Oct 6: "Sit Dog"!

Oct 6: : Sit Dog!!
11:30-class outdoors, rain or shine.

3:30 class weather looks good-outdoors.


Wednesday 6:30 pm Sessions underway!

Last week discussed using SMART goals and implementing them into our training, and being prepared. Students can begin with simple plans of SPTs( specific physical training) at home with stretch bands or bows, and also start measuring progress for their own personal score goals. Students continue to earn rank, and work on form.

Training: "sit dog!!"
Equipment: what do arrows look like when you start from scratch to build them.
Bring a shoelace-wide , long (can be colorful or with a pattern if you like) to learn to make your own bow slings, sized to fit your hand.

We started basic training with “halt dog” to get the proper “v” in our bow hand position. Depending on the type of bow and style you shoot, gripping of the bow and dropping the bow arm creates errors at the last moment of the shot, and the idea is to shoot the bow and arrow at the same time…so the hand holding the bow must be relaxed, but purposeful ,so the sling can do its job as the bow seemingly “jumps” from the hand toward the target and rotates as the sling catches it.
From the wrist-“sit dog!” with the sling doing the work to catch the bow. Bow arm stays STEADY.
Only the wrist snaps downward, with slight tension in the open thumb of the bow hand.