FINALLY GOT TO PLAY WITH EXTENDER THIS WEEKEND HAHAS

Improved bow swing (pretty wild one though) but there’s definitely room to compare and contrast between the full setup with and without the stabilizer.

The added stabilzer can offer a bigger bow swing but winston noticed that my follow through step is compromised with the bow arm falling down rapidly after the release, ending up in low shots in the long run. However, I somehow found the extra stability that it offered me, something which I havenet experienced before and no one in the club had ever tried before.

The setup without the stabilizer does not offer the ‘jump-up’ motion that clement and I were discussing about while talking about tyler benner’s shots and watching his video. Clement and I acknowledges the fact that it will be in the best of motions to forcefully push down the bow grip to permit the bow to fall in its most natural cast and maintain the arrow’s true flight. The old man however, offers the perspective that with such a wild bow cast it will tend to ‘knock’ the arrow and result in the arrow flight leading to six o’clock.

Managed to brush up on the expansion method this weekend (for the bow arm to push out and the drawing elbow to turn fully concurrently), hence improving the clicking time in the process. Saturday was bad, considering my injury and I had lots of problems getting the 4 second speed shot. Today however, was much better considering that the muscles were more warmed up and it allowed the increased flexibility of the back muscles to perform strong shots.

Bow arm pressure point was emphasized too, considering I had to abandon the jager (medium to high grip) and revert to my low grip. Cant force myself to train to a high grip so might as well stick to my perfect form low grip.

The stance was the worst. No checking of the torso and feet aligment and both feets were spaced so wide apart that while stability was attained, it significantly reduced the arrow draw length, hence resulting in the difficulty to click. 5 to 10 degrees, torso perpendicular to the target, thats all that needs to be attained.

Equipment problem too. The 27″ arrows are 0.5″ too long for my draw length and the 40 pd limbs does not offer the extra advantage. Will have to reduce arrow length to 26.5″ and reduce the poundage to 38 pds [but the old man refuses to give me 36 pds which i want =( ]

Loads of catching up to do, especially if I want to give the world uni games a try in summer 2009. It is my last chance at the international stage before I’m reduced to only regional exposure. Bunny thinks that I can do it, and bunny will always be there for me encouraging me after every bad shot. Bunny knows me well to not affect me when I’ve entered the training mode and will constantly ask about my progress. Thanks for the encouragement and asking winston to look out for me, even when I’m not in the best of performance states.

As long as I know you are shooting and see ya shoot with me, the route to the world uni championships will be much less tougher.