Sunday, 5 December 2010

Sunday 5th December 2010 - City of Sydney Championships

@ Sydney Bowmen
Sunny, some light gusts and breezes, turning overcast in the afternoon, quite warm.

2x 6 arrow ends @ 60m 122cm warmup
Canberra round
2x 6 arrow ends @ 60m 122cm warmup
Canberra round.

Total 204 arrows shot.

1st canberra was not too bad, scored a total of 783, a solid score improved from previous round of 754 last Sunday.  Was struggling at 60m to settle down, competition nerves.  My sight settings were also a little flakey for 50 and 40m but reasonable.

2nd canberra round was improved upon, scoring a 799.  My 60m was once again not particularly good, only two points better (239-241) while my 50m and 40m scores increased somewhat a little better than by 2.  I finished the day with a 60 v^_^v at 40m.

Total score was a 1582, enough for me to actually win the Recurve Division 1 1st place.

In terms of actual shooting form, I was trying to settle down, and for 50m and 30m in the second canberra, I worked on getting my setup alignment down stronly with my shoulder pushed in, while maintaining a strong deep grip on the string.  It helped as even though I was fighting fatigue to draw through the clicker, the shoulder alignment helped reduce bad releases from flying sideways as much.

Still much more work to be done, but progress is there.

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