#archery training

I've found that every single time I've been in an archery slump, shooting outside has really helped me have fun again. probably because the indoor training range has a timer so it felt like a competition even in practice!

Archery Training

Another lovely piece by @kkekaart , who, as always, does a fantastic job! I love it so, so much!

Some pictures from yesterday... please ignore my very non elvish form ;P Truth to be told it was my first training where I had someone who bothered to try and correct my mistakes... And I have plenty of them to correct.

And you can even see how much fun I had on the top left picture - this grin was there the entire time ^^

Rapid target acquisition, instinctive shooting, and strength building.

Yesterday I shot about 100 arrows with the Nomad bow. My goal is to get to 500 in preparation for competitions. I'm starting close so I can focus on form and building the muscle needed to haul that bow back multiple times.

My technique of pushing my bow arm away as opposed to pulling the arrow and string towards me to draw helps with muscle fatigue and I'm able to release as soon as my arm is straight and I know I'm at full draw. I try to keep my eyes on the target to practice blind nocking (sometimes the nocks don't want to cooperate) and envision the target two inches away from my arrow tip.