Went to the club this evening to get the bow all set for 50 meters in preparation for World Cup #3 in Ogden(USA) where will once again be trying out the new compound 50mtr round and the hit/miss system.
Practice went well and the bow is feeling great.... happy with it all at this stage.
I shot 59-59-59-58-58-59 = 352
Friday, July 9, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
NAMED IN COMM GAMES TOP 4 MENS COMPOUND SQUAD
Received the email today naming me in the next stage for selection into the Comm Games Team.
Now I head to Canberra for a camp before the entire squad goes to the USA for World Cup #3 from which they will select the top 3 shooters from each division to compete at the Commonwealth Games.
There are 4 parts to the next selection... each part will have each archer ranked 1 to 4, so at the end of the 4 part selection the 3 archers with the lowest points totals will be selected for the Comm Games.
This will be exciting, looking forward to it.
Now I head to Canberra for a camp before the entire squad goes to the USA for World Cup #3 from which they will select the top 3 shooters from each division to compete at the Commonwealth Games.
There are 4 parts to the next selection... each part will have each archer ranked 1 to 4, so at the end of the 4 part selection the 3 archers with the lowest points totals will be selected for the Comm Games.
This will be exciting, looking forward to it.
Monday, July 5, 2010
COMM GAMES TRIAL - AIS CANBERRA 02-04 JULY
This trial was the second part of stage two in the selection process. The selectors will now make their judgements as to who will proceed to the next stage by selecting the top 4 from the top 5 that attended camps #1 and #2.... archers will be notified on wednesday 6th July
Before camp #2, I had spent the last two weeks working on my structure changes from camp #1... even though this change had improved my shooting, I was still getting body movement as if too much tension was running through my muscles. For camp #2, Jim Park had offered to take some photos so I could get a better understanding of how things looked from different angles... it was one of these angles that showed that my draw arm elbow was situated behind the line of the arrow. This was saying that the draw length was a fraction long (on the release end, not the bows draw length).... so from this, I reduced the length of the d-loop from 18mm to 10.5mm but when Jim had looked once again it was still showing my elbow being slightly behind the arrow line. Now going back 8 years, my elbow was slightly in front on the arrow line... the only difference from then to now was that back then I was shooting with the release aid(Carter Atension-4 finger) up in the webbing past the second knuckle and now I was shooting the release between the 1st and 2nd knuckles. The reason I changed was that I started shooting a different model release aid(Scott-4 finger and 2 finger) and I could not shoot that model up in the webbing as it would dig into the side of my finger causing a lot of discomfort and eventually blood. Now however since going back to the Carter Atension(2 finger) at the start of the year I had kept the positioning between 1st and 2nd knuckles as I was using with the other model...... anyways, after Jim saying I was still slightly behind, I made the change back to holding the Atension up near the webbing and straight away I noticed less tension through my muscles and my aiming had improved.
The only thing now I have to work on is the refining of the release timing as by changing the holding position in the hand has changed the head position of the release and made it a fraction too long to activate the shot.....
Its all very exciting and it is great being able to hold steady once again..... hopefully big scores will follow
Before camp #2, I had spent the last two weeks working on my structure changes from camp #1... even though this change had improved my shooting, I was still getting body movement as if too much tension was running through my muscles. For camp #2, Jim Park had offered to take some photos so I could get a better understanding of how things looked from different angles... it was one of these angles that showed that my draw arm elbow was situated behind the line of the arrow. This was saying that the draw length was a fraction long (on the release end, not the bows draw length).... so from this, I reduced the length of the d-loop from 18mm to 10.5mm but when Jim had looked once again it was still showing my elbow being slightly behind the arrow line. Now going back 8 years, my elbow was slightly in front on the arrow line... the only difference from then to now was that back then I was shooting with the release aid(Carter Atension-4 finger) up in the webbing past the second knuckle and now I was shooting the release between the 1st and 2nd knuckles. The reason I changed was that I started shooting a different model release aid(Scott-4 finger and 2 finger) and I could not shoot that model up in the webbing as it would dig into the side of my finger causing a lot of discomfort and eventually blood. Now however since going back to the Carter Atension(2 finger) at the start of the year I had kept the positioning between 1st and 2nd knuckles as I was using with the other model...... anyways, after Jim saying I was still slightly behind, I made the change back to holding the Atension up near the webbing and straight away I noticed less tension through my muscles and my aiming had improved.
The only thing now I have to work on is the refining of the release timing as by changing the holding position in the hand has changed the head position of the release and made it a fraction too long to activate the shot.....
Its all very exciting and it is great being able to hold steady once again..... hopefully big scores will follow
Saturday, June 26, 2010
70MTR PRACTICE
Took some time today to continue working on my form change while shooting at 70 meters... all went pretty well and the change is starting to feel more natural. I scored 117-117-117-118... pretty happy with the consistency but still think things can improve.
Monday, June 21, 2010
COMM GAMES TRIAL - AIS CANBERRA 18-20 JUNE
Headed up to Canberra for the next stage in team selection for the Commonwealth Games.
All scores below were shot at 70mtrs
Day1(Friday) we all took part in a 36 arrow ranking round and I ranked 2nd with 346, I then had a shoot off with 1st place and lost the match with a 108.... condition were very cold but it was good experience with the conditions.
Day2(Saturday) We had 3 ranking rounds followed by match practice.
