rick is a quick study. it will take 10 months to2 years for most folks - using nothing but a triggerless release. that's the average around here anyway. if you are really struggling with it, you can hurt your shoulder. the release is telling you to relax. have someone stand behind you and tell you if your release forearm is in a straight line with the arrow. it should be. your bow arm should be extended and relaxed. even tension in your bow hand can mess up a bt shot execution. you will need to relax more than you thought humanly possible. if you are crooking your neck at all to see thru your peep - no back tension will work. it is not possible for the trap to engage the rhomboid if your neck is crooked. your release wrist also needs to be straight.

try getting into full draw position while pointed at the target and relaxing more and more and more. betcha the thing goes off by itself because you've got it set so light. also, if you have a 4 finger release, don't put your pinky on it. you have to stretch your pinky to get it on there creating tension. tension is the bt killer. as soon as i got ok with a 3 finger i moved to a 2 finger and had to start all over.

you'll know when you've executed correctly because nothing will have ever felt better. also, there will be no explosion at the shot. in fact there will be very little reaction or movement from your body at all. your release hand, arm will move about 2 inches. if you're putting a good bit of extra tension on the bow to execute, you're doing something wrong.

in the end, get some instruction if you want to make the commitment. i'd say that 95% of the folks shooting them are cheating, and when you learn how to do it you can pick it out in a second watching someone shoot. don't learn how to cheat if you want to do it.