Shall I skip training for the next two weeks?

[Nalia]

I'm waiting for my bow to arrive next week or the week after (hopefully).
Until then, I get a Medalist to shoot at the club - the problem is, poor thing is in a horrible condition. After three arrows the sight shakes lose, I have to get the screwdriver and fix it (never possible to fix it in the same position, so I am forced to adjust the sight, too). No need to tell, it's very tiring and takes time, too.

Now, I don't know if it's worse than not shooting at all. Clearly, it distracts my attention from the shot time to time, let alone not being able to hit the ten :-? I'm not going for tens right now, b/c I know I need a reliable equipment for that, I just want to focus on technique. Do you think I should put it down for the next two weeks or do you say it's still better to practice than not to shoot at all?

[abaggs]

Just go to a distance that you feel comfortable with, and shoot barebow. If you want to focus on technique, that is the way to do it! :wink:

[robbo]

Yeah go barebow, you might like it. :D

[CMB50]

Keep shooting.

Shooting at no target (blank butt) will be of more benefit than at a target face with the equipment you're using at the moment. Shoot on a blank butt for a while and concentrate on alignment and your release. plus you'll keep your strength up.

[grantwomack]

I'd recommend at least shooting for form work. I stopped shooting for around a month over Christmas (partly due to a skiing injury) and really struggled with my form and stamina when I got back. Two weeks isn't as severe but can still degrade your stamina considerably.
Barebow is always fun! :D

[Bia]

Ok. Don

[Nalia]

Guess what, yesterday I was so fed up with the sight that I decided to practice drawing only. I thought it'd be very useful just to pull, stay on the target for a while an the let it down.

So I pulled, and that's when the surprise came: I just can't do it :D When I draw and focus on the target I find it very hard not to release! I'm really afraid that I'll let go unconsciously! Honestly, I didn't expect this... :D

Is it the same with you?

(No problem if I close my eyes, but if I see the pin in the gold, I just can't resist shooting :fadein: )

[New Tricks]

With regard to strength, in the short term less than three months you can keep all of your gains with a once a week session of say 30 minutes. Balnk butt should suffice as you will get a two outcome as your form will perhaps benefit from just the mechanics side. If you want to keep you actual endurance for say a FITA you pretty much over that time have to do at least half of the training volume that you normally do. Aerobic performance (the i can do this forver feeling) starts do degrade after three days. I would suggest as a minimum 2 sessions each week of half your normal volume.It is called a Taper (in endurance sport speak) and actually improves performance on the return on the first day back. The key is to do the same amount of sessions but half the duration which will probably help with the boredom of the blank target.

[RealLyons]

Guess what, yesterday I was so fed up with the sight that I decided to practice drawing only. I thought it'd be very useful just to pull, stay on the target for a while an the let it down.

So I pulled, and that's when the surprise came: I just can't do it :D When I draw and focus on the target I find it very hard not to release! I'm really afraid that I'll let go unconsciously! Honestly, I didn't expect this... :D

Is it the same with you?

(No problem if I close my eyes, but if I see the pin in the gold, I just can't resist shooting :fadein: )





Theres nothing wrong with that as far as i am concerned.... (this is irrelevant, but how did you shoot when you released it when you didn't mean to? )

[Nalia]

I didn't release, but it was very hard to resist the urge :-?

[Leighton]

Why don't you buy a sight that doesn't rattle loose and stick it on the bow?

[Nalia]

Why don't you buy a sight that doesn't rattle loose and stick it on the bow?
lol you're cute :D Because I have ordered my bow ages ago and still wait for it to arrive ;)

[Leighton]

Why don't you buy a sight that doesn't rattle loose and stick it on the bow?
lol you're cute :D Because I have ordered my bow ages ago and still wait for it to arrive ;)

But you still need a sight for your new bow. ;)

[Nalia]

I ordered it with the bow :D

(So it means that I'll never get that either :( )

[anson2003]

Go down to your local hardware store, and buy rubber orings to fit all the screws on the sight. Then put htem inbetween. It works wonders.
I am using a $5 sight on a 1k+ bow, and well lets just say it works just fine :D

[Leighton]

I ordered it with the bow :D

(So it means that I'll never get that either :( )


:(

What if you used your agreeable personality to convince someone to let you borrow their backup sight that does not rattle loose?