u/CuriousReference891

Hey everyone, I'm kinda at my wits end with myself recently and I have no idea what to do. I've been shooting for about 8 months now, barebow. I set 4 national records in my country earlier this year and was very excited to watch myself progress even further. However, I've hit a plateau that I feel like I can't escape. At our annual national tournament, I shot 40 points lower than I usually would've, and ended up placing third. I told my coach that I felt like I lost my aiming point and I havent been able to find it again since that day. I got new limbs (kinetic honorics 38lbs) after that tournament because I had been borrowing my coach's Hoyt 990 tx 38lbs limbs for a few months and I just can't get used to them. I feel completely out of my own league and there is so much pressure on me to perform well because I need to represent my country at a huge tournament next year, but I'm not making the national scores anymore. I'm still rank 1 in the country because of those previous records so I absolutely have to go. Everything literally feels wrong, but my coach says that he can't find a fault in my form. I'm not sure if my equipment setup works for me anymore but I know I have to make it work because it is incredibly expensive to change everything on a whim in my country. We don't have archery stores, everything needs to be imported. I feel like my arrow spine is too flexible, my limbs feel weird in a way I can't explain, I keep tearing my spinwings because I can't figure out where they're scraping against the shelf, I have no idea where to aim and my mind is completely overloaded. If anyone has tips please please please let me know.

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u/CuriousReference891 — 13 days ago