Concentration, confidence and the bane of shooting..."voices"
In an earlier blog I spoke about concentration and the amount of focus we need to have when shooting at objects or animals in the field. This is an extremely important part of learning and using the Hill style for shooting a longbow. Concentration on the shot was shown to me when I watched John Schulz shoot arrows. But all the concentration we can muster can be immediately rendered ineffective and we turn into basket-cases, unable to muddle our way through any further shooting. How does this happen? Voices. In most cases, when we are learning to shoot in the Hill style method...aka fluid, casual, relaxed swing-draw style...we have ears that are too big and minds that are too active. Our ears are quick to catch that comment from our shooting partner. "You know, your fingers didn't touch anchor." or "Did you know your release hand didn't come back ... are you using proper back tension" or my fav...
