Fridays challenge

AHHH! It is so hard sometimes. I tried so hard, to not "try" to be so particular about my shot cycle, but I must have missed some part of the explanation of the objective along the way. It was horrible, lol... it's completely out of my character, its the exact opposite of how i approach anything and everything. I always try to do everything the best I can.
It's true though, when I first pick up the bow I shoot great, and I mean great. As time goes on and I start to tweak and nudge and move around my shots are not as good.
opps low battery catch up later...

Not try to try and relax

Apparently I'm a ball of tension when I shoot with lots of other wonderful side effects. I have to admit, I'm not that surprised I do have a higher intensity resting rate then others. For those who dont know "me" in all my environments wouldn't understand/see this.
No, I'm not making any excuses. I do bring to the table a high level of intensity and high standard to every action of the shot cycle. I know I need to work on relaxing while shooting and just letting some of it come more naturally.
This is going to be my focus tomorrow I'll let everyone know how that goes.

BTW: I was so excited I forgot to blog a personal best that I shot yesterday. A 268 (w/a miss) out of 300- 18m indoor/outdoor 40cm target. The miss was a choke, the last arrow of the end. (Uh-hmm, high intensity, probably)


Focus Today...Succeed Tomorrow
My focus today was learning everything I could from the RA's.

Monday Update

I Shot a 3 spot, 10 ends of 3 arrows, 4 times. Is that confusing? I'm scoring right now to prepare for the Vegas Tournament NEXT week. I shot roughly 200 arrows including practice ends, before scoring. (I wont reveal my scores :) my form was off and until I watched some videos and really thought about it in the evening I didn't know what was "off")

Morning- SPT Endurance- ten 25 second holds with full bow (v-bars and stabilizer) and stretch band on bow (increases pull weight) then ten 30 sec hold with full bow only.
Mid-Morning- Shooting 3 spot
Lunch
Afternoon- Shooting 3 spot
Evening- 1 hr Boot Camp fitness class (legs & core) and 20 mins stair stepper.


Focus Today...Succeed Tomorrow
My focus on Monday was shooting a 3 spot*.

*that was not good for my mental game.

Trying to beat 258

Well I didn't beat a 258, but I shot 2 255's with a miss (5 ring, instead of 10 ring target).
It was cold out, well San Diego cold (55F) and I pushed through it.
Oh and for the first time since scoring on a 3 spot I got 3 10's. See pic.
I was really trying to work my mental game yesterday and I'm feeling good progress.



Focus Today...Succeed Tomorrow
I will focus on being indifferent to shots scored.

Fridays strength

SPT's SPT's. Must build strength!

Morning- Roadrunner Archery Club website work
Mid-Morning- 20 mins SPT Endurance
Afternoon- Shoot 150 arrows 10 meters
Late- Afternoon-Gym- Cardio and time permitting triceps
Evening- 30 mins SPT Endurance with Bow and stretch band.

Yesterday at the OTC, Jake's plan was to tune my arrows with my bow, but at my current bow weight of 33.25 lbs my arrows wont properly tune to my bow. The best solution we could come up with is to use aluminum Easton Jazz arrows. After a trial and error time period he found the best arrows for my bow weight, which has been kicked down a notch. Thanks for your help Jake.

Focus Today...Succeed Tomorrow
My focus today is to pause during setup.

Thursday Update

Coming to a blog near you. :)
Videos to share and schedule updates coming soon. :)
It's Road Runner Archery Club day. Jake is going to tune my bow with my arrows to help me for my indoor shoot in Vegas.
Here's my squished Schedule for today.

Morning- Roadrunner Archery Club website work
Noon- Lunch
Afternoon- Gym- Cardio
Evening- Club shooting 18 meters- 2 hours

New Day - New Way

Welcome to Wednesday Everyone.
Yesterday, was my R & R day. I shot 50 arrows to keep my muscles warm, but that was it. I didn't even hit the gym, however that wasn't the plan.
The Roadrunner Archery Club is hoping to improve there website and I volunteered to assist them in improving their site. Jake, a Resident Athlete at the Olympic Training Center has been managing the site so he came over and we set out some ideas and plans for the site.
This is what we've got so far. www.roadrunnerarchery.com

My schedule today is going to be aggressive. I must meet my potential.
Morning- 30 mins SPT Endurance
Mid-Morning- 20 arrows at 5 meters -150 arrows at 18 meters
Lunch
Noon- 50 arrows at 18 meters
Afternoon- Gym- Cardio, triceps and back/lats
Evening- Roadrunner Archery Club website work
Late Evening- SPT 20 mins Endurance

I'll update everyone later on today's progress.
Focus Today...Succeed Tomorrow
My focus today is setup.

Monday Determination

Shoot Shoot Shoot. That was my plan. ...I succeeded!

I shot 200 arrows on Monday, quite a feat after all the shooting I did this weekend at the OTC this weekend.

Monday's Schedule
Morning- 30 mins SPT
Morning- 100 arrows at 18 meters
Lunch
Afternoon- 100 arrows at 18 meters
Afternoon- Gym, Boot Camp fitness Class-focus on shoulders and back. 20 mins Stair Climber lvl 11
Evening- R & R

Focus Today...Succeed Tomorrow
My focus Today is picking up the pace.

Going to Vegas

I've decided to shoot NFAA World Archery Festival 2009 in Vegas.
This tournament is not part of USAT rankings or US top 20 rolling rank, but will help to prepare me to shoot Nationals at the end of February.
I will be shooting 18 meters, 40cm target.

Wounds of Archery

Don't hit your arm. Okay, got it! Uh, too late...Saturday was a day of whacking my arm with the bow string. It seems no matter what I tried I still hit my bow arm, and in some cases I hit my shoulder. Yeah I said Shoulder, how in the heck did I manage that? I over rotated on my extra set, rolling my shoulder in. I abated this issue by mid afternoon on Saturday, but continued to hit my arm. The bruises on my arm are with an arm guard and an ace like wrap.
I haven't done anything like this since I first started shooting in Oct 08.

Focus Today...Succeed Tomorrow
I will focus on NOT hitting my arm :)