I have a muzzy tip and arrow dedicated to target practice. I bent the barb and removed it. Well worth waisting an arrow to brush up on my shooting. Last fall I started to pullthe boat out in the yard and target things on the ground to shoot at off my deck. Shoot fast and instictively. Don't concentrate so much on aiming and you'll see an amazing improvement the more you do it. The neighbors probably thought I was crazy but I'm convinced it helped tremendously.