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Hi All,
Welcome to this weeks quick tips email, as always, please do forward this message to your archery friends who might find it helpful.
Someone recently emailed with the following question which I’d love to answer today:
“While practicing I shoot good scores and my feelings are also good but after a few days I suddenly forget the feeling I had. I try to recall it and do the same steps but the feeling doesn’t come back until a few days or weeks later…the same happens with me while I am competing. I forget my draw pattern under pressure and I can’t shoot with the same feeling of my draw and expansion. What can I do?”
There are many things to unpack here but I’d just like to give a couple of key suggestions that will help.
🛠️ Equipment
Today’s equipment recommendation is simple. Which arrow rest should you shoot?
You’ll be happy to know, there are only 2 real choices here: the Shibuya Ultima rest and the Hoyt Super Rest.
Both are excellent rests, and both can shoot world records.
If you’re looking for a great arrow rest on a budget, grab a couple of the Hoyt Super rests so you’ve got a few spares. They normally cost just $1-$2.
If you want a rest which will last you ages and don’t mind spending a little extra, I’d recommend the Shibuya Ultima. It will easily last you 5 years.
Just pick one of these and focus on the stuff that matters, your training and technique.
I often get asked whether you should shoot in strong wind or not, and the answer is not what you might expect.
Essentially, shooting in wind regularly is good, especially if it’s ‘normal’ wind. However, I would not advise shooting in strong wind all the time. It can be very destructive to your technique.
Basically, you want to make sure that most of your shooting is done where you can control your technique and do the process that you want. So I’d only suggest shooting around 10-20% of your arrows in strong wind as a maximum.
If it’s regularly very windy where you train, this might mean you do more close blank bale work when it’s very windy. Or maybe shoot indoors. If you spend too much time shooting in strong wind it will be very hard to feel your technique and work on improving.
That’s it for today, have a wonderful weekend!
Happy shooting,
Ashe
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