RE: Shameless solicitation for recurve lessons.
I am thinking Lilhunter has given some good advice.
Also i think Merit that you are on the right track asking for personal help. Sometimes a bit of coaching is all a guy needs to break that bundary. If there is no one in the Kansas area here maybe you might want to try over at tradgang.com as i believe ther are one or two guys from that area hanging around there.
Tradshooting is supposed to be fun as ell as challenging. If you are feeling stymied it ain't gonna help your shooting.
Good luck
=keith=