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[volchik_lamyra]

Today sovez and I shot our very own bows and arrows. With the rental I would whack my arm with the string every other time, and with my bow not once. I think it likes me. Over two days I went from missing the broad side of the barn to being rather presice if not yet accurate (the scientist in me is quite nitpicky about this point).
Curiously, although I am a rightie, I shoot left-handed. Well, left-eyed rather.

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[gimli-m.livejournal.com]

I think you need an armguard; the string is supposed to do that. If it does not, that may mean that you are bending your arm out of the way. Trying to guess: the arrows are nicely grouped in the upper-left corner from the target center?

[volchik-lamyra.livejournal.com]

No and no. I do have an armguard, and I do keep bow-arm straight. Grouped yes, right rather than left of bullseye. I am not using sight yet, nor working on accuracy yet. Consistency/precision is my concern at the moment:)

[gimli-m.livejournal.com]

Grouped right on the level with bullseye? That is actually great shooting (of course, I don't know the distance). I am still not able to achieve this: my performance is low-bias high-variance.

What kind of bow?

[volchik-lamyra.livejournal.com]

Height varies, but i favor the right side quite consistently. We only have indoor archery in New York City, so it is very close range

[volchik-lamyra.livejournal.com]

Olympic recurve, 24 lbs draw weight

[gimli-m.livejournal.com]

Ну, если хотите, приезжайте в тёплое время года пострелять из лука :)
У меня сейчас мишень в подвале, всего 20 ярдов, не очень интересно. Но вообще в округе есть клубы с лесными дорожками и тренажёрами для охотников.

[sovez.livejournal.com]

Dude, we are having a hard time hitting the broad side of the barn. We are shooting so far at 10 yards working on form

How high are the ceilings in your basement?

[gimli-m.livejournal.com]

Not high enough :) The bow barely fits.

But shooting outside is... what's the word... fun? :)

[sovez.livejournal.com]

I don't think i'm ready to deal with wind .... i am having a hard time not tripping over my own fingers

[sciuro.livejournal.com]

Well, maybe you ARE left-eyed?
I am overwhelmingly left-eyed - can't use monocular microscope or DSLR viewfinder with my right eye; at the same time, I am rather right-handed (right side is stronger, and I write with my right hand, although I am pretty ambidextrous with most of hand-specific skills), and right-legged.
If you are left-eyed, go with the left-hand shooting - it's much easier to build up some the muscle on the left than switch eye dominance to the right eye.

[volchik-lamyra.livejournal.com]

Well, that's what we decided to do. I got me leftie bow.

[sciuro.livejournal.com]

I SO WANT to try it :) sorry :)

[volchik-lamyra.livejournal.com]

Come over :)

[sovez.livejournal.com]

Next time you're in town we'll take you ... they will give you a 5 minute intro then they will set u up for the remaining hour and a half of shooting.

It's oodles of fun and i guess it's sorta like calligraphy -- you shoot and then you think about what you did and shoot again.

[ikadell.livejournal.com]

Ok deal, we are coming once I can breathe again.
Do they have any seasonal limitations?

[volchik-lamyra.livejournal.com]

None: all is indoors

[ikadell.livejournal.com]

Cool. And where exactly is it? Far from you?

The

[volchik-lamyra.livejournal.com]

Half an hour drive

[sovez.livejournal.com]

They supply all the gear in the beginning but at some point you will want your own things :)