Target Panic Help?

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Devon Archer
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:30 pm Post subject:

hiya ratfighter I do see your point, but what the archer has to understand is that failure to hit the target is an option, and has to try their best, but accept the consequences and think that was the best I can do, then try and improve target panic is nothing to do with archery ability, style or equipment, it is a sub conscious mental state that stops you going for the shot, this can happen in many ways, and breeds bad style, lack of anchor being the most favoured one and without making the girls smirk, premature release the only problem with everything staying exactly the SAME is that way nothing changes, nothing gets worse, but there again nothing ever gets better, and we should be striving for improvement not stagnation _________________ yes it is me from the other place www.toadhollowarchers.org the home of Scraesdon Fort 2008

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Bushy
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:14 pm Post subject:

Here Here Devon Archer _________________ All hail to the Ale

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Ratfighter
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 8:44 am Post subject:

I still don't agree and now I don't agree with Bushy Archery is about repetition, target panic sets in when repetition is overiddenby the conscious. To get over target panic you have to trust routines, like driving a car. To improve you have to refine routines. Trying to get rid of TP by forcing yourself to get better is like driving from A to C without calling at B, which is great, unless B was the petrol station _________________ MERLIN ARCHERY CLUB GETTING RATTIER BY THE MINUTE

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geoffretired
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 10:34 am Post subject:

Target panic is a bad habit, usually picked up unknowingly at first. One way to overcome it is to learn a new, good habit, deliberately. That new habit can be used instead of the old bad one. I can selcet whether to use the old habit or the new one. I don't select the old one(with tp) for obvious reasons.

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Fanatical_Fletcher
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:27 pm Post subject:

Hey everyone, just remembered I hadn't updated this thread! Just to say a big thank you to everyone for being so helpful, I've improved a massive amount over the past couple of months, and I'm really starting to enjoy my shooting again. I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm "cured" as it's all too easy to fall back into bad habits, but I'm much much better than I was. Thanks very much!

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