Lessons learned from the Range- Time to make some tweaks in training.

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Lessons learned from the Range- Time to make some tweaks in training.
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It's been an awesome day of practice.
I'm on my last end.
I actually made some changes.
I switched to an aluminum arrow
just because it's indoor
and that's what I've always used.
So I went to an aluminum arrow, 2315.
It's the one I've shot forever.
I also actually put a little bit bigger peep in there.
I'd gone with a small peep since I'm doing target archery.
I was gonna use a small peep,
but to be honest with you,
it was just too different from my hunting bow,
which I've been shooting the most.
So I went with one that's kind of one size down, I guess.
Normally I shoot a 316th, I think.
I went with one size smaller.
I had originally gone with three sizes smaller
and it was too much.
The other thing I did was I actually raised my peep
just a little bit so that I could not be so high
with this elbow and just get it a little bit more parallel,
get the release right on the jawline
rather than sitting right on top of it
from my initial setup.
And I've been doing much better today
with that slight adjustment.
I'm talking a quarter inch is all I raised my peep,
but the way I'm able to pull through is a huge difference.
Way better on my pull throughs.
So those are the few changes I've made this week.
And to be honest with you,
it's been a pretty awesome last two days.
Yesterday was the first day I put four perfect arrows
back to back to back to back.
And then I came in here today
and for the first time I'm not feeling sore
when I'm pulling back.
I'm not feeling, honestly,
I'm just not feeling like I'm struggling
to get through my practice, but that's good.
And that's to be expected.
I like it.
I'm still a little bit slower coming through my shot
than where I'd like to be,
but I'm also thinking about a lot right now.
I'm trying to stabilize that front pin a little bit more.
I'm in here aiming at spots instead of kill zones.
So just having a little bit more precise aiming
is gonna slow your process down a little bit.
And I want to mentally go through that faster
and get faster.
And I'm trying to do that,
but that also just comes with rhythm
and drawing the bow and settling in
to the exact same tension against that back wall every time.
Sometimes I'm a little bit lighter on it,
sometimes a little bit harder on it.
So that's what's making my shot
take a little bit different timing.
It's really me getting used to this rear wall pressure.
And that's something that you got to expect
when you're using a bow that's new
is getting the feel of that draw curve
right in the same hole.
All right, I'm gonna do one more here.
This will complete my practice,
but this coming week,
we're gonna start focusing on our bow hand
and our grip a little bit.
And I'll have some videos about that.
But right now I want to make sure
you're still just doing the power four,
get your four in.
It doesn't matter if you have a range
or whether or not you're in the basement or the garage,
you just got to get 10 ends of four
and just work on getting your feel back.
And if you got a new bow this year,
work on understanding that cam
and how it feels when you draw it back.
All right, I got to put one more good one down there.
And this will probably be my best practice of the year.
Very, very nice.
That's it.
Good luck, everybody.
It's been a fun practice, few changes,
and I'm feeling good.
