I have been lucky enough to shoot with a couple of the best there when the wife and I were taking archery seriously (now we do it for fun!).

There are two things that make "them" different from "us":

- mental toughness to do it ALL the time and nothing seems to effect it. Sure they may have a bad day, but their bad day is our great day. Like was said, the bad for them isn't that different from the good for them.

- The form they have is ROCK SOLID AND PERFECTLY REPEATABLE and they trust it to do its job. They will tinker with bows/arrows/equipment to tweak things out, but the form of the shot is perfected. May not be text book, but it is perfectly repeatable.

If you want to find out where you are, and 3 inch groups at 50 yds, is top notch, head on down to Atlantic City this winter and give it a go. If you are truely shooting 3 inch groups all the time, or close to it, you will do very well there.

there's only so much physical can get you, then it becomes mental. YOu may be there. If you really want to know, have a TOP coach watch you shoot.