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bigcountry, I'm 15 minutes from Hanover.Sent ya a PM. Jim

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The reason you may be shooting more consistant right now with snap shooting is because your bow arm is not fatiguing when shooting that style. It takes a long while do develope the muscles needed to hold the bow arm up and pointed at the target during the aiming process.

I also like you shoot better snap shooting after I have shot a bunch of arrows simple because I can not hold my bow arm up and steady long enough to take a careful aim.

Chad has made two very good points. One is snap shooting is very difficult to master. And two is accuracy will follow form. Really, it will.

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Thanks guys, this is not uncommon for me unfortately to try to master something in a few weeks. You should have seen me starting reloading ammo year ago. Right off the bat, I was wanting to wiegh brass, and neck turn,and have competition quality ammo in a day. And reality set in.All those details were making me crazy and evenually my ammonot very great.But the problem is I read too much. And got the impression, I shouldn't startrifling the arrow or gap shooting or string walking if I want to eventually instintive shoot. Just trying to not develop bad habits. Jim has gracously offered to work with me and greatly appreciate that.

But good thing is I don't quit on something I am serious about.

So maybe its best right now to do a simple form of gap shooting. And one day, maybe snap shooting and truely instintive shooting will come? Maybe not.

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Bob, I think your right. Snap shooting right now, I think I could shoot 300 arrows or more without noticable fatigue.

It seems so simple but have such trouble getting my timing right. I know I am too get my hand grib little high, cant my bow about 1:30 position, keep my elbow down not high, relax my thumb and pinky, push my shoulder out, take a 1sec look down the arrow, pull thru as my middle finger hits the corner of my mouth. It seems I forget one or two of these steps. I guess like a golf swing, (never did), saying how to do it and doing it is two different things.

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Just keep in mind that there are very few snap shooters that can consistently shoot well at 20yds.....

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That is why I believe that practicing form and accuracy can not always be mixed. If you practice form and get the basics down first (without even trying to shoot accurately),it will be infused into your shooting. You will not need to even think about form when you trying to shoot accurately (and you shouldn't, you should be focused on the target). But form must come first. And practiced seperately. When you practice form, don't be afraid to get up close to the target and only practice one aspect at a time.

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Bob nailed it.

Chad