Jeff, I' ve seen Byron' s TV clips. He is an excellent archer. The fellow I watched at a rendezvous, however, was another gentleman. I' m drawing a blank on his name at the moment, but I remember he was in his mid-80' s and shooting a lightweight recurve. I was impressed because he was able to pull it off while standing, kneeling, and laying on his belly...and at that age!

Focused practice is certainly the key. On the aerial target range (hand thrown from ~15 yds), I' ve watched many average Joe' s thump the heck out almost every target. Clearly, they practice that type of shooting as well. I know that when I shoot aerials at various rendezvous (with long time spans in between), I start out pretty bad, but improve alot after a couple dozen arrows. I listened to Asbell speak once on the importance of " picking a spot" . He mentioned that when he shoots quarters and washers out of the air, he doesn' t shoot to hit the quarter, but shoots to hit the very center of the quarter.