On The Line - Episode 12 - Improving Your Shot

So, [sighs] that's a hard question.

Um-

Mm-hmm

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it really depends on each person, what they might need.

But, um, perfect ex- like, let's use me for an example.

I am always trying new things.

I am always working on my form.

I'm always working on my mental aspect of the game.

Um, my...

Heck, I will try new gear on the bow, um, because for me, it's at a point where one point matters.

Um, so if I can learn something or do something or try something on the bow that will help me get that point, great.

Um, but I don't know until I try.

Yep.

So for me, it's just, it's a constant learning and, and honestly, there's times I'm like, "Oh, right, that's what I'm supposed to be doing," and relearning aspect to it, um, for me.

So what I basically tell people when, when they start asking me, "Oh, I wanna, wanna work on my shot, I wanna work on this," and then if you let them self-diagnose themselves, they'll come up with 100 things that they wanna work on.

And that's the biggest problem.

You have to-- If you actually want to improve at something, you have to pick your weakest point and go from there.

Now, the problem is, sometimes identifying your weakest point is really hard, especially when it's self-analysis and you're the only one doing it, because you may not realize what's going on.

You might have a person who constantly drops shots off to the left, doesn't know why it's happening.

Well, there's ways to find that out.

Um, this is modern times, fortunately, so we have these little things hanging around, your cell phone.

You can set this, you can get a little stand for it.

You just put it anywhere, lean it up against something, and record a couple of your shots, and then just go through them and know that, okay, this was shot number one.

I marked shot number one on, on the, uh, on the target.