Alot of good responses here.

I tend to agree with everyone and I hope this has opened some of the eyes of"bowhunters" here that archery is really more than just out firing your bow with broadhead tipped arrows. To be a good shot, it takes concentration, desire, practice, and most of all, a strong mental game.

But on the other hand, if you let it creep into your life too much, it becomes a disease. Though I love the sport, I am trying to keep a watchful eye it doesn't suck me too far in.

I want to be the best I can be. And I would love to make it to some big timetournaments in the near future. But in the end, I gotta realize I have a family, a job, and more to life to worry about. Not that archery, hunting, etc, doesn't have a piece of my heart, because it does, I just need to make sure it doesn't control my ever waking moment. When I'm on the line and practicing archery my love of archery takes over. But when I'm at home, I need to spend more time with my 2 yr old.

Now back to my love of the sport.

I have learned I need to work on my mental game, something that plagued me in golf, something that plagues me in general. I often have mental lapses and I can't seem to get to that next level in terms of mental preparation and concentration.

I would love to know if anyone has any good reads or DVD's on mental preparation. The LAS catalog is full of different books, DVD's, training tools, but I don't know how to sort through them without some personal opinion.

And I gotta agree with RJ, golf and archery are very similar disciplines. Some would argue that form has a greater impact in golf than archery, but then othersmight disagree. You have those who excel in both sports,regardless of their form (because they are excellent at repeating their form, shot after shot), but in the end, itsthe mental game whichsets the winners apart from the losers.