Tournament Report: NFAA Sectionals Day 2
by Chris on Mar.13, 2011, under Shooting Journal
I felt tired and shaky all day, especially in my right forearm, which had me concerned all day. My head hurt a little bit and I felt sort of lightheaded off and on as well, which I think is the result of the pseudophed that I took prior to shooting, coupled with the headcold I think I am getting.
I started the day off a little nervous and felt a bit like I had something to prove, that I can shoot better than I’ve been showing. Unlike usual, when I feel that I do better in higher pressure situations, today I did not answer that call at all. I dropped 7 x’s between the first two and last two ends. That’s more than half of my misses in 1/3 of the ends.
Especially as the day work on, the more I tried to step up, the more I lost track of some part of my form, which is too bad because I’d say that at least 20-25 of my shots were a bit of a struggle to get through.
I did manage to shoot some very good arrows today, but all in all I don’t think this was a very strong performance, especially when you consider that arrows that I dropped (IE, when I really felt I needed to clean the ends).
I didn’t get particular upset over any single arrow or shot, which is good. In fact, two or three of the missed X’s came off of shots that I thought I had performed pretty well, and those didn’t phase me at all. I was trying to shoot for form, and when I hit my form I called it good, even on the few occasions when those shots missed.
Overall I am disappointed with this weekend. I feel that I could have / should have shot 6-10 X’s better. At the same time, I feel that I shot an awful lot of really good shots and a lot of inside-out arrows as well, so I that is encouraging.
One concerning trend is dropping X’s in groups: I shot something like seven 3-X rounds over the course of the weekend, which more or less equaled the number of 5-X ends I shot. That is way too much. Missing is bad enough, but missing in multiples is something that I really can’t let myself do. I have to special attention to this moving forward. If I drop one, I have to made damn sure I don’t drop another.
One thing to note, on a few occasions this weekend when I hit my form perfectly, I could see the arrow flight and it looks pretty horrible. I need to check it through paper and see if it is messed up. If so, that could account for the lack of forgiveness I am experiencing.
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Start date: Mar 13, 2011 12:54 PM Target: NFAA/IFAA Indoor Total score: 300 49X Weekend Total: 600 99X
