This is something I would recommend NOT doing as its a good way to mess with your form by inducing fatigue. Perfect practice is what your after!! You want good form to become ingrained so that you are able to execute it in imperfect situations....If your trying to strengthen your shooting muscles there are better ways to go about it. 1) Shoot more often 2) Shoot a higher pound bows 3) Strengthen your arms chest, back and core via exercise.
This exercise or a variant of it has real world applications. Ever had a deer lock up or go on alert while you are in your shooting motion? This exercise helps you maintain control for a longer period but it is not neccessary to do this with every shot or during every practice session. A variation would be to just hold your draw for an extra 5 seconds or so. This is especially good for the person who "machine guns" through their quiver of arrows and sprays their group. In other words, I agree with the slow down advice of Muzzy Man but I also include your shot cycle time. It's not how many arrows we can shot in our practice session, it's how many of them are qualtity shots. Shooting with both eyes open can help with the things we associate with "target panic." It helps to see the target better while allowing the pins to fuzzy out a bit. That way a shooter is better able to "ignore" the pin wobble. These are just my opinions based on how I was trained to become a better archer. They don't always work for everyone.
For me I just shoot for a smaller area on my 3D Target. Instead of say 8-10in. I look to hit 4-5in. And that has helped me. But to be honest I look just to make a good clean vital shot on my target
I agree but watch the higher poundage bow. Same thing can happen along with injury. A bows poundage should be set at a comfortable poundage that can be held for extended periods of time without your form breaking down. Practice this for when the time comes but don't use it to help your form or pin float. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2
Take a look at the performance archery videos on youtube by Alistair Whittingham. Very good and infirmative stuff. Good form will allow for repeatable shots time after time without the need for thousands of shots to be effective. (Winning tournaments is a different story) Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2
No Guts No Story Would shooting in a round straw bale at 5 yards work for blind shooting? And what are we working for while while blind shooting? PSR
take a look at the videos on bowhunting.com there are a whole bunch that have good tips for practices and good form, that defintely helped me shoot better
That could possibly work if the bale is tall enough in relation to your height. You may have to set it up on something. You could move it to about 2-3 yards. Distance is only an issue at to the arrow clearing the bow before it hits the backer. So, the smaller the backer, the closer you need to be. In my opinion, you would work on your form and release. This is where you can actually think about your form and release. You don't care where you hit. This is also a good place to start practicing shooting postions other than standing or if you have a new release you want to try out. In other words, anytime you make a change, you could come back to this to build muscle memory before you shoot for score or hunt.
