Lady Arwen, everybody has bad days. That' s just something you have to accept. One thing I used to do before I got target panic is, if I started out shooting poorly, I' d stop immediately. The tendancy to shoot thru it to get better usually makes you shoot worse. Whatever the problem is, whether your tired, your muscles are tired, or you' re just not mentally into it, won' t get better the more you shoot that day.

Archery is 90 percent mental, 10 percent physical. Some say, HOW CAN THAT BE??? It' s not difficult to shoot a bow. You pull the string back, and you let it go. The hard part comes when you have to think the process thru from shot to shot and do it the same way each time. Form, aiming, smooth release, and follow-thru are all part of the mental side of it.

Don' t sweat it, just chalk it up to part of the experience. And make your practice sessions perfect. Perfect practice, makes perfect. Bad practice makes bad shots.