What is the one single thing that has helped your shooting?

[Mic W]

Originally posted by huntmaster70:
practice

+1

[thunder1]

The masters of the bare bow series.

[b44mag]

i would have to agree with green
im new and all of you guys n gals here are the #1
reason im even hitting the target
so i would like to put a big
THANK YOU ALL out there
b44mag/brad

[kevgsp]

3 under with a high anchor

[Ben Maher]

Watching MBB111 and then dragging Rod Jenkins over here to OZ .

Originally posted by Jim Casto Jr:
Just because you draw doesn't mean you have to shoot.

Jim ... what are ya talking about mate ? Do you mean that there are people who can actually let down after drawing ? I don't believe it .....    

Seriously , Jim kinda hit the nail on the head with that comment . Learning that I CAN take control of my shot ...
Not quite there yet but getting there slowly .

[chuckbow]

3 anchor points for me!

[smokin joe]

I agree with Green. There is a lot of great information about shooting here on TradGang.

[last arrow]

What McDave said.  I still need help on knowing what went wrong with the shot.  I would like to see more posts on how to do that.

[gringol]

Originally posted by pumatrax:
glasses

HA! They do help, don't they!

[Forrest Halley]

Shooting with crazy accurate world class compound shooters has brought my form, focus and endurance @ 100# go through the roof. My accuracy has improved and I have a cheering/jeering squad that celebrates my tight groups and gives me a ration for bad shots. It's a crazy pace to keep up with, but I like my progress curve.

[Encino Man]

Developing the muscles to handle a bow comfortably and dropping my bow weight by 10 lbs.

[archeryprof]

PRACTICING WITH ONLY ONE WELL TUNED ARROW.

[mmilinovich]

The single biggest item that contributed to my shooting improvement?  That's easy:  A COMMITMENT TO EXPERIMENTATION.

Archers come in all sizes, shapes, ages, degrees of physical conditioning, levels of hand/eye coordination, etc., etc.

What works for one person (or many) will not work for others.

EXPERIMENT . . .

Try split finger, 3-under, 2-under, etc.

Try anchoring all over your face: on an eye tooth, under your cheekbone, under your eye, etc.  The only real requirement is that your anchor be reproducible every time.

While avoiding a death-grip on your bow, experiment with everything right down to a "shaking hands with a baby" grip.  

Try bows with a high-wrist, medium-wrist, low-wrist, and extra low-wrist grips.

Experiment with a pull-through release and with what's commonly called a "dead release."

Try recurves of varying lengths, draw-weights, and design.  Same for longbows.

Play with wood, aluminum, and carbon arrows.  Vary their weight and maybe even their length.

Ask other archers for advice but don't commit to something because it works for them.  It's what works for YOU that counts!

This all takes time, lots of it.  But that's part of the fun of archery.

Mark

[MikeW]

Probably drilling into my head "Aim small, Miss small" and then really focusing on that or putting it into practice when I shoot.

[Dan Adair]

Knowing when its time to quit....

Seroiusly.  Once you're butthurt and just poking and hoping, you're just learning bad habits that take years to break.

I shoot my Schafer daily in my singlewide.  Maybe a dozen arrows at a time...  But I do that 2 dozen times a day.

[paul87250]

Originally posted by hookster:
Tradgang shooters forum, Terry"s clock and Moebow's videos.

X2

Also Jay kidwell's "Instinctive Archery Insights"

[Del Savio]

The Shooter's Forum and special thanks to T.Green and Moeboe. After years of pretty clueless shooting, finding this site resulted in immediate improvement for me.

[beendare]

Just giving it another go with trad equip.  here but best resource BY FAR is this site and the search function

[Rustic]

Establishing my anchor point.

[Mon Valley]

For me it is paying attention to Pierre and J.P.