Pretty durned nice, eh? It's a 60-cm target face at twenty yards. And remember: We're new to this. More, up until last week, we shot once weekly. (We're doing three days now.) So. Nice job there, right? Which of the following archers do think pulled it off?
The answer is... none of the above!
After two errands and a delicious lunch, Mr. M-mv took the women to the range for five groups of four yesterday. (Ordinarily, we'd do ten to twelve groups of three or four, but my shoulder has been giving me a tiny bit of trouble, and I didn't want to overdo it, especially since we're shooting more.) He took some neat photos of us, and then, as we were wrapping up, I offered him my bow. "Try it with the new arrows."
Last week, he had used my bow with the somewhat lame arrows that were included in the otherwise terrific kits that came with our bow package, and they were much too short for his draw. At Coach's suggestion and Mr. M-mv's encouragement, the Misses and I recently invested in much higher quality carbon arrows that the local archery shop measured and prepared for us. Sweet! But Mr. M-mv had been loathe to try them last week, insisting that they were our "special" arrows -- and they are, but he's the special guy who ensured that we can have such things, right? Right.
"Really," I insisted. "Try it. They're awesome." Well, it goes without saying, but so is he. No warm-up. No lessons. No coach. Just thwock, thwock, thwock, thwock. And what an altogether satisfactory group.
Yeah, we women were pretty impressed. Heh, heh, heh.
Added later: And, no, you most certainly should not wear a bulky, oversized cardigan to archery practice, but I was freezing yesterday.
Would you look at that group?
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I shot and arrow in 1978. The wire on the bow hit my forearm with great force. The bruise was a 8x2 inch rectangle of pain.
I lived to tell the tale.
Regarding your shoulder - are you shooting compound? If so, you can take your bow to the shop and see about reducing the weight a bit. (We only shoot traditional, so I don't know the specifics, or I'd gladly share them.) If that's an option, it would allow you to continue shooting and enjoy it without risk of hurting your shoulder, or developing bad form.
Another option is the "Zen shot". Some shooters will go out each morning and shoot one arrow. One shot. Make it count. Savor it. This is not only handy for recovering from injury, but does wonders for an archer's ability to focus clearly and well.
Happy shooting!
Dy
@Donna -- I know that 2x8 bruise. I received my first at the archery booth at the Bristol Renaissance Faire a couple of years ago. I was having so much fun, the string slaps felt harmless... until the next morning.
Wow.
And of course, I was reminded afresh of that special brand of "fun" on the morning after our first archery class. My first purchase for the class? An arm guard.
@Dy -- We use traditional takedown recurve bows. There are some compound bow shooters in our class, but the girls and I really took to the recurve. Perhaps it's the Elvish in us.
(*wry grin*)
Anyway, the rest on my bow is, shall we say, temperamental, and I've developed a habit of over-twisting my wrist to accommodate it. This has led to a bit of shoulder strain, which says to me, "Get the durned rest replaced!" But apparently it says to my coach, "Stop blaming the rest for bad drawing technique."
Oh.
Heh, heh, heh.
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