Four things I still have trouble doing sometimes when shooting. Plan the shot, anchor,pic a spot and follow thru. All these years I don't always do this.

You need a sequence brother. You write it down, and then you practice the sequence until it is ingrained very close to a target.

Its hard to get everything to come together at once, but sweet when it happens.

You can anchor and follow through without thinking if you practice them as parts of a shot sequence as SD said above. I used to cover the planning of the shot and picking spot by thinking in three dimensions. I'd look through that rib cage and see how the lungs were presented. They always looked like two phone books on edge to me. Then I decided where I wanted the arrow to come out to hit two lungs and that gave me the spot to shoot for. Do that in three to seven seconds and there's nothin to it.

I'm sure everybody has a different mindset. The more I practiced on a 3-D deer, the less I had to think about it. Have a good season.

You have to add one more to your sequence. It will work everytime. #5 and it's a question - Did I do 1 through 4. If not don't shoot.

Your problem is very legit. I'm think of starting a thread on remembering a sequence. KSL has 11 things in his sequence. I have my students pair them down to 8 just with a little instruction. They do a 11, they just don't have to think about them. For hunting I've got mine down to 5 and all I have to do is the first one and the rest follow.

For KSL's 11 parts of his sequence he took 28 chapters to explain. Nobody shoots 1 through 28, but they probably go through most of them subconsciously. Once you have that subconscious working on something, it's hard to get TP.

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Fred

How many arrows do you bring with you to target shoot? How many do you usally shoot in a round? Meaning how many at one time before you goto target and pull them?

Ive found that if you limit your arrows in a shot cession youll tend to take your time more and concentrate little harder automatically Maybe its me,,but out of pure laziness my brain will make say 3 arrows count more cause my ass dont wanta walk back and fourth so much for a lousy shot 3 arrows Also if i have a dz in my quiver my brain figures i got another chance and just keeps chucken and not aiming

Its not a race,,,,smooth is fast,,,,no point to shooting at something twice if you cant hit it once,,,,and ya cant be afraid to miss

I can relate to what your saying. I pick a spot, line up my bow, draw to anchor and what I've had trouble with is keeping my bow arm up till the arrow hits. It's sounds pretty simple until it's not.lol getting a lower weight bow really helped me with my shooting and when I get tired I stop shooting.

Print it up on a label and stick it to the belly of your bow just above the arrow rest.

" what I've had trouble with is keeping my bow arm up till the arrow hits."

Follow-up. That's the last item on my shot sequence and the one I still blow it on most often. Heck, I did the others right! So I slack off just a second too soon. More practice...

Look at what you want to hit, focus like a laser on it, pull string back till feel it "sink" to anchor, relax fingers.

I have those problems when I start getting tired. The problem I have, is I get tired before I want to quit shooting. So, dummy me, I keep shooting till everything comes apart!!!

The goal for us is to work out the fine points of every aspect and nuance, until every single step is perfect. For myself, I want all of those pieces and parts to become one automatic thing when hunting, 'shoot the animal'. Because hunting seasons are a timed condition, there needs to be a goal for when it all comes together. My hunting starts in early September on doves. I waste a few arrows on fliers, but mostly try to catch them on the ground. A long detailed shot sequence can break down under the pressures of hunting a fast here and gone target like a dove. The logic can go both directions. Do you only take shots out hunting that you practice on a target? Or, do you practice shots that you will need to take when hunting at your target?

I know what I need to do. Been in and out of archery over 30 plus years. I have killed game and won the Texas State Long Bow Champ in 1994 at Cowtown Bowman in Fort Worth Texas. But Still have those four issues when I am tired. Just saying out loud some of these experts suffer from too. but then again I am not a expert. And not as young as I once was either.

A while back a LW er. Liquid Tension posted Shoot Sequence that really helped me with my shooting.

Shot sequence is everything, I have 10 separate repeatable things I do. AsBowmainia said the KSL shot cycle pounds hard but is really simple, the first 7 or so you are doing now you just don’t make sure you did it right. By the way #9 is aim, #10 is follow through. The important stuff happens way before you even look at the target. Arrowchucker out

Are you not happy with your shooting in general? Do you miss when you do not consciously do all the four things?

I think I'd trade all the others for 'pull through' and 'follow up.' Do those two and even if your anchor, alighnment and aim are imperfect you'll be pretty close. jmo

Practice close to the target and just work on your sequence that you can do this visually as well not pulling bow back.

Its what ya put in your head. Yes I can do it. If your proficient in your style and hit the mark then don't add anything in or what anyone else tells you. Leave it alone.

Everyone wants to help, but not everyone is helpful when it comes to 'helping' someone who is struggling with technique. There is not a lot involved in a shot sequence, so if you are struggling, you need to read-up, or contact a legitimate archery coach.

I've shot exactly the same 53 years so I don't think about it. For me its second nature. I hit where I want so I don't see ever changing anything.

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