Mastering a new release aid???

[Brad]

I've just bought a new release aid, a carter A tension. I used to shot a trigger activated caliper release. I would like some advice on the best way to get used to it.

Do i start on targets straight away?? Or do i blind bale shot for a while??

Any advice will be a get help.

Brad

[clever_guy]

If you really want to *Master* the B*stard toss it against the wall a few times and show it who's boss..

;)

Seriously though, make yourself a practice stick. If you go to www.archerytalk.com and search for "practice stick" you will find instructions and pictures.

:)

-CG

[Brad]

You got a direct link to the "practice stick'???

Don't want to register on another bloody forum. Too many already!!!!!!

[clever_guy]

Brad;

Usually I make lazy bastards do their own home work...but tonight I will do the dirty work

;)

http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=101

http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=835

There you are..

-CG

[2Dogs]

Yep ....good stuff there.

Now guys imagine if Teelow got himself a "practice Stick" to go with his "Catboard"....hell he'd be unbeatable :lol:

[Brad]

Thanks CG.

Just been reading an old thread on that forum about BP. You really don't like him do you.

I'll check out the practice stick now. Any other tips??

Thanks again

Brad

[clever_guy]

"You really don't like him do you."

It is not a matter of liking or disliking, but to quote Twain "I have no use for useless people"...

;)

-CG

[clever_guy]

Any other tips??

Besides the practice stick you can try some 10 meter (10 yard) practice (again there are a number of threads on AT), and a little blind shooting never hurts. I would reccomend working with the practice stick learning to gradually build BT, and then spend a some sessions using 10 meter practice. Keep the practice stick with you and if you fid yourself moving through the shot too quickly go back to the stick for a few ends, then back to shooting.

-CG

[Brad]

CG,

from reading some of your previous posts on AT do you believe that you don't need to blind bale exclusively?? I have for the past 2 weeks but i want to shoot a 3D this w/end. I feel pretty comfortable with the new realease now. But have only shot it about 10 times at a target.

Brad

[clever_guy]

Brad;

Nothing wrong with blind shooting, people have been doing it for years before BP latched onto it as a cure-all. Without feedback from shooting you can train just as many bad habits as you are trying to break, also it doesn't help you learn how to aim, or co-ordinate aiming and shot execution. But everyone should have blind shooting as a component in their training, do it for a portion of a practice session.

The practice stick is more effective in working on shot execution and gradual BT, you can just concentrate on execution without having to worry about the bow, arrow etc. But you still have to shoot, thats what will "train" you. 12 yard practice will allow you to work on aiming and shot execution - then when you feel confident move back to 20m, then 30m, etc.

Another thing is don't set the friction point light on the BT release, Marcus can tell you about that. And when you work with the practice stick really try to use your back as the prime mover to trigger the release. The chassis (45 deg angle) will slip through your fingers and set off the release - don't rotate your hand to set it off. The more you work with the practice stick the more you will understand the movement - and with a "stick" you can do it for hours anywhere - just like 2 dogs and his "stick"...

:o ;)

-CG

[Brad]

CG,

Thanks for that. That gives me some good things to start on.

Will be looking at getting some coaching soon too.

Brad

[clever_guy]

Brad;

Coaching is a good idea. Anything out of a book is fairly limited. I could go on for 8 pages about how to execute BT and some reading might still not get it - but 5 minutes in person, and it is perfectly understtod. A coach can also give you feeback you can't see or feel (or miss-see, miss-feel).

Good luck with it,

:)

-CG