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Yep Simon. Pellerite says much the same thing Just focus on the seven stages of form with the blank bale to allow the subconscious to imprint the correct procedure without the distraction of eye sight which only introduces another variable you dont need when trying to correct a form flaw like T.P or...

Dont know if this is of any relevance but a guy i know just bought a new Hoyt compound from the US for $1300 and had to pay import duties on it as it was over $1000 in value.

Havent tried it myself at all , but seem to recall Yankie Coach Bernie Pellerite in an Archer Action mag stating that it is only worthwhile if the participant does it continually for some 20 something days as it takes that long to push the undesirable element , one is trying to correct aside and all...

That is a great thing to do moreton. I'm sure it will go to some one who will truly appreciate it and the generosity that went with it :

wouldnt mind a look at Moreton if there is no one else in line I can send you a PM with details if it is ok

Damn off to the optomotrists tomorrow. all I can see [ apart from once they were circled] is bendy sticks and grass. Thats the worst of getting old and decrepit.

Kev, Do agree with most of what you say, but still find it does not answer my own personal queries about shot delivery. Regarding the point that one should be able to pick up any bow and immediately be successful with it , leaves aside the necessary point that one would need to be aware of that part...

Dennis, my opinion now is that it seems that it is incumbent upon people to catergorise everybody within 'scientific boundary lines'. that is we all must all obey or fit behavioural constraints dictated to us by our own physiology. Hence all later derived actions are pre ordained by earlier experien...

Moreton I hope no one thinks I was promoting myself as an exceptional archer. My reference to some shots i have made was only to illustrate that one doesnt need any preconception nor learned response,to achieve some shots when one is a natural instinctive archer. In terms of ability I am a handy sho...

Jeff you have expressed it just right. All of what you say is the manner by which I also have always delivered an arrow. Then very recently, as I have had a few personal issues which were affecting my ability, I actually took notice of where the point was in relation to the target. This after 30 yea...

I actually accept most of your premise, but will use one example that seems to suggest otherwise. I borrowed a mates recurve. Never used it before and indeed shot very little with a recurve in my life and then 25 years ago. Hit 5 out of 6 discs rolled acrosss the ground dead centre. I had no time to...

Finished with it so if you want a read just put up a post and i'll send it on cheers

Oh so they're camels1 I just thought they were deer carrying their own water supply on their backs [camel backs] and having loooong legs to straddle the salt bush.

Grahame if that was as you say, how do you account for the shot at moving targets where often there may not be time to come to full anchor or draw yet hit the target consistantly. One cannot practice the unpredictable. form goes out the window yet in the main the objective is achieved? My thoughts o...

One could add to the aforementioned comments about preconception and ingraining bad habits. My own pet behavioural vice is 'second guessing' my initial 'take' on where the shot should be directed. Even though it all happens almost in a blur when I do miss badly it is nearly always when my conscious ...

Ben after the dishing you gave tony in the previous Archery Action Mag some might say it was just revenge. Lol

How would that night shooting the discs look with fire nocks or luminocks? apparently the trick is to wait 'till the disc reaches the height of its elevation, but if the guys along side get in first it ends up anywhere after they connect.

So all we need to do to have an armour plated vehicle is to cover it with phone books. That guy didnt look all that huge to be drawing a 100lb long bow!

He is going to grow into a fine upstanding person as he shares his birthday with yours truly. Pity he will have every one having a minutes silence for every birth day though! Happy birtday for yesterday young 'un

The following relates primarily to compound shooting as that is what i have used the most over the last 30 years, but i endorse all that you have said. The point of the arrow is on my peripheral vision and is used only to allow my 'minds eye' to compute the arrow's trajectory to the target. This hap...

And to all our friends and relatives doing the hard yards in Afghistan. Great job fellas.

Thanks guys.They say no rest for the wicked.Had to get up at 5am to drive to brisbane to get missus from international airport. Dead tired now [ no sleep] and have to go to daughter's presentation at Uni. at 6pm. No time for celebrations and I 'll miss a good show on the idiot box in Keeping up with...

Dennis you have touched on a sensitive issue for me and that as you say men are practically on a parity via prostate cancer to women and breast cancer, yet very little is expended on mens health and education for the same. With that what I feel needs to be addressed is the funding disparity for male...

It's a bastard of a disease and my run ins have been mild in comparisions to some of you guys, though I had a close relative [sibling] given 3 months to live with stage 3 bowel cancer. That person is alive and 'well' now 25 years later , if you can discount periodic shots of pethidine to allay the t...

Luuuuvvvv that bloodwood! An' there aint nuthin ugly 'bout it at all, at all.

Love it. What are the timbers in the riser?

Onya Rod, Great story and great result. Big admirer of the bows of yours that I have seen on these pages, so a fitting reward to get a trophy class billy.

The only possible point of contention as i see it is the old one about possible eye damage from an errant knock.

Great photos, great fun and great bows ---what more could you want [ apart from being able to actually hit a feral cat?]

a real surreal way of looking at arrow flight!