Each ranking round was 3 ends of 6 arrows and I scored 171-171-175(perfect score being 180)
The matches that followed each ranking were all slightly different it started with 3 arrow matches, then 6 arrow matches and finally 1 arrow matches... this simulated the set structure shot at World Cups and for the Comm Games.
My 3 arrow scores were 29-29-29-30-29-30(perfect score being 30)
My 6 arrow scores were 59-59-59(perfect score being 60)
My 1 arrow scores were 10-10-10-9-10-10(perfect score being 10)
Day3(Sunday) We had a fun day competing in a multi mixed team event with each team having a mens and ladies recurve and a mens and ladies compound. We shot two competitions and for each competition each team member shot 18 arrows ranking to form a qualification score. The teams I participated in both went through to the bronze medal match where each member shot 4 ends of 1 arrow each member.
For my rankings I shot 172 and 173(perfect score being 180)
For my match arrows I shot 39-39-39(perfect score being 40)
At the end of the day while the recurvers were having a tuning session, I decided to shoot and score 36 while working of my technique/structure changes and I scored 355(60-60-60-58-58-59)
Next camp in 2 weeks and then they will name the top 4 shooters for each division
All scores below were shot at 70mtrs
Day1(Friday) we all took part in a 36 arrow ranking round and I ranked 2nd with 346, I then had a shoot off with 1st place and lost the match with a 108.... condition were very cold but it was good experience with the conditions.
Day2(Saturday) We had 3 ranking rounds followed by match practice.
Each ranking round was 3 ends of 6 arrows and I scored 171-171-175(perfect score being 180)
The matches that followed each ranking were all slightly different it started with 3 arrow matches, then 6 arrow matches and finally 1 arrow matches... this simulated the set structure shot at World Cups and for the Comm Games.
My 3 arrow scores were 29-29-29-30-29-30(perfect score being 30)
My 6 arrow scores were 59-59-59(perfect score being 60)
My 1 arrow scores were 10-10-10-9-10-10(perfect score being 10)
Day3(Sunday) We had a fun day competing in a multi mixed team event with each team having a mens and ladies recurve and a mens and ladies compound. We shot two competitions and for each competition each team member shot 18 arrows ranking to form a qualification score. The teams I participated in both went through to the bronze medal match where each member shot 4 ends of 1 arrow each member.
For my rankings I shot 172 and 173(perfect score being 180)
For my match arrows I shot 39-39-39(perfect score being 40)
At the end of the day while the recurvers were having a tuning session, I decided to shoot and score 36 while working of my technique/structure changes and I scored 355(60-60-60-58-58-59)
Next camp in 2 weeks and then they will name the top 4 shooters for each division
NAMED IN COMM GAMES TOP 5 MENS COMPOUND SQUAD
I received notification on the last day of the Turkey World Cup that I was to be apart of the next stage of the Comm Games selection..... very happy with this. Now all squad members were to meet up again the following weekend in Canberra for another trial.
Other compound members are
Guy Phillips
Rob Timms
Marcel Verstegen
Pat Coghlan
Other compound members are
Guy Phillips
Rob Timms
Marcel Verstegen
Pat Coghlan
WORLD CUP #2 - TURKEY
I was once again looking forward to competing at the second World Cup. We had a team shoot off on the unofficial practice day to select the mens team for the team event... unfortunately I finished 4th which meant I would be supporting the team rather than competing in it.
Another unfortunate thing was that I was starting to feel the effects of a cold coming on.... the official practice was the next day, so in an attempt to save some energy/strength, I decided to shoot only a limited number on ends. Practice went well and I was working on getting my shots off quicker as when I held on to shots too long I lost strength quickly.... so that was going to be the plan for the qualification round, be efficient by executing quicker shots.
Qualification day turned out to be a little windy, but still I had my plan and I was looking forward to competing. The first half went well with only a few shots that I took too long to execute(resulting in poor scoring) and I finished with 347, the second half did not go so well as I started to feel more tired as the each end went on but I still managed to shoot a 338 and qualify in 35th place.
Elimination day conditions were much the same as qualification, slightly windy but still shootable. I again wanted to get my shots off quicker and be positive with my shooting. Unfortunately I did not make it into the second round as I was knocked out in 3sets.. my opponent won each set by scoring a perfect 3 hits for each set, I scored 1-3-2.... oh well, win some/lose some. It was disappointing in getting a cold during the tournament but some times these things are unavoidable.
Another unfortunate thing was that I was starting to feel the effects of a cold coming on.... the official practice was the next day, so in an attempt to save some energy/strength, I decided to shoot only a limited number on ends. Practice went well and I was working on getting my shots off quicker as when I held on to shots too long I lost strength quickly.... so that was going to be the plan for the qualification round, be efficient by executing quicker shots.
Qualification day turned out to be a little windy, but still I had my plan and I was looking forward to competing. The first half went well with only a few shots that I took too long to execute(resulting in poor scoring) and I finished with 347, the second half did not go so well as I started to feel more tired as the each end went on but I still managed to shoot a 338 and qualify in 35th place.
Elimination day conditions were much the same as qualification, slightly windy but still shootable. I again wanted to get my shots off quicker and be positive with my shooting. Unfortunately I did not make it into the second round as I was knocked out in 3sets.. my opponent won each set by scoring a perfect 3 hits for each set, I scored 1-3-2.... oh well, win some/lose some. It was disappointing in getting a cold during the tournament but some times these things are unavoidable.
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