Now there's an idea I didn't think of. :P I went shooting today and stayed at about 25 feet, hitting the target consistently (which I guess is good). I'll try moving when I do it next time (tomorrow).

I did get a glove... it's a "Neet Archery Glove":



I went for a little over an hour without any problem to my hand at all. I also did get an armguard, which I didn't notice any difference with.

I'm having two problems though, that maybe you guys can help me with:

1. When releasing the string, instead of it slapping my forearm, it hits my wrist (left hand). I've tried shifting my hands around to see if I can get that to stop happening and couldn't figure it out. It got pretty painful after a while, basically hitting me right in the notch of the wrist (where say a handcuff would go). Is this something I'm expected to see?

2. All of my arrows hit generally where I'm aiming at... yet almost all of them (99% or so) twist in mid air. They basically leave the bow, travel about 20 feet, then turn to the right (they continue straight, they just turn in mid-air). When they hit the target, they go in at an angle (about where I was hoping to hit). How would I fix this? Why is this happening?

I did pretty well (to my standards anyway)... My first set of arrows I only hit the target 4/12 times. The target by the way is 14 inches wide, and 24 inches tall.

The second set, I hit 7/12 with a bullseye. The third set, 8/12. The fourth set I hit the target 12/12 times, and the final fifth set I also hit 12/12. I was shooting the entire time from approximately 25-30 feet away, and after those sets I even tried my luck at about 50-60 feet with a single shot. That one sailed over the target by 2 inches.

My goal was to work on my stance... to make it so I'm shooting correctly. I know with enough time that I'll hash that out... if I can only fix my two issues above I think I'll be set.