Never underestimate the benefits of letting down and resetting. I even close my eyes, take a breath and try to shut my brain down to be able to start the process again with a clear head
The most underrated and under-taught thing I've found in archery. I started coaching it from the very beginning with my new shooters, right along with transferring to holding, and seen some very positive results.
Letting down is the biggest difference between pros & amateurs. Amazingly the best let down often & most amateurs never. Learn to never shoot a bad shot. Easier said than done!
and once again it feels like JK has been spying over my backyard fence, and walking away shaking his head after watching me for 10 minutes , , . :-) This is another video I will return to, over and over, I feel. Thanks for the input Jake 👌👌👌👌
Glad you did this video outdoors. The studio is cool, but the scenery at your range is simply nicer. ☺I am still more often thinking "you should have restarted" than actually restarting. I can feel when something is wrong, but it's somehow difficult to accept it and to take the right consequences. A matter of practicing I take.
Letting down is the single hardest thing to do. Theres a little optimistic voice that says to keep going and make adjustments. Then when you decide to let down it translates to let go. Sometimes with being locked off target etc it's quite dangerous. It makes me scared of what could happen which worsens when the next time I want to tell myself to let down. This 'resolve to' is my single hardest thing in archery!
Sounds to me like you need to work on control or perspective. If your family member walked out on the range in a. Unsafe manner when you are at full draw, would your brain translate “let down into let go”? If that answer is no, you must approach letting down in normal situations with the same sense of control and commitment.
@@JakeKaminskiArchery thank you. I hadn't thought of it that way. So the question is if I can control it for how I read the field for hazards why can't I control it for how I read myself (my physical and mental state and anxieties as the shot progresses). The answer is not simply more time behind the bow but how that time is spent and that's where the average Joe doesn't have access/knowledge without coaching I guess.
Great video, Jake. I need to be more conscious of the importance of this and letting down more. Too often I force through a shot even when I know it isn't right. I have heard that practice makes permanent but perfect practice makes perfect. Thanks for the reminder.
Thanks Jake ,great video to cement the basis of recognising when an archer needs to come down .Like U say ,why practice poor shots ,both physically and mentally 😁🏹
It's amazing how hard it is to let down when something isn't quite right and it's certainly a skill that archers need to learn. Your scores will thank you for it. I couldn't do it for the longest time particularly at a club shoot. We don't shoot with timers, I know I'm one of the slowest shooters and it's very common for me to be the last one still at the line with my last arrow. It's that situation where I find it still hard to let down because I know I'm holding everyone up. In reality I'm not actually that slow because when I go to a tournament where there's timers I finish shooting quite well within the time period. Most common reason I let down is because my top finger is resting on the nock, I can still shoot it but I know it won't be the best shot. So I let down, breathe and pay attention to my hook before I raise the bow again.
Letting down has been hard for me, but my Coach says It's Important. My biggest challenge to letting down is truly *knowing* that I'm putting away a bad shot in exchange for a good one. On confident days, I know this is true. On shakier days, I suspect that maybe the next shot won't be better-feeling or cleaner-minded, so I just try to get the shot off despite all the alarms going off. So my question is... how do we generate those confident days with confident mindset?
I tell myself 'this was your best shot' the times I manage to let down instead of just shooting when things are off. Feel proud of myself if I do it in tournaments 👏🏆 So difficult to do.
Sometimes, I find my mind drifts to a previous conversation, a problem, or other non-archery thought. I let down when I recognize my mind is not in the shot. Unfortunately, I don;t always recognize the errant thought.
Everyone needs to be able to and more so ready to let down. Sure at my range the common reason is someone has ridden their motor cross bike out of the bush at the back of range.
Never underestimate the benefits of letting down and resetting. I even close my eyes, take a breath and try to shut my brain down to be able to start the process again with a clear head
The most underrated and under-taught thing I've found in archery. I started coaching it from the very beginning with my new shooters, right along with transferring to holding, and seen some very positive results.
