Shooting tips...the hidden gems pt. 2
One of the most important things that John Schulz reiterated over and over again to me in the shooting lessons was the aspect of being fluid. He said being fluid can be like water, or syrup, different speeds but the idea was to maintain the fluid aspect throughout the entire shot process. Mind you, this teaching was directed totally to shooting a longbow with a hunting perspective, and not target shooting. An archer has to keep in mind that the shooting of targets is part of our fun, our practice. It's not simply shooting targets that deviates the target teaching methods currently in favor from the Hill hunting style shot, but rather the mental approach of shooting a fixed target over and over. Grouping arrows. Consistency for dozens if not hundreds of shots. The benefit of a target that will never move during the time it takes to get set and shoot an arrow. We shoot at targets to ingrain the system into our muscle memory and train the eye, but our menta
