Sept 30, 2012: Prepared

September 30 : Prepared
Weather is a variable this Sunday!

 11:30-class outdoors, rain or shine.

3:30 class depends on if thunderstorms

Last week members of the JOAD and SOAD programs continued to score and earned rank and pins, and awards will be presented on Sunday.
3 of our students have been attending regional and state competitions, and are doing very well, taking Gold, Silver and Bronze!

Prepared:
It’s a great time to be thinking about what you want to accomplish as an archer. Some students are new and just know they want to shoot and find out about archery, the basics and variables in equipment, and have just begun to get a feel for the programs basic equipment. More seasoned archers may have new equipment , or have been shooting for a while with their own equipment or program equipment, and are ready for their own..
In either setting, if you can step into the future and look back at where you are today, you can set up a guide to get to that “future self”.

What do you see for yourself as an archer? Does a competition interest you? How does that look? What will it take to get there? Do you want to be able to shoot longer distances, or perhaps beat a score you earned previously. Maybe have better endurance while shooting, or understand your equipment better, and find ways to make it perform to its optimum ability. Perhaps find ways to draw out your own optimum ability as well. What kind of training and practice time are you able to invest in your “future self”?

Several "get your feet wet", "go for the experience" competitions are coming up. The next is Dec 1st in Conyers, and is an indoor 25 meter tournament at a 60 cm face. 2 sets of 30 arrows. two time slots. http://www.gaarchery.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/25meterGEORGIA_ARCHERY_TEAM20121.pdf
This is a great first tournament experience, a place to feel the nerves, test your scoring abilities, and, something to prepare for. It's 2 months out, and is a great dry run test for regional and national indoor tournaments following in January and February. It's a chance to get equipment together and practice. Something to set GOALS for.

We will talk about goal setting strategies at our next session.