I’m gonna try blogging archery progress, see how it goes, doesn’t have to be fancy.
This post is a bit of a retrospective one as it would be nice to begin from the start of getting ready for the 2024 outdoor season.
Did a lot of work over the indoor season, and I mean a LOT, made some massive leaps and breakthroughs largely due to help from my friend, club mate and coach Dillon Crow – (Coach D.) and British Wheelchair Archery Association (BWAA) training camps. We built a new release aid, activating a trigger with a ‘surprise shot’ via my neck, did loads of work on my form and some fine tuning on my bow. Particularly the draw length, which is now almost spot on and my sight pin holds so steady it’s ridiculous (on the shots where i get it right, still working on that).
As soon as the Indoor County Champs were over I decided to move outside. Pending some more in depth bow tuning, which I’m proper excited for, the only equipment change I made was to nudge my arrow rest up a bit to compensate for the thinner outdoor arrows. See the pics.
I’ve had a couple of sessions outside, shooting at 30 metres whilst I get used to my release aid and do my best to keep my shot process intact whilst moving to further distances.
So far I’m really happy and got a good buzz going on. It took a few dozen to settle down but I would guess 4 out of every 6 arrows my pin was holding so steady whilst I executed that it was scary.
