The Archery Training Diary – Why “More” Isn’t Always Better
Keeping a training diary might seem unnecessary for archery at first; maybe you’ve already improved massively without ever using one. But it needn’t be complicated and take huge amounts of time. You will probably spend hundreds or thousands of hours working on your shooting, and not bothering with some sort of diary actually ends up costing you time, not saving it. A diary helps solidify your technique, and ensures you’re always moving forwards. In times of need (when you seem to have lost your form feeling), a diary helps you quickly get back to shooting properly. This could save you days, or even weeks of frustration and poor shooting.
You can watch the full video about keeping a training diary on YouTube (see below) and there’s also a written summary if you scroll down past the video.
Keeping An Archery Training Diary – Video Overview
The Archery Training Diary – Why It’s Essential
A training diary can be different things to different archers. But essentially it’s a personal record of your shot cycle, how you’ve trained, how you feel and what you plan to do to progress. Simple.
In summary, your training diary will help you:
- Learn new technique more quickly
- Have a more consistent shot cycle day to day
- Recover from a bad training session more quickly
- Avoid switching focus too often
- Prevent training overload
- Identify patterns
- Prevent illness/injury
- Keep motivation
The Archery Training Diary – What To Include
This really depends on what your goals are. If keeping a diary is new for you, start simple and keep it quick and easy. This will ensure you can commit to writing your diary over the long-term.