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Archery Shooting
Five Key Components for Accuracy!
Mark Petersen
There are five key components for accurate archery shooting.
The first thing you want to do to maintain accurate archery
shooting is to periodically check your bow for proper tuning
and your arrows for proper flight. You also want to make sure
you number your arrows, so if one of your arrows is consistently
out of your normal grouping you can easily determine if it
is the same arrow every time. You don't necessarily have to
toss the arrow away because you might just be able to tune
it and get it to fly true again.
Concentration is another key component to accurate archery
shooting. To build up your concentration, shoot just a few
arrows (five or less) at each practice session. You will want
to do this more often rather than going out every once in
a while to practice with many arrows. By only shooting just
a few arrows at each practice session, you must concentrate
and make every shot count. Set goals for yourself to shoot
a better group each subsequent time you practice. This will
help develop your accurate archery skills and ensure you have
the concentration and mental toughness to make the shot when
you really must.
Another tip for developing accurate archery skills is to practice
at longer distances. Shooting at longer distances is more
difficult and requires you to maintain good form in order
to be accurate. Any inconsistencies in your form will be exaggerated
at longer distances. Shooting accurately at longer distances
will build confidence, which is beneficial to accurate archery
shooting. Of course, everyone must develop their own comfort
level for shooting at longer distances, and I am in no way
promoting you shoot at live game at long distances or at distances
you don't feel comfortable with.
A simple but often overlooked component of accurate archery
shooting is to make sure your arrows are straight. Certainly
your shooting won't be accurate if your arrow is not straight
- that's obvious. Even a new arrow can be flawed, so it is
good practice to check your arrows for straightness, periodically.
The last key component of accurate archery shooting is to
work on your consistency. Learn your best archery form, the
best anchor point for you, the regular routine you are most
comfortable with as you prepare to shoot, and the way you
release the arrow with your fingers or release aid. Practicing
these items until they are second nature is paramount to you
shooting accurately.
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