Getting Angry

[RealLyons]

When I am shooting.... I normally shoot good..... when I shoot good... I shoot really really good... when I am off.. I get mad and shoot really bad. Is there any way that I can keep the right frame of mind while shooting? Should I stop shooting if I am shooting bad?

[Marcus]

control your temper, it's as easy as that.
If: shooting bad -> getting mad = shooting worse then don't get mad, get even.

[Kuru]

Maybe you need to ask yourself is getting angry/upset going to help you ? is it a positive thing to do ? I remember something Leigh Cornish once said to me when he was helping me with some coaching many moons ago and it's really stuck with me, I shot a bad arrow and wasn't happy, He said is there anything you can do about that arrow, of course I said no and he said it's gone forget about it and move onto the next one.

[RealLyons]

control your temper, it's as easy as that.
If: shooting bad -> getting mad = shooting worse then don't get mad, get even.



Get even with what? the target? :lol:

[TJ Mason]

You must learn to "flush the mental toilet" (as someone on another forum put it). :D

[The One]

A good mental excercies is imagining that your last shot is a leaf of paper. Mentally take the paper, screw it up, and throw it in the bin. Then, start anew on the next shot.

[frommy]

A good mental excercies is imagining that your last shot is a leaf of paper. Mentally take the paper, screw it up, and throw it in the bin. Then, start anew on the next shot.

Or down the toilet as per TJ's suggestion! :wink:

[The One]

Whatever floats your boat ;)

[RealLyons]

Whatever floats your boat ;)


or sinks the log :wink:

[abaggs]

"But this one just won't go down!"


:)

[MerlinApexDylan]

In Zen Buddhism. The ideal is to be in the moment. So that you are not grasping onto this or that but seeing the moment how it is and then moving on to the next moment and forgetting about the last. This allows you to be unfettered in your learning, because you are never holding onto one concept in your way of thinking. Rather, you are allowing your mind to take on new info and to adapt. This is also known as "no mind" in chinese or Wu Hsin.

I'd like to learn some of it, or at least how to meditate well. I am looking at Falun Dafa as an option. :fadein:

[RealLyons]

I am actually a christian.... my beliefs won't let me take up any Buddhism... sorry :roll:

[MerlinApexDylan]

I am actually a christian.... my beliefs won't let me take up any Buddhism... sorry :roll:

Well, Falun Dafa is simply meditation and it's free to take. I don't think god it going to strike you down if you are studying... Truthfulness, Benevolance and Forebearance.

http://www.falundafa.org/eng/index.htm

[Bia]

hmmmm liked it! Might be very uselful for the anxious me! Thanx for the link... :wink:

[RealLyons]

Now.. I am learning to not get as angry when I start to shoot bad. Now I take a five minute break and I feel as if this helps a lot. Thanks guys for all the help.

[Eolla]

Something to think about.
Do you drive a manual car? Do you ever crunch a gear accidently? Yes. What happens next? I'll bet you say "Oops" instantly forget you crunched and don't crunch again for a long time. Why can't you apply this thought process to archery. One bad shot should not lead to 4 more bad shots in succession but how often do we see it happen - a lot. One bad gearshift does not cause you to lose control and smash your car, so a bad shot or unexpected fly off should be met with "Oops" and the next ones go back in the gold. Reset your mind after every shot, One shot One Life.

A great way to practice is go down to our neaest ABA club and shoot the one arrow field round a few times

Here Endeth the Lesson (ref to the above few posts)

[BrokenArr0w]

goto ur Happy Place! :lol:

just take a couple of deep breaths, and visualise the arrows going into the X, then clear everything out of ur mind as ur goto shoot.

[Turtle]

The more I read and practice the more I am coming to realise that archery has many similarities with dressage, well the mental aspects anyway. Same things count. Each movement in a dressage test is worth a possible 10 points. If you screw one movement up you have to forget about it and try to get as much as you can from the next one.

If you dwell on the past movement or arrow then chances are you are going to lose more valuable points on the next. Anger is a negative emotion and will not help your scoring. Take the pressure off, will there still be food on the table if you don't score well every arrow? Will your family and friends still be there if you don't score well every arrow?

Put it into perspective. This is a hobby and something you are doing for fun and enjoyment. At what point does anger come into it?

