The Think Tank

I worked late today, and Shannon picked me up around 5:30 to head out to Broken Arrow.  We did not shoot league tonight, so shot a score and finished up around 7:30.  I was very tired all evening and had to keep my focus on pulling through because I kept hedging toward creeping a little bit.

I felt really solid all evening, aside from the fatigue.  I wasn’t aiming quite as steady as yesterday, but still felt really solid.  I shot the 38″ front rod and 15″ back rod (4oz/12oz) again tonight.  I was down only one X after the first five ends.  When I switched targets, I realized that I was almost clean to that point and I woke up a little bit, got just a little bit excited.  I dropped one point on the 7th End (3rd arrow).  I pulled up, settled into my anchor, and came down on the target.  I had held my first two shots a little longer than I liked, so I was trying to pull through a little harder.  The dot came down through the bullseye and out the bottom a little bit, started to come back up, and bam!  The release went off, and the arrow hit low.  Yesterday I tossed a few of those in, but today I think  was just a bit fatigued both mentally and physically, and that didn’t happen.

Dropping the point did sort of wake me up though.  I was still sitting on a very high X count, and I wanted to do well, so I was a bit excited/nervous moving forward.  But that helped to keep my strong.  I dropped a couple other X, one close, one liner, and then I cleaned the last end.

All in all I felt really good again tonight.  My confidence is pretty high after the last couple of nights.  I still get a bit excited and a little nervous, but I’m really starting to get used to the idea that I am a 25+ X per night shooter when everything is setup and working correctly.