As a relative newcomer to traditional let me give you one KEY word to start with. PERSISTANCE. If your anything like me, you will experience emotional ups and downs as your shooting progresses, regresses, then comes screaming back. Whenever you find yourself getting frustrated, back-off immediately and get back to 10 yards or less and work on the basics. Above all, pay attention to your bow arm and equal back tension between your bow arm and drawing arm. I just revisited this aspect of my shooting today at lunch and found that I've become pretty lazy. I'll be keeping myself at 10 yards for a week or so now as punishment. Basically, I'm guilty of letting my drawing arm "drive" the bow around. To me, a good "follow through" is when I find my bow arm right where it started, and the palm of my hand still resides next to my jawbone...just no string left in the fingers.
Follow through is where I fall short myself and I think maybe people take "follow-through" literally as a verb when actually it means; "don't move until the arrow hits home"
As for your question of canting, I tend to not cant my bow during standing target practice, but find it works well for me for shooting short range on 3D targets or from a stand. The angle isn
't that severe, maybe 15-30 degress? There is no specific formula and the choice is yours. Problems is, there are so many choices...you'll have to try a few different things along the way and find what works best for you. Don't be afraid to try different techniques and equipment (like stiffer arrows <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> and above all, keep it fun.
I would suggest Fred Asbells "Instinctive Shooting" book which brought me from 3 under gap shooting to 'instinctive'. Try not to take any one author too seriously. Take what they write as great advice and give it an honest try. Somethings will work for you other things maybe not.
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