[hoyt for life 2]

DR hoyt for life 2
has the perfect way to stop angerness: get a video camra and place in on the range somewere it can see you shooting or get someoone to hold it record your self shooting. keep recording until you have a realy bad shoot and you show visable sighns of anger, throwing bow around, yelling, swearing stuf like that. take the camra home and watch your self, its f**k'n funny and it stops you getting angry(worked for me)

[RealLyons]

haha.. I just tried that this weekend actually before I read this. I noticed after a bad shot, I did this weird thing with my eyebrows. haha.. It was so funny and I laughed so hard that my stomach started hurting. haha :lol: :lol: :lol:

[hoyt for life 2]

i did the same the first time i did it. i got the player thing and repeted a small part were i sware and swing the bow around the place over and over, i looked like some rythmic gumnast but useing a bow insted of a ribon or ball.
cures your angryness

[tex]

Try to take note of all your good arrows on a side of a paper sheet and your bad arrows on the other side. At the end of the practice session or at the end of the competition, you will realise that the good ones are much more than the bad ones.
We always remeber well the worst things that happen to us and often forget all the good job we have done.
:D And above all, don't try to correct your mistakes, but keep clear in mind your perfect shot and put it in action, it's an attitude that lead to positiveness.

[bigfella]

When I am shooting.... I normally shoot good..... when I shoot good... I shoot really really good... when I am off.. I get mad and shoot really bad. Is there any way that I can keep the right frame of mind while shooting? Should I stop shooting if I am shooting bad?

Shooting is a process. A process of doing all the things necessary in their order for you to get the shot off well.
After a poor shot, focus on the process.. go back to the basics of what you have to do to get off a good shot. Anger stops you from doing that and instead forces your concentration onto things that prevent you from making a good shot.
Stop and Refocus after each shot.

[Gunzer]

I am actually a christian.... my beliefs won't let me take up any Buddhism... sorry :roll:

I'm a Christian too... former Catholic until I read the forbidden book. I don't wanna talk about it any further as I might violate forum rules.

When I make a bad shot (as in break an arrow or not hit the board), I laugh at myself. I must be mad? :D

But getting back to the topic, KLee in Total Archery sais that outward emotional expressions has to be controlled and the shooter must full understanding how the shot was executed and thus evaluation, analysis, and corrections can be made. When the arrow is realeased, its location is absolute and can only be evaluated (or something along those lines).

[wareagle]

I learnt a big lesson last year, in a 3DAAA comp, I had shot 8 10's then miscalculated on the 9th and shot a 8, I was so pinged off, I called myself all the names under the sun, lined up on the 10th and forgot to change my sight settings . :roll:

[fatdog]

oh god , i could tell the story of the waterbottle, beemer and stinging nettle but i'm not.

[lewkowski]

When I am shooting.... I normally shoot good..... when I shoot good... I shoot really really good... when I am off.. I get mad and shoot really bad. Is there any way that I can keep the right frame of mind while shooting? Should I stop shooting if I am shooting bad?

Take a tip from Yoda - "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."

So looks like you are suffering from FEAR. Fear of losing? Fear of target panic? Fear of missing the Gold?

Learn to not be afraid, only then will you be a true archer...... :o

[2Dogs]

When I get pissed..........I just chuck my gear in the river :wink:

[grantwomack]

When I get pissed..........I just chuck my gear in the river :wink:

...or the bin at Mt Petrie Bowmen...

...or the dumpster on the way back to Goondi...

:D :D

[TreacherousT]

when I miss and feel anger coming on, i just do one thing. I think to myself that the shot is already gone and there is nothing I can do to change it. So I just forget about it and make sure not to do it again!

[fatdog]

When I am shooting.... I normally shoot good..... when I shoot good... I shoot really really good... when I am off.. I get mad and shoot really bad. Is there any way that I can keep the right frame of mind while shooting? Should I stop shooting if I am shooting bad?

Take a tip from Yoda - "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."

So looks like you are suffering from FEAR. Fear of losing? Fear of target panic? Fear of missing the Gold?

Learn to not be afraid, only then will you be a true archer...... :o


Come to the dark side luke . The way of the syth , you must :D