Letting down is the biggest difference between pros & amateurs. Amazingly the best let down often & most amateurs never. Learn to never shoot a bad shot. Easier said than done!
as a newbie i never even thought about letting down...im going to add it to my training regiment and see where my scores take me
and once again it feels like JK has been spying over my backyard fence, and walking away shaking his head after watching me for 10 minutes , , . :-) This is another video I will return to, over and over, I feel. Thanks for the input Jake 👌👌👌👌
Glad you did this video outdoors. The studio is cool, but the scenery at your range is simply nicer. ☺I am still more often thinking "you should have restarted" than actually restarting. I can feel when something is wrong, but it's somehow difficult to accept it and to take the right consequences. A matter of practicing I take.
The so many many times I've set, drawn and went into an anchor that felt slightly off but went on to shoot anyway.
Letting down is the single hardest thing to do. Theres a little optimistic voice that says to keep going and make adjustments. Then when you decide to let down it translates to let go. Sometimes with being locked off target etc it's quite dangerous. It makes me scared of what could happen which worsens when the next time I want to tell myself to let down. This 'resolve to' is my single hardest thing in archery!
Sounds to me like you need to work on control or perspective.
If your family member walked out on the range in a. Unsafe manner when you are at full draw, would your brain translate “let down into let go”?
If that answer is no, you must approach letting down in normal situations with the same sense of control and commitment.
@@JakeKaminskiArchery thank you. I hadn't thought of it that way. So the question is if I can control it for how I read the field for hazards why can't I control it for how I read myself (my physical and mental state and anxieties as the shot progresses). The answer is not simply more time behind the bow but how that time is spent and that's where the average Joe doesn't have access/knowledge without coaching I guess.
Great video, Jake. I need to be more conscious of the importance of this and letting down more. Too often I force through a shot even when I know it isn't right. I have heard that practice makes permanent but perfect practice makes perfect. Thanks for the reminder.
how can you let down if you are in fear being time out
I let down more than my dates did when I was in college. Once I started doing that when I wasn't 100% comfortable, my scores started going up.
Thanks Jake ,great video to cement the basis of recognising when an archer needs to come down .Like U say ,why practice poor shots ,both physically and mentally 😁🏹
It's amazing how hard it is to let down when something isn't quite right and it's certainly a skill that archers need to learn. Your scores will thank you for it. I couldn't do it for the longest time particularly at a club shoot. We don't shoot with timers, I know I'm one of the slowest shooters and it's very common for me to be the last one still at the line with my last arrow. It's that situation where I find it still hard to let down because I know I'm holding everyone up. In reality I'm not actually that slow because when I go to a tournament where there's timers I finish shooting quite well within the time period. Most common reason I let down is because my top finger is resting on the nock, I can still shoot it but I know it won't be the best shot. So I let down, breathe and pay attention to my hook before I raise the bow again.
Letting down has been hard for me, but my Coach says It's Important. My biggest challenge to letting down is truly *knowing* that I'm putting away a bad shot in exchange for a good one. On confident days, I know this is true. On shakier days, I suspect that maybe the next shot won't be better-feeling or cleaner-minded, so I just try to get the shot off despite all the alarms going off. So my question is... how do we generate those confident days with confident mindset?
Hey Jake. Is that shirt no longer available. I don't see it in the shop. Thanks,
I tell myself 'this was your best shot' the times I manage to let down instead of just shooting when things are off.
Feel proud of myself if I do it in tournaments 👏🏆 So difficult to do.
Hey Jake. Is that shirt no longer available. I don't see it in the store.
Sometimes, I find my mind drifts to a previous conversation, a problem, or other non-archery thought. I let down when I recognize my mind is not in the shot. Unfortunately, I don;t always recognize the errant thought.
In competition, during brakets, we don't have time (20 seconds) do let down an recovery. Should we practice let down and restart during 20 seconds?
Why’ve you got different coloured vanes?
Did something catch fire at the end there? Regardless, really informative video, Thank you!
It was my Thermacell keeping the mosquitos away
Everyone needs to be able to and more so ready to let down.
Sure at my range the common reason is someone has ridden their motor cross bike out of the bush at the back of range.
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