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Shooting technique
Pat B:
I've never shot 3 under but generally I'm unaware of my bow and arrow when shooting. My concentration is on where the arrow will go. I guess if someone is aiming down the arrow or using the point as an aiming reference 3 under would help. Also my arrow nocks are loose and 3 under wouldn't work anyway.
rebsr52339:
Pat, it IS all part of the process. I find if in practice if I talk OUT LOUD to my self, draw, anchor, release, follow thru, it reinforces the flow of info to the brain. Absolutely no different in shooting. After over 400,000 rounds down range in 55 years, practice and matches, it is a process of info to the brain. That to me is the short of it.
DC:
I don't have a lot of experience but it seems to me that no matter how you shoot, you have to aim in one form or another. Your brain takes info, whether you know it or not and moves the appropriate muscles to the right postion. Ever watch a 3 year old throw a rock? That's when he/she starts learning to shoot.
Woodely:
"you have to aim in one form or another." Instinctive is not about aiming at all. The way I look at it is if you are not using the arrow point, sights or whatever how the heck can you aim in the general sense. As far as I'm concerned full on aiming requires some sort of fixed point used for aiming ie. pin sights, the arrow tip etc.
Tennis is a good example, you dont aim at the last second even if you could. Things are happening so fast, you eyes are fixed on the spot where you want the ball to go. Same as golf even though you are standing parrell to the line of sight its not aiming, you are simply aligning your body to the imaginary line between the tee and the hole. Having said that if you are not using a fixed point on your gear you are not aiming in the true sense of the word its purely Instinctive.
DC:
If it was instinctive a 3 year old could shoot 300. I think you are confusing instinctive with habitual. If it was instinct tennis players wouldn't have to practice 18 hours a day. You start with the first rock you throw and train muscles to work together to hit what you aim at. Your brain knows that arrow is there and how to position your muscles so it will hit what you're looking at. Maybe we're saying the same thing.
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