time since I have picked up a bow and put any serious shooting. I have now returned, and I am going to attempt again to return to form and put in that 1200 score in either QRE or competition.
Naturally, it will not be easy to do, the absence of shooting has taken its toll in both form and strength though fitness overall has improved thanks to my Kendo training. While I make a tentative return to archery, I will not be able to give it a 100% attention like I did previously since I am also deciding to maintain my Kendo schedule co-currently with it.
So, for the moment, I will be shooting one day a week, possibly two, and I also have a target setup at home that will allow me to do random shooting during the week also at close distance (sub 10m) for general blank butt shooting.
I did shoot on Tuesday, about two hours worth, I didn't count the ends I shot, not that it is a significant number to note. The form was reasonable, not great, but it isn't like I missed the target. I was lacking complete backtension control with only perhaps one-third of my shooting with any form of tension that I would have liked. My left arm and back is pretty much in disarray and I hope it will return with sufficient time and shooting to where I had left off.
My groups initially were quite wide, about 7 ring wide, all low with my last known 30m setting, but by the time we stopped shooting, I had managed to close the width down to about four inches, but the vertical spread was still pretty large, about 8-9 inches high. Not particularly a good group considering when I was doing well, I could keep them all within the 9 ring with ease in regular conditions. But, I know my form isn't up to scratch so I won't beat myself up about it anytime soon.
I have also done SPT for the last two days, the first day doing about 23minutes, starting with 30 second holds and seeing it drop down to 7 second reps, and today, I also started around the 30 second mark and let it fall until about the 10 second mark, but doing greater rest periods inbetwee for a total of about 35 minutes. I dislike SPT greatly since I always feel that I am doing something wrong with my form and draw, and while SPT may be more effective than shooting in the same timeframe, I have always preferred to shoot the vast number of arrows. I guess we will see how things develop and what I will need to do.
The NSW State Champs are on the 15th & 16th August with entries closing on the 28th July, in 19 days time. I am probably not going to be in any condition to shoot them unfortunately unless something miraculous occurs. I will what happens by the 28th I guess, since I would rather not attend the State Championships and shoot a sub 1100 score if possible.
Happy Shooting~
Naturally, it will not be easy to do, the absence of shooting has taken its toll in both form and strength though fitness overall has improved thanks to my Kendo training. While I make a tentative return to archery, I will not be able to give it a 100% attention like I did previously since I am also deciding to maintain my Kendo schedule co-currently with it.
So, for the moment, I will be shooting one day a week, possibly two, and I also have a target setup at home that will allow me to do random shooting during the week also at close distance (sub 10m) for general blank butt shooting.
I did shoot on Tuesday, about two hours worth, I didn't count the ends I shot, not that it is a significant number to note. The form was reasonable, not great, but it isn't like I missed the target. I was lacking complete backtension control with only perhaps one-third of my shooting with any form of tension that I would have liked. My left arm and back is pretty much in disarray and I hope it will return with sufficient time and shooting to where I had left off.
My groups initially were quite wide, about 7 ring wide, all low with my last known 30m setting, but by the time we stopped shooting, I had managed to close the width down to about four inches, but the vertical spread was still pretty large, about 8-9 inches high. Not particularly a good group considering when I was doing well, I could keep them all within the 9 ring with ease in regular conditions. But, I know my form isn't up to scratch so I won't beat myself up about it anytime soon.
I have also done SPT for the last two days, the first day doing about 23minutes, starting with 30 second holds and seeing it drop down to 7 second reps, and today, I also started around the 30 second mark and let it fall until about the 10 second mark, but doing greater rest periods inbetwee for a total of about 35 minutes. I dislike SPT greatly since I always feel that I am doing something wrong with my form and draw, and while SPT may be more effective than shooting in the same timeframe, I have always preferred to shoot the vast number of arrows. I guess we will see how things develop and what I will need to do.
The NSW State Champs are on the 15th & 16th August with entries closing on the 28th July, in 19 days time. I am probably not going to be in any condition to shoot them unfortunately unless something miraculous occurs. I will what happens by the 28th I guess, since I would rather not attend the State Championships and shoot a sub 1100 score if possible.
Happy Shooting~
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