Tuesday 17th August 2010

@ St Pauls

Nice clear day, no wind.  Bright.

I shot a practice FITA today after really not shooting properly for a while.  I'm not entirely sure why I did it, but I think it was because the weather was so nice and there was no wind.  It's been a while since I shot one in proper order.  The last time I shot one was in 2007.  I did shoot a FITA out of order last year with a 1136 though but it wasn't in order so not a fantastic comparison.

Today, I had two warmup ends at 90m, and off I went.

90m: 29 19 23 27 30 20 = 148, Av = 24.6 Rating 53

70m: 35 43 41 52 52 45 = 268, Av = 44.6 Rating 69

50m: 38 50 34 46 45 47 = 260, Av = 43.3 Rating 67

30m: 56 57 56 54 52 52 = 327, Av = 54.5 Rating 75

Total: 1003 Rating 63, Av Rating = 66, would have been a 1032.

I'm pretty happy with the result, I had hoped for a 1000+, and sneaking in that 1003 was pretty good.  I definitely need a lot more work at 90m as usual to bring things back up, could easily get 100 points in 90m alone with some solid work there.

In terms of shooting, 70m was actually super comfortable.  50m I struggled and at 30m I was extremely tired since this was the most I had shot in one day in a very long time.  What made 50m a struggle was using the open sight ring with no dot.  It was harder than 90m in the sense that 90m is always hard for me and so I was not too worried about the aim aspect, but 50m, I've been able to do okay.  Looking at it, all in all though, my 50m score was close to my 70m, which is actually pretty normal in itself.  Can't complain really.

Not sure where I'll work on next though.

Slow motion/High speed video

I busted a nock today doing some shooting with my new high-speed video footage device. It can record up to 1000 frames/second with a playback at 30 frames/second, but it requires considerable lighting for good footage to be taken.

I have taken some of my release, etc, on youtube. The links are below.
No, you will not get rickrolled, I promise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vN4Ml8BRn0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00NJeRoh3Kg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnWUlda9vfM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY1DcxPJYg4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyMpyadmC7o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_exL2J1u2c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NBgnFaJamo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLpobg1SDN8

Sunday 29th November 2009

@ Sefton

Breezy gusts of wind at time, comfortable.

1x 6 @ 18m warmup

10x 6 @ 18m scoring as 2 sets of Indoor I simultaneously (two spots)

1x 6 @ 18m cooldown

Total 72.

Scored a 261 and a 267 for a 528, fairly mediocre, nothing special to mention.  Having not shot much in the recent weeks, it shows in keeping all of the elements together for a good solid sequence.  However, still a passable result and several ends were relaxed even if the arrows weren't grouping.

Saturday 28th November 2009

@ Sefton, very warm, early evening.

Nothing too unusual.

3x 12 arrow ends @ 8m, blank.

Found it was easy and seemed alright in keeping bowarm up.
Release was a little flakey at times but otherwise okay.
Finding that my sight alignment with string is not as good, have to make sure my face position will settle onto seeing on the left hand side of the string.

Shooting from the last two weeks

I was a bit lazy in not updating, but in the last two weks, I've only managed to shoot 72 arrows.

We've had a bit of crazy hot, then windy, and rain weather, along with me working until 6pm in the city, looks like my ability to keep on shooting is going to be majorly hampered. -_-

Tuesday 10th November 2009

@ Sefton

Pleasant afternoon, sun sinking over the horizon.

1x 6 arrow @ 18m, 40cm spot, no scoring

1x 18 arrow @ 18m, 40cm spot, no scoring

1x 12 arrow @ 18m, 40cm spot, no scoring

Total 36.

Have people walking along stop and watch and ask questions about shooting.  Two from up the road, and one from across the road.

Broke three nocks with grouping.

Sunday 8th November 2009

@ Sefton

Afternoon, light breeze on odd times, clear weather after rain periods in the morning.

5x 6 arrow ends @ 18m, 40cm spot, scoring
1x 6 arrow end @ 18m, 40cm spot, no scoring
2x 18 arrow ends @ 18m, blank.

Total 72.

Scored a 269 for the indoor round.
During blank, tried to meld everything together into consistency, not working that well, but towards the last 6 arrows, I concentrated on engaging subscapularis strongly and found that it made bringing through the clicker happen faster. Now to control it along with a better release.