It's been a long time between posts.

I guess once I obtained my Blues back in 2007, I slacked off, though not entirely for nothing since I am pretty much there with my PhD thesis.

But, I am back onto the shooting now, more so for fun and exercise, not so serious. I doubt I'll shoot 1200 this year, or anytime in the next few years, but hey, perhaps one day =)

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.