Today I bought more Gold Tip arrows and a Vista finger tab. Have I mentioned how hard it is to find left handed equipment for archery in stores? I have to buy everything online. Just makes it difficult to replace equipment. Speaking of equipment, I created a wish list on Amazon.com and LancasterArcherySupply.com. For my ILF rig, I am interested in the Hoyt Horizon riser or the Win and Win Sebastian Forged Plus riser. I hear they are good risers for beginner to intermediate archers like me. And the Samick Privilege limbs seem to be popular for these risers at this level too. The problem is you can't just go try them out in a store or range. You have to order them online. I e-mailed the recurve coach I've been talking to and he has a student who can let me try out the SF riser. I have a whole list of equipment for the ILF rig....just a matter of time :)
So I shot today. And I hit the target much more! Even made it into the blue rings twice. I hope I can look back one day at this post and think why was I so excited to hit the blue area? But it's a big thing for me right now.
I keep going for a square stance, navel sucked in, pelvis tucked under, straight back and head up. I have an actual finger tab now with a shelf that I can rest my chin on for an anchor point. That made a huge difference in my arrows hitting the target. But my fingers still hurt from pulling the string back, just not as bad. I won't see real results without a sight. My groups are too high and 2 of my arrows are still lost in the woods behind my target ;-) I want to get hay bales and make a better and safer target set up. Until then I'm training my eyes with a bare bow.
I also need to get stronger. I'm going to get stronger simply by shooting but lifting some weights for my arms and back would definitely help me keep fatigue at bay longer. Core work too